Publisher's Synopsis
A brilliant criminal known only as the Mastermind orchestrates a series of bank robberies that are notable for their very precise demands - and their explosive violence when the demands are not met exactly. Detective Alex Cross takes on the case and recognises that a particular kind of criminal mind is at work. But before he gets near identifying the suspect, the Mastermind pulls off the most outrageous kidnapping scheme in U. S. history - and walks away with the largest ransom ever paid...
