NOW THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ORIGINAL SERIES ''CROSS'' ON PRIME VIDEO''Alex Cross is a legend'' HARLAN COBEN''It''s no mystery why James Patterson is the world''s most popular thriller writer . . . Simply put: nobody does it better.'' JEFFERY DEAVERJust when Alex Cross''s life is calming down, he''s drawn back into the game to confront the Audience Killer - a terrifying genius who stages his killings as public spectacles in Washington, DC and broadcasts them live on the net.In Colorado, another criminal mastermind is planning a triumphant return. From his maximum-security prison cell, Kyle Craig has spent years plotting his escape and revenge. Craig prefers to work alone, but if joining forces with DC''s Audience Killer helps him to get the man who put him away - Alex Cross - then so be it ...''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''James Patterson is The Boss. End of.'' IAN RANKIN