MARY MARY

FBI agent Alex Cross is on vacation with his family in Disneyland when he gets a call from the Director. A top actress has been shot in Beverly Hills. Shortly afterward, an editor for the Los Angeles Times receives an e-mail recounting the killing in shocking detail, signed Mary Smith.And this murder is just the beginning. Targeting Hollywood stars and power brokers, Mary Smith is getting better every time. Alex has never confronted anything like this before. Could it be the plan of an obsessed fan or a spurned actor, or is it part of something much more terrifying? And how could a woman be capable of these vicious crimes?To track down a merciless killer, Alex must navigate a world where the stars sip San Pellegrino at the Ivy as hopefuls hover around studio gates armed with 8x10 glossies. Even as everyone is desperate for a close-up, members of the A-list fear they're next on Mary's list. And when the case catapults into blockbuster proportions, Cross and the LAPD scramble to find a pattern before Mary can s