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Alex Cross's Trial Chapter 13

By James Patterson and Richard DiLallo

Chapter 13

Ben meets up with the President himself.
They get together in the oval office, where Teddy (a name the President hates, by the way) fills Ben in on what's happening. In short, Ben's hometown is in trouble.
There has been a series of lynchings lately, and even though everyone claims to know nothing about it, Roosevelt suspects the Ku Klux Klan is responsible.
Ben's confused because the KKK hasn't been around in a long time.
Yep, but it's making a comeback in little Eudora.
And this is where Ben comes in.