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Alex Cross · Book 19

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross

by James Patterson
Published
12 November 2012
Pages
352
ISBN-13
9780316224192
Type
novel
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About this book

Published in 2012-11-12 at 352 pages, "Merry Christmas, Alex Cross" is the nineteenth 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 Merry Christmas, Alex Cross

James Patterson wrote Merry Christmas, Alex Cross, a novel on our list. It has been out since 12 November 2012. The book has 352 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780316224192 to find the main one.

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross is book 19 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

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross is book 19 in the Alex Cross series. It follows Kill Alex Cross. It is followed by Alex Cross, Run. 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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