Chapter 1-2 Summary

Dr. Alex Cross, a homicide detective, sits at his home with Washington D.C. with his two young children, Damon and Janelle, in April of 1994. On this evening, he and his two children sit on the piano playing blues songs when they are interrupted by repeated ringing of the doorbell. When Dr. Cross fails to answer, there is pounding on the door and a woman calls his name. He looks outside to see Rita Washington, a 23-year-old crackhead from the neighborhood. Her shirt and hands are stained with blood. She tells him that little Marcus Daniels has been stabbed down the street and is calling out for him. Cross scoops up 11-year-old Marcus Daniels and makes a mad dash for the emergency room. Marcus bleeds profusely along the way and cries out to Dr. Cross. Cross knows his way around the...