Return of the Spider: An Alex Cross Thriller (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781538758762)

An instant New York Times bestseller!

Return of the Spider is the stunning companion novel to Along Came a Spider, the New York Times bestselling classic thriller from the world's most popular storyteller.

Enter the thrilling world of the #1 bestselling detective series that inspired the Prime Video show, Cross.

Along Came a Spider introduced Detective Alex Cross to readers around the globe and delivered an unsurpassed rivalry: Cross--named the "human superhero" by The New York Times--versus Gary Soneji, who the Lexington-Herald Leader called the "most deliciously wicked character since Hannibal Lecter". But that wasn't their first meeting ...

Police discover that Soneji kept a murder book, Profiles in Homicidal Genius, detailing his transformation from substitute teacher to hardened serial killer--including clues that imply missteps that Alex Cross may have made a rookie homicide detective.

Now, Alex must retrace the steps of that long-ago investigation and face ... the Return of the Spider.

"Patterson knows how to sell thrills and suspense." --People, on Along Came a Spider

Author: James Patterson
ISBN-10: 1538758768
ISBN-13: 9781538758762
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Language: English
Published: 08/11/2026
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.04d