James Patterson 
Pop Goes the Weasel 

In POP GOES THE WEASEL, James Patterson has created a formidable villain every reader will see in the shadows when the lights are out, a tender love story, a plot powered by relentless suspense and psychological thrills kicked up to an all-time high.

»It»s all just a game, darling. I play with three other men. Their names are FAMINE, WAR and CONQUEROR. My name is DEATH. You»re a very lucky girl — I»m the best player of all.»
Geoffrey Shafter : a man who never loses, he is prepared to play the game of games for the highest stakes of all.

Alex Cross : senior Washington, DC homicide detective, he is determined, whatever the consequences, to unmask the man he has nicknamed the weasel, the prime suspect for a spate of killings that Cross has been forbidden to investigate.