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Informationen zum Autor JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 375 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades - the Alex Cross! Women's Murder Club! Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels - and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader! he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School! I Funny! Treasure Hunters! House of Robots! Confessions! and Maximum Ride series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son. Klappentext Alex Cross tells a story involving his ancestors and writes his own historical thriller in this new audiobook. 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. Written in the fearless voice of Detective Alex Cross! ALEX CROSS'S TRIAL is a gripping story of murder! love! and! above all! bravery. Zusammenfassung While you wait for the next exciting installment in the Alex Cross series! I! Alex Cross (published November 2009 by Random House Audio)! get listen to a new book written by Alex Cross himself! Ben Corbett is a brilliant young lawyer in early-twentieth-century Washington DC. Yet he is a disappointment to his wife and father! who believe he wastes his talents by doing poorly-paid and thankless work helping the poor and downtrodden. One day! out of the blue! he receives a private invitation to the White House. President Theodore Roosevelt has personally selected Ben to help him investigate rumours of lynchings and a re-emergence of the outlawed Ku Klux Klan in Ben's own hometown of Eudora! Mississippi. Ben accepts the mission handed to him and is given the name of a man in Eudora who will help him in this covert operation - the man's name is Abraham Cross! great-uncle of Alex. As Ben delves into the murky depths of racial hatred that hide beneath the surface of this seemingly sleepy Southern town! people become suspicious of what he is trying to do! and make it very clear to Ben what he is risking if he continues. Ben must decide if he is willing to lose old friends! his family! maybe even his life! for the cause he believes in. In his quest to bring about justice for the tortured and tormented black community of Eudora! Ben will have to take on the biggest! most difficult! and most dangerous trial of his life. But can one man fight an entire town! an entire state that is stuck in the past and willing to go to any lengths to halt change and the coming of a future that they desperately fear? ...
