Alex Cross · Book 3

Jack & Jill

Published
1 August 1996
Pages
432
ISBN-13
9780007438044
Type
novel
Cover of Jack & Jill

About this book

Published in 1996-08-01 at 432 pages, "Jack & Jill" is the third Alex Cross novel, continuing the series' formula of alternating viewpoints -- letting readers inside the killer's head alongside Cross's own investigation -- and Cross's steady balancing act between his cases and his family life with Nana Mama in Southeast D.C.

Key facts about Jack & Jill

James Patterson wrote Jack & Jill, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 August 1996. The book has 432 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780007438044 to find the main one.

Jack & Jill is book 3 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

Jack & Jill is book 3 in the Alex Cross series. It follows Kiss the Girls. It is followed by Cat and Mouse. 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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