''No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.'' LEE CHILD ''Alex Cross in a legend.'' HARLAN COBEN _________________________________ They strike under cover of darkness, trigger no alarms, and leave no evidence behind.Detective Alex Cross is hunting a killer who targets families around Washington, DC. But Cross isn''t the only one investigatingA charismatic true-crime author has spotted patterns in the actions of ''The Family Man'' that others have missedIt''s up to Cross to determine whether the writer''s theories are fact or fiction_________________________________ ''It''s no mystery why James Patterson is the world''s most popular thriller writer . . . Simply put: nobody does it better.'' JEFFERY DEAVER ''The master storyteller of our times'' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON ''Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It''s what fires off the movie projector in the reader''s mind.'' MICHAEL CONNELLY ''One of the greatest storytellers of all time'' PATRICIA CORNWELL ''James Patterson is The Boss. End of.'' IAN RANKIN