Kill Alex Cross was "Patterson at the top of his game" ( Washington Post). Alex Cross, Run, the 20th book in the Alex Cross series, is even better. Don't look, Alex Cross. Top plastic surgeon Elijah Creem is renowned for his skills in the operating room, and for his wild, no-expense-spared "industry parties", bringing in underage exotic dancers and models for nights of drugs, champagne, and uninhibited sex.