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Return of the Spider

Return of the Spider

An Alex Cross Thriller
CrimePsychological Thriller
Pages
480
Published
2025
Language
English

Synopsis

Along Came a Spider introduced Detective Alex Cross to readers around the globe and delivered an unsurpassed rivalry: Cross versus Gary Soneji. 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.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseDark

Genres

Crime Psychological Thriller Mystery Suspense Thriller

About the author

J
James Patterson

James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. Among his works are the Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, NYPD Red, Witch & Wizard, Private and Middle School series, as well as many stand-alone thrillers, non-fiction, and romance novels. His books have sold more than 425 million copies, and he was the first person to sell 1 million e-books. In 2016, Patterson topped Forbes's list of highest-paid authors for the third consecutive year,...

Characters

Alex CrossProtagonist

A veteran homicide detective and former FBI agent, now a D.C. police detective, forced to confront the fallout of his past case against Gary Soneji.

Gary SonejiAntagonist
Gary Soneji (The Spider)Antagonist

Alex Cross's most notorious and calculating adversary from years earlier, whose return as a serial killer forces Alex to confront the true extent of his past failure.

All characters in Return of the Spider