Return of the Spider

Author: Patterson, James
ISBN: 9781529922189
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 07 Oct 2025
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback

Alex Cross is back in the next instalment of James Patterson's globally bestselling series... but so is an old enemy he thought he'd laid to rest...

'Alex Cross is a legend' HARLAN COBEN

Discover the next book in the globally bestselling Alex Cross series... now the inspiration for the original series CROSS on Prime Video starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross.
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Alex Cross thought serial killer Gary Soneji was dead and buried.

But when a hidden cabin reveals a stash of gruesome trophies and diaries, Cross realises the Spider's evil influence has spread wider than he ever thought possible.

The chilling truth soon becomes clear: Cross imprisoned the wrong man.

As he studies the clues, Cross becomes enmeshed in a web of evil designed to ensnare him all along.

Now he must retrace the steps of a long-ago investigation and face...the Return of the Spider.

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PRAISE FOR THE ALEX CROSS SERIES

'Patterson never, and I mean never, disappoints' USA TODAY

'Behind all the noise and the numbers, we shouldn't forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it' LEE CHILD

'Alex Cross ... only gets better and better' LISA SCOTTOLINE

'I wrote, \"Along Came a Spider is the best thriller I've come across in many a year. It deserves to be this season's no. 1 bestseller and should instantly make James Patterson a household name.\" A household name, indeed' NELSON DEMILLE

' Alex Cross has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages' DOUGLAS PRESTON AND LINCOLN CHILD