Alex Cross · Book 34
Return of the Spider
- Published
- 17 November 2025
- Pages
- 408
- ISBN-13
- 9780316569569
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Return of the Spider" (2025, 408 pages) is a direct companion to the 1993 series opener "Along Came a Spider," bringing back the legacy of Cross's first great villain, Gary Soneji, decades into the detective's career -- making publication order more rewarding than usual for readers who want the connection to land.
Its place in Alex Cross
Return of the Spider is book 34 in the Alex Cross series. It follows The House of Cross. It is followed by Cross and Sampson. 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 9781529922189
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781529922172
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780316569569