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Alex Cross's Trial Chapter 39

By James Patterson and Richard DiLallo

Chapter 39

The next morning, Ben gets some letters in the mail—a note from Elizabeth saying she hopes to see him soon, a dinner invitation from an old pal (L.J. Stringer), and some hate mail.
He's bummed that he didn't get any letter from his wife and kids. He misses them.
As he reads the third letter, he wonders whom it's from; there's no name, but a picture inside of a Black man being hanged. Ben's stomach churns just looking at it.
The note says they know why he's down there—the real reason—and this is what they do to people who help Black people.
It also warns him to go home now…or else.