ALEX CROSS´S TRIAL - Hachette

Alex Cross tells the incredible story - passed down through the generations - of an ancestor's courageous fight for freedom.SEPARATED BY TIMEFrom his grandmother, Alex Cross heard the story of his great-uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a book he's written - a novel called Trial.CONNECTED BY BLOODA lawyer in early-1900s Washington, D.C., Ben Corbett fights against oppression and racism - and risks his family and his life in the process. When President Theodore Roosevelt asks Ben to return to his hometown to investigate the rumors of the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan there, he cannot refuse. UNITED BY BRAVERYIn Eudora, Mississippi, Ben meets the wise Abraham Cross and his beautiful daughter, Moody. With their help, Ben discovers that lynchings have become commonplace. Ben vows to break the reign of terror - but the truth of who is really behind it may break his heart. Written in the fearless voice of Detective Alex Cross, Alex Cross's Trial is a gripping story of murder, love, and unparallel bravery.