Jack & Jill

A divisive US senator is discovered dead in bed at his Georgetown pied-a-terre in the middle of the night. The only lead the cops find is a puzzling rhyme signed "Jack and Jill," which suggests that this is only the beginning. The two want to extort the well-known and wealthy. They won't give up until their evil scheme is executed.

Alex Cross, a homicide investigator in Washington, D.C., is summoned to a murder scene a few streets from his residence in the meanwhile. A far way from the halls of power he works in every day. The victim was a lovely young girl who had been brutally assaulted and dumped in front of the elementary school where Cross's son Damon studies.

Is there a possible link between the killings? While Cross tries to piece the puzzle together, the murderer—or murderers—attack once again. once again. Nobody is secure in Washington, not even the president of the United States, not lawmakers, not kids. Will Cross be able to uncover the truth in time, or will someone else have the abilities and bravery to solve the case?

"Jack and Jill" is an unrelenting journey filled with heart-stopping suspense and shocking story turns, demonstrating that no writer can rival James Patterson—the maestro of the never-ending nightmare—when it comes to writing a gripping thriller.