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Along came a spider

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The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson's career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world -- now reissued in striking new cover style.

He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news.

Then one of them was found -- dead -- and the whole nation was in uproar.

For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people -- Alex Cross, a black detective with a PhD in psychology, and Jezzie Flanagan, an ambitious young Secret Service agent -- yet even they were no match for the killer.

He had the unnerving ability to 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-blooded manipulator?

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Product Details
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
0006476155 / 9780006476153
Paperback
813.54
01/01/1995
United Kingdom
English
Thrillers
448 p.
18 cm
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Quiz No: 227100, Points 15.00, Book Level 4.30,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: 1993.
The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson's career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world -- now reissued in striking new cover style. *Re-issued in a stunning new style to coincide with a major TV campaign. *Since the original publication, Along Came a Spider has become a highly successful movie starring Morgan Freeman as our hero Alex Cross. *James Patterson is one the world's bestselling novelists still writing today. *Along Came a Spider continues to sell over thirty thousand cop
The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson's career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world -- now reissued in striking new cover style. *Re-issued in a stunning new style to coincide with a major TV campaign. *Since the original publication, Along Came a Spider has become a highly successful movie starring Morgan Freeman as our hero Alex Cross. *James Patterson is one the world's bestselling novelists still writing today. *Along Came a Spider continues to sell over thirty thousand cop FH Thriller / suspense