num_pages: 466
description: In the middle of the night, a controversial U.S. Senator is found murdered in bed in his Georgetown pied-a-terre. The police turn up only one clue: a mysterious rhyme signed 'Jack and Jill' promising that this is just the beginning. The two are out to get the rich and famous. They will stop at nothing until their fiendish plan is carried out.Meanwhile, Washington, D. C., homicide detective Alex Cross is called to a murder scene only blocks from his house. Far from the corridors of power where he spends his days. The victim: a beautiful little girl, savagely beaten--and deposited in front of the elementary school Cross's son, Damon, attends.Could there be a connection between the murders? As Cross tries to put the pieces together, the killer - or killers - strike again. And again. No one in Washington is safe - not children, not politicians, not even the President of the United States. Only Cross has the skills and the courage to crack the case, but will he discover the truth in time?A relentless roller coaster of heart-pounding suspense and jolting plot twists, 'Jack and Jill' proves that no one can write a more compelling thriller than James Patterson--the master of the nonstop nightmare.
language: English
title: Jack & Jill
titlecomplete: Jack & Jill (Alex Cross, #3)
characters: Boris Yeltsin (Jack & Jill), Commissioner Clouser, Jay Grayer, The investigator (Jack & Jill), Loy McCoy, Danny Boudreaux, Michael Robinson, Don Hamerman, Roger the Artful Dodger, Vernon Wheatley, John Sampson, Gary Soneji, The man with the balloons, David Letterman (Jack & Jill), Kate McTiernan, Emmanuel Perez, Alvin Jackson, Walter Annenberg, Jerome Thurman, Jimmy Kee, Dr. Adele Finaly, Sam Harrison (Jack & Jill), Rakeem Powell, Sojourner Truth (Jack & Jill), Thomas Byrnes (Jack & Jill), Colonel Wilson, "Jill", Maryanne Maggio, Benedict Arnold (Jack & Jill), Jeanne Sterling, Edward Mahoney, Regina "Nana Mama" Cross, Sara Rosen, Casanova (Kiss the Girls), Mr. Tinaka, Thomas Henry Franklin, Alex Cross, Monica Seles (Jack & Jill), Mrs. Johnson (Jack & Jill), Aldrich Ames (Jack & Jill), George "Jefe" Pittman, Kyle Craig, Katarina Witt (Jack & Jill), Aiden Cornwall, Shanelle Green, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Natalie Sheehan, Michael Goldberg, Kevin Hawkins
genres: Audiobook, Thriller, Detective, Crime, Suspense, Adult, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Murder Mystery
ratings_count: 78864
places: New York City, New York, McLean, Virginia, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, California
series: Alex Cross
publisher: Grand Central Publishing