Cross Down: The Sunday Times bestselling thriller

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His time with Metro PD in Washington has been quite eye-opening, an experience shared with his partner, John Sampson. As the book goes along, John realizes that he can't trust anyone except for Alex and their FBI friend Ned Mahoney. I appreciated that Patterson made politics approachable to the average person, of course taking literary license with what would and would not be feasible.

And now a cross book strictly focused on insurrections and takeovers of the White House by conservative patriots. Cross and Sampson find themselves sitting in the same room with representatives from the NSA, FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, and the DC Metro Police. Alex of course knows that they aren't random but the day he goes to share, he and John find themselves amid gunfire and Alex is shot - hence the title "Cross Down". The first clue is that it is co-authored with Brendan DuBois, which is only the second time out of 31 books that Patterson has allowed that to happen. For me, Alex has remained a fierce, intellectual knight of moral character and the proper use of action.This one is fast-paced, and really features John Simpson in a rush to save the country from a looming threat.

It was a great series while it lasted; hoping that maybe, just maybe the next installment (Cross Out in 2024) will be minus a coauthor and we will see the old Alex back. He has written many other number one bestsellers including collaborations with President Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction. The attacks are untraceable, with patterns too random to decipher, leaving Sampson struggling to find a link amongst the carnage. Sampson will have to work solo for a time, at least until he can find a partner of his own to help diffuse all that is going on.Cross Down” begins with Cross and Sampson being pulled into a Presidential task force to deal with a rash of recent attacks that are more than what they first appeared to be.