Along came a spider James Patterson Book
by James Patterson

Book Comments & Discussion (4)

clara1956OPApr 2009

Two young children from an elegant school are kidnapped and detective Alex Cross races against the clock to try to find them alive. As the months go by, he is entangled in a maze of false clues and things get a cruel twist.

A thriller with some interesting elements thrown in but which I feel misses something as the "bad" characters could have been developed a little more.

Detective Cross and his granny are great characters.

redtigerMay 7, 2010

It made a great film, but an even better read.

Christina4600May 31, 2010

I enjoyed this book and the movie.

zeenaGAug 7, 2010

wicked read.

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Storyline

The classic thriller that launched the Alex Cross series, the #1 detective series of the past twenty-five years!

A missing little girl named Maggie Rose . . . a family of three brutally murdered in the projects of Washington, D.C. . . . the thrill-killing of a beautiful elementary school teacher . . . a psychopathic serial kidnapper/murderer who is so terrifying that the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police cannot outsmart him - even after he's been captured.

Gary Soneji wants to commit the crime of the century. Alex Cross is the brilliant homicide detective pitted against him. Jezzie Flanagan is the first female supervisor of the Secret Service who completes one of the most unusual suspense triangles in any thriller you have ever read.

Alex Cross and Jezzie Flanagan are about to have a forbidden love affair--at the worst possible time for both of them. Because Gary Soneji is playing at the top of his game. The latest of the unspeakable crimes happens in Alex Cross's precinct. It happens under the noses of Jezzie Flanagan's men. Now Alex Cross must face the ultimate test: How do you outmaneuver a brilliant psychopath?