Thierry Mulch

Thierry Mulch, aka Marcus Sunday, is the main antagonist of the consecutive Alex Cross novels Cross My Heart and then Hope to Die. With an obsession for infamy and seeing Cross as such a means to that end, Mulch targeted Cross in the most personal, threatening way possible: Mulch abducted Cross' wife, grandmother, and children. Holding them hostage, Mulch provokes Cross in a vendetta of breaking as many limits as Mulch wants Cross to for the sake of his family's return.