DEADLY CROSS Alex Cross, Book 28

Patterson continues his series featuring detective Alex Cross, who is once again on the trail of a killer. Adding to the intrigue is the fact that one of the victims is the vice president's ex-wife. Brad Sanders's narration does a decent job capturing the steady, calm voice of Cross, and he shines with his shifts to other characters. He delivers smooth transitions that range from the vice president's exasperated tone to the younger-sounding voices of Cross's children and the emotions of his grieving best friend. One survivor in particular, a shooting victim, comes across as wonderfully acerbic. Sanders never trips up as Cross hunts for the killer. M.B. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2020]