NOW THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ORIGINAL SERIES ''CROSS'' ON PRIME VIDEO___________________________________''No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.'' LEE CHILD_________________________________________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERALEX CROSS IS GOING HOME.BUT WHAT WILL HE FIND WHEN HE GETS THERE?When his cousin is accused of an unthinkable crime, Detective Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades.As he tries to prove his cousin''s innocence in a town where justice is hard to find, Cross unearths a family secret that forces him to question everything he''s ever known.Chasing the ghosts of his past, Cross gets pulled into a case involving a string of murders. Now he''s hot on the trail of a cold-hearted killer - and the answers he finds could be fatal._________________________________________''Alex Cross is a legend'' HARLAN COBEN''The master storyteller of our times'' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON''It''s no mystery why James Patterson is the world''s most popular thriller writer . . . Simply put: nobody does it better.'' JEFFERY DEAVER''Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It''s what fires off the movie projector in the reader''s mind.'' MICHAEL CONNELLY''One of the greatest storytellers of all time'' PATRICIA CORNWELL''A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.'' MARK LAWSON, GUARDIAN''James Patterson is The Boss. End of.'' IAN RANKIN