Little Brown and Company Along Came a Spider: An Alex Cross Thriller

Discover the classic thriller that launched the #1 detective series and inspired the #1 streaming series Cross!Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a PhD in psychology. He works and lives in Southeast Washington, DC, where, in between investigating tough cases, he raises his two young children—with help from his beloved grandmother, Nana Mama. They are the key to his heart—and his own special vulnerabilities.Jezzie Flanagan is a tall blonde who rides a black BMW motorcycle that she revs to a hundred miles per hour. Her outer shell is tough enough to protect the sensitive information she handles as the superviser of the Secret Service—but is it enough to protect her from her own worst impulses? Gary Soneji is every parent's darkest fear. He's a mild-seeming man who uses his position to commit the “crime of the century,” which he models after the historic crimes that obsess him. In pursuit of his victims, Soneji has outsmarted the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police. He has become Alex Cross's worst nightmare. In Along Came a Spider, he's about to become yours.