Cross Country by James Patterson (2008, Unabridged, Compact Disc)

I plan to sleep late the next 3 days because I have lost so much sleep reading this novel. I LOVE Alex Cross novels but this one is pure terror! Not only did it keep me up late, it scared the wits out of me...it was really hard to turn it off in my mind. It is hard to be aware of such malice in our world. Yes, it is fiction, but the locale and the historical events are from our front pages, that is, when the media does report it.

Alex investigates the murder scene at the home of a college friend, witnessing the brutality of the murders and odd destruction in the home. He then begins the long trip, literally and figuratively, to find the killers under the lead of "The Tiger". His journey takes him into the desolate refugee camps and hard everyday life of various countries in Africa.