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From his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he's written--a novel called Trial. As a lawyer in turn-of-the-century Washington D.C., Ben Corbett represents the toughest cases. Fighting against oppression and racism, he risks his family and his life in the process. When President Roosevelt...

While investigating plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for throwing wild sex parties with underage girls, Detective Alex Cross must look into the brutal murders of several young women and deal with rumors of three possible serial killers in Washington, D.C., one of whom might be after the detective.