Alex Cross's Trial pdf

James Brendan Patterson (né le 22 mars 1947) est un auteur américain. Parmi ses œuvres figurent les séries Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, NYPD Red, Witch and Wizard et Private, ainsi que de nombreux thrillers autonomes, non-fiction et romans d'amour. Ses livres se sont vendus à plus de 400 millions d'exemplaires et il a été le premier à vendre 1 million de livres électroniques. En 2016, Patterson était en tête de la liste Forbes des auteurs les mieux payés pour la troisième année consécutive, avec un revenu de 95 millions de dollars. Son revenu total sur une décennie est estimé à 700 millions de dollars.
En novembre 2015, Patterson a reçu le Literarian Award de la National Book Foundation, qui l'a cité comme un "militant passionné pour faire des livres et de la lecture une priorité nationale. Un généreux partisan des universités, des collèges d'enseignants, des librairies indépendantes, des bibliothèques scolaires et des étudiants. , Patterson a fait don de millions de dollars en subventions et bourses dans le but d'encourager les Américains de tous âges à lire plus de livres."
Patterson était candidat au doctorat à Vanderbilt et a obtenu un emploi dans la publicité. Il était directeur de la publicité chez J. Walter Thompson. Après avoir pris sa retraite de la publicité en 1996, il se consacre à l'écriture. Sa plus grande influence, a-t-il dit plus tard, était probablement le premier roman d'Evan S. Connell en 1959, Mrs. Bridge.

Alex Cross's Trial pdf par James Patterson

Separated by time
From his grandmother, Alex Cross has 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 novel he's written--a novel called Trial.
Connected by blood
As a lawyer in turn-of-the-century Washington D.C., Ben Corbett represents the toughest cases. Fighting against oppression and racism, he risks his family and his life in the process. When President Roosevelt asks Ben to return to his home town to investigate rumors of the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan there, he cannot refuse.
United by bravery
When he arrives in Eudora, Mississippi, Ben meets the wise Abraham Cross and his beautiful granddaughter, Moody. Ben enlists their help, and the two Crosses introduce him to the hidden side of the idyllic Southern town. Lynchings have become commonplace and residents of the town's black quarter live in constant fear. Ben aims to break the reign of terror--but the truth of who is really behind it could break his heart.
Written in the fearless voice of Detective Alex Cross, Alex Cross's Trial is a gripping story of murder, love, and, above all, bravery.
“LET HER HANG until she’s dead!”
“Take her out and hang her now! I’ll do it myself!”
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Judge Otis L. Warren wielded his gavel with such fury I thought he
might smash a hole in the top of his bench.
“Quiet in the court!” the judge shouted. “Settle down, or by God I will
hold every last one of you sons of bitches in contempt.”