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Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, #1)

James Patterson

Start date: April 11, 2022

Finish date: May 11, 2022

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What Members Thought

Feb 15, 2010 Avigail rated it really liked it

Along Came a Spider is probably the epitome of what every crime-thriller novel should be. At 500 pages its easy to devour reading, the suspense is well balanced, but the real key to success is Alex Cross himself. Alex is a black, detective with a degree in psychology, who is passionate about his work, volunteers at a food bank and counsels on the side. And he isn't perfect, he loses his head and punches out racists, doesn't spend enough time at home with his kids and is a bit of a sucker for the ...more

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Nov 23, 2008 Susan rated it it was amazing

REREAD 5/27/20
I read this a couple years after it came out and I really loved it. This book was the first James Patterson book I ever read and I was hooked. I would get stacks of his Alex Cross books and devour them. I think I was in my 20's when I first read some of them. Now that I'm going on 59 tomorrow I felt I should pick them up and see if I still like this book and I do. My 5 star rating still stands/

1st book of James Patterson I ever picked up and was done in a day. Great book. ...more

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Feb 28, 2011 Monica rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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My second book by James Patterson and I was not disappointed in this one either. I have finally met Dr. Alex Cross. This book kept me guessing as to who was guilty. I could tell that there was a twist in this book but I wasn't able to figure it out right away.

Alex Cross gets assigned to a kidnapping at an elite school in Washington DC even though he already has a case. It seems like a cut and dry case and that it could be solved quickly. That is not what happens.

There are some many twists in thi ...more

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