Meet Alex Cross...
Birth Place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Height: six-three
Weight: 200 pounds
Body Type: athletic, and good-looking
Marital Status: a widower, His wife, Maria, a social
worker, killed in a drive-by shooting when the children were
toddlers. Murder never solved
Offspring: two chidren: Damon, 9; Janelle (Jannie),
7
Home Address: Fifth Street, Washington, D.C., Southeast
Nickname: calls himself the Dragonslayer
Home Life: He and his children live with Regina Hope
Cross (Nana Mama), 81. Nana Mama was an English Teacher and
assistant principal of Garfield North Junior High School.
Cross's mother died of lung cancer when he was nine, his father,
a heavy drinker, the year before. He was sent to D.C. and
raised by his grandmother.
Siblings: Three brothers: 2 deceased, not raised by
grandmother
Best friend: since they were both 10, is John Sampson,
senior detective, six-nine, 250 pounds, called Two-John and
Man Mountain
Age: 41
Favorite Food: white bean soup. Likes beer, fine wine
Hobbies: the piano. Loves Gershwin, classical music.
An avid reader of fiction and nonfiction.
Favorite Vacation Spot: Caribbean
Misc: Cross is a volunteer in St. Anthony's soup kitchen,
where he is called Peanut Butter Man and Black Samaritan and
offers free therapy.
Cross is a family man, gives the children bi-weekly boxing
lessons
Car: a '74 Porsche
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