TY - BOOK AB - "Alex Cross left his hometown, and some awful family tragedies, for a better life with Nana Mama in Washington, DC. He hasn't looked back. Now his cousin is accused of an unthinkable murder, and Cross returns to Starksville, North Carolina, for the first time in thirty-five years. But truth is hard to come by in a town where no one feels safe to speak. Chasing ghosts takes Cross to the sugarcane fields of Florida, where he's pulled into a case needing his kind of expertise: a string of socialite murders with ever more grisly settings. He's chasing too many ends -- a brutal killer, the truth about his own past, and justice for his cousin -- and any one of the answers might be fatal."--Back cover. AU - Patterson, James, CN - Patterson ET - First oversize mass market edition. ID - 760503 KW - Cross, Alex (Fictitious character) KW - Family secrets KW - Homecoming KW - Serial murder investigation KW - Socialites KW - African American detectives KW - Police N1 - Includes the Bookshot Cross kill. N2 - "Alex Cross left his hometown, and some awful family tragedies, for a better life with Nana Mama in Washington, DC. He hasn't looked back. Now his cousin is accused of an unthinkable murder, and Cross returns to Starksville, North Carolina, for the first time in thirty-five years. But truth is hard to come by in a town where no one feels safe to speak. Chasing ghosts takes Cross to the sugarcane fields of Florida, where he's pulled into a case needing his kind of expertise: a string of socialite murders with ever more grisly settings. He's chasing too many ends -- a brutal killer, the truth about his own past, and justice for his cousin -- and any one of the answers might be fatal."--Back cover. SN - 9781455585137 SN - 1455585130 T1 - Cross justice / TI - Cross justice / VL - [book 23] ER -