After Washington, D.C., detective, forensic psychologist, and author Dr. Alex Cross loses control of a sting operation resulting in his partner Tracie Fisher's death, he retires from the police force. His departure is short-lived when Megan Rose, the daughter of a prominent US senator, is kidnapped from her private school by a man named Gary Soneji, who is disguised as her new computer science teacher. US Secret Service Special Agent Jezzie Flannigan is held responsible for the breach in security that allowed Soneji to take the girl. In response, Cross and Flannigan join forces to track down Soneji and find Megan.
After Cross receives a phone call from Soneji, he finds a small sneaker belonging to Megan in his mailbox. Cross realizes that Soneji is trying to emulate the 1932 Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. kidnapping, a crime so infamous that it became known as the Crime of the Century. With the knowledge that Soneji is trying to make a name for himself similar to Richard Hauptmann, Cross is even more determined to bring him to justice and get Megan back safely, which he posits is a storyline worthy of one of his true crime books.
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