Alex Cross · Book 5

Pop Goes the Weasel

Published
1 August 1999
Pages
418
ISBN-13
9781405918824
Type
novel
Cover of Pop Goes the Weasel

About this book

In "Pop Goes the Weasel" (1999-08-01, 418 pages), Patterson's D.C. detective Alex Cross -- partnered as ever with his oldest friend John Sampson -- takes on another case in the series' fast-paced, short-chapter style, arriving after "Cat and Mouse" as book fifth.

Key facts about Pop Goes the Weasel

Pop Goes the Weasel is a novel by James Patterson. Readers have had it since 1 August 1999. It runs to 418 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Pop Goes the Weasel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781405918824 to find the main one.

Pop Goes the Weasel is book 5 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

Pop Goes the Weasel is book 5 in the Alex Cross series. It follows Cat and Mouse. It is followed by Roses Are Red. 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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