MysteryLarge Print EditionFine, full-blooded entertainment from start to finish. Publishers WeeklyA fast-paced, electric story that is utterly believable. Booklist* A New York Times Bestseller* A Literary Guild Main SelectionIn the middle of the night, a controversial U.S. senator is found murdered in bed in his Georgetown pied--terre. The only clue? A mysterious rhyme signed Jack and Jill, and promising more of the same. On the other side of town, D.C. detective Alex Cross is called to a murder scene where the victim is a little girl who was savagely beaten and deposited in front of a school. As Alex tries to put the pieces together, the killer strikes again, and again. No one is safe not children, not politicians, not even the President of the United States!