Characters in Along Came a Spider

Alex Cross

A Washington, D.C. homicide detective and forensic psychologist, widowed and raising his two children with help from his grandmother.

Also in Kiss the Girls, Jack & Jill, Cat & Mouse, Pop Goes the Weasel, Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Four Blind Mice, The Big Bad Wolf, London Bridges, Mary, Mary

Gary Soneji

A man obsessed with fame who plans a spectacular kidnapping to become the most feared criminal in America; also lives as a mild-mannered schoolteacher under another name.

Also in Cat & Mouse, The People vs. Alex Cross, Return of the Spider

Jezzie Flanagan

A senior Secret Service agent who navigates sexism and racism in her career and becomes entangled with Cross.

Also in Kiss the Girls

Kyle Craig

Also in Kiss the Girls, Jack & Jill, Cat & Mouse, Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Four Blind Mice, The Big Bad Wolf, Double Cross, Cross Fire

Regina "Nana Mama" Cross

Also in Kiss the Girls, Jack & Jill, Cat & Mouse, Pop Goes the Weasel, Roses Are Red, Four Blind Mice, London Bridges

John Sampson

Also in Kiss the Girls, Jack & Jill, Cat & Mouse, Roses Are Red, Four Blind Mice, Cross, The People vs. Alex Cross, Criss Cross

Maria Cross

Also in Cross

Maggie Rose Dunne

Michael Goldberg