Alex Cross’s Trial
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"Alex Cross’s Trial" is a historical legal thriller by James Patterson (with Richard DiLallo) that shifts from the usual Alex Cross detective format to recount a harrowing story of racism, lynching, and courtroom drama in early 20th-century Mississippi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alex Cross’s Trial canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Cross’s Trial Context triple: [Alex Cross series, hasPart, Alex Cross’s Trial]
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A.
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer is a 2011 legal thriller film in which Matthew McConaughey plays a charismatic defense attorney who conducts his practice from the back of a Lincoln Town Car.
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B.
Still Crossed
"Still Crossed" is a song by the American metalcore band Zao from their influential 1995 album "The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation" (often associated with their early release era around "Born of You").
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C.
The Appeal
The Appeal is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that explores corporate corruption and the manipulation of the judicial system through a high-stakes Mississippi court case.
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D.
Criminal Chambers
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E.
Courts of the Missing
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Cross’s Trial Target entity description: "Alex Cross’s Trial" is a historical legal thriller by James Patterson (with Richard DiLallo) that shifts from the usual Alex Cross detective format to recount a harrowing story of racism, lynching, and courtroom drama in early 20th-century Mississippi.
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A.
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer is a 2011 legal thriller film in which Matthew McConaughey plays a charismatic defense attorney who conducts his practice from the back of a Lincoln Town Car.
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B.
Still Crossed
"Still Crossed" is a song by the American metalcore band Zao from their influential 1995 album "The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation" (often associated with their early release era around "Born of You").
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C.
The Appeal
The Appeal is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that explores corporate corruption and the manipulation of the judicial system through a high-stakes Mississippi court case.
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D.
Criminal Chambers
Criminal Chambers are specialized judicial bodies within the Supreme Court of Peru responsible for adjudicating serious criminal cases and interpreting criminal law at the highest level.
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E.
Courts of the Missing
Courts of the Missing is a memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific that honors U.S. service members who went missing in action or were lost at sea in 20th-century conflicts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal thriller
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novel ⓘ |
| author | James Patterson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Richard DiLallo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
investigation into lynching
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mob justice ⓘ trial scenes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Jim Crow–era injustice
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racial violence in the American South ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Alex Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Alex Cross series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ legal thriller ⓘ |
| hasForm | novel-length work ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistRole | lawyer ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | popular fiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
civil rights
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courage ⓘ mob violence ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
courtroom drama
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lynching ⓘ racism ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | framed story ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Alex Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| workType | standalone story within series ⓘ |
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Subject: Alex Cross’s Trial Description of subject: "Alex Cross’s Trial" is a historical legal thriller by James Patterson (with Richard DiLallo) that shifts from the usual Alex Cross detective format to recount a harrowing story of racism, lynching, and courtroom drama in early 20th-century Mississippi.
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