Alex Cross battles the most dangerous and powerful criminal he has ever encountered - a predator known only as the Wolf.
Alex's first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues perplexed. Across the country, men and women are kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappear completely. These people are not being taken for ransom, Alex realises. They are being bought and sold. And it seems the Wolf is the mastermind behind this terrible trade and is bringing a new reign of terror to organised crime.
Even as he admires the FBI's vast resources, Alex grows impatient with the Bureau's clumsiness and caution when it is time to move. A lone wolf himself, he has to go out on his own in order to track his new prey and try to rescue some of the victims while they are still alive.
Full of the unexpected twists and heartrending surprises that James Patterson delivers more than any suspense writer, THE BIG BAD WOLF is an unforgettable thriller from 'the master of the suspense genre' (Sunday Telegraph).