02169cam a2200445 i 4500 2643048168 TxAuBib 20251023120000.0 251106s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2025935458 9780316569569 hardback 0316569569 hardback (OCoLC)1549671006 TxAuBib rda Patterson, James. Return of the Spider / James Patterson. First edition: November 2025. New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. 404 pgs ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Alex Cross ; 34 Meet Alex Cross as a rookie cop in Return of the Spider, the stunning companion to Along Came a Spider. Detective Alex Cross, the "human super-hero," versus Gary Soneji, the "most deliciously wicked character since Hannibel Lecter." But that wasn't their first meeting... Police discover that Soneji kept a murder book, Profiles in Homicidal Genius, detailing his transformation from substitute teacher to hardened serial killer - including clues that imply mistakes Alex Cross may have made as a rookie homicide detective. Now Cross must retrace the steps of that long-ago investigation and face... the Return of the Spider. 20251121. Cross, Alex (Fictitious character) Fiction. African American detectives Fiction. Police Washington (D.C) Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Serial murderers Fiction. Washington (D.C.) Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Psychological fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Crime Thriller Fiction. Alex Cross ; 34. BTCLS