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Alex Cross · Book 27

Criss Cross

by James Patterson
Published
25 November 2019
Pages
400
ISBN-13
9781787461857
Type
novel
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About this book

"Criss Cross" appeared in 2019-11-25 at 400 pages, the twenty-seventh Alex Cross novel. Patterson writes each entry to stand alone with built-in recaps, so new readers can join here even as the book continues Cross's long arc between the D.C. Metropolitan Police, the FBI, and his family.

Key facts about Criss Cross

James Patterson wrote Criss Cross, a novel on our list. It has been out since 25 November 2019. The book has 400 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781787461857 to find the main one.

Criss Cross is book 27 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

Criss Cross is book 27 in the Alex Cross series. It follows Target: Alex Cross. It is followed by Deadly 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…

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