Alex Cross's Trial
- Published
- 24 August 2009
- Pages
- 408
- ISBN-13
- 9780446561808
- Type
- companion
About this book
"Alex Cross's Trial" (2009, 408 pages) is a historical companion piece within the series, centered on Cross's ancestors rather than the modern-day detective himself -- one of only two entries (alongside "Cross Down") that Patterson fans typically treat as an optional side dish rather than core reading.
Key facts about Alex Cross's Trial
James Patterson and Richard DiLallo wrote Alex Cross's Trial, a companion book on our list. It has been out since 24 August 2009. The book has 408 pages.
We list 3 editions of this companion book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780446561808 to find the main one.
Alex Cross's Trial is book 15 of 35 in the Alex Cross series. The series has 35 published books. However, the series starts with Along Came a Spider (1993). Cross and Sampson is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 9 February 2026.
Additionally, James Patterson writes Women's Murder Club, Honeymoon and Michael Bennett, plus 12 more series. Those series sit on our thriller, science fiction thriller and legal thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Delusional is the latest published James Patterson book on file, from 17 August 2026.
About James Patterson
James Patterson is an American author widely regarded as one of the bestselling and most prolific novelists in publishing history, with hundreds of books credited to his name across thrillers, young-adult fiction and non-fiction. See every James Patterson book in order.
Its place in Alex Cross
Alex Cross's Trial is book 15 in the Alex Cross series. It follows Cross Country. It is followed by I, Alex Cross. See the full Alex Cross reading order.
Dr. Alex Cross is a Washington, D.C. homicide detective and forensic psychologist — a widowed father raising his family in Southeast D.C. with the help of his indomitable grandmother, Nana Mama. That home life is the series' anchor, because everything else in Cross's world is chaos: James Patterson has spent three decades throwing history's most theatrical serial killers and criminal masterminds at him, from Gary Soneji in Along Came a Spider to Kyle Craig, the Mastermind, whose vendetta spans many books. The…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780099543022
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781846057014
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781615231034