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Violence
Very heavy
Extreme graphic serial killer violence; murders are detailed and disturbing throughout
Language
Some
Adult language in Patterson's crime thriller register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of Cross's personal history with Soneji — and the new threat's cold intelligence — creates the novel's dual thriller engine
What this book is about
The fourth Alex Cross novel sends the detective after Gary Soneji — his old nemesis from Along Came a Spider — while simultaneously pursuing a European assassin known as Mr. Smith who is stalking and killing prominent people. Patterson writes efficient thriller fiction with graphic violence; the serial killer depictions are disturbing and explicit. For adult readers of crime thrillers.
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