A well-known actress was shot in Beverly Hills. An editor for the Los Angeles Times receives an e-mail describing the murder in detail. The killer, known as Mary Smith, has done this before and plans to kill again. Members of Hollywood fear they're next on Mary's list. Filled with twists, MARY, MARY is James Patterson's most sophisticated thriller yet.

¿Quién es realmente Mary Smith? Una alta ejecutiva de Hollywood es asesinada en el escenario de una película. Pronto, lo que parece ser un crimen aislado se revela como un eslabon mas de una escalofriante cadena, Arnold Griner, redactor de los Angeles Times, comienza a recibir e-mails firmados por una tal Mary Smith en los que, en primera persona, se relata con morboso detalle cada uno de los asesinatos cometidos. El agente del FBI Alex Cross tendrá que interrumpir sus vacaciones familiares para enfrentarse a este nuevo caso.

FBI agent Alex Cross is assigned to investigate a string of serial killings by a killer calling herself Mary Smith who has it in for Hollywood stars and e-mails blistering descriptions of their deaths to the editor of the LOS ANGELES TIMES.