Another Patterson

This James Patterson novel is a bit different than his normal Alex Cross novels. "Alex Cross's Trial" is a novel about Alex Cross writing a novel about his great Uncle Abraham (1906)who lived in the south where the KKK was reeking havoc on the blacks. Ben Corbett was a young upcoming lawyer who had fought with Roosevelt in Cuba. He's summoned by the President to go undercover back to his home town in Mississippi to determine how bad the situation is. He almost becomes a victim of the lynchings that he's been sent to investigate. His contact in Mississippi is Abraham Cross. What he uncovers is shocking. A very good read and of course you can't put it down.