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Along Came a Spider

The Times
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About the author

James Patterson introduced the homicide detective Alex Cross with his bestselling Along Came a Spider in 1993. Other books include Kiss the Girls, Jack and Jill and Pop Goes the Weasel.

About the book

The whole nation was in uproar when two celebrity rich kids were kidnapped — and then one of them was found dead.

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For such a high-profile and important case, only the top people would do. They are Alex Cross, a detective with a PhD in psychology, and Jezzie Flanagan, a fast-rising young Secret Service agent.

Yet even they are no match for the killer, who can switch from blood-crazed madness to clear-eyed sanity in an instant. But was he the helpless victim of a multiple-personality disorder — or a brilliant, cold-hearted manipulator?