Alex Cross chases a cold-blooded killerwith a conscience Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington DC When the smoke clears a prominent police official lies dead leaving the city's police force scrambling for answers Under pressure from the mayor Alex Cross steps into the leadership vacuum to investigate the case But before Cross can make any headway a brutal crime wave sweeps across the region The deadly scenes share only one common thread
- the victims are all criminals & the only thing more dangerous than a murderer without a conscience is a killer who thinks he has justice on his side As Cross pursues an adversary who has appointed himself judge jury & executioner he must take the law back into his own hands before the city he's sworn to protect descends into utter chaos