TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patterson,James
TI  - Return of the spider
T2  - Alex Cross thriller
SN  - 9780316569569
AV  - PS3566.A822 R476 2025
U1  - 813/.54 23/eng/20251106
PY  - 2025///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Little, Brown and Company
KW  - Cross, Alex
KW  - African American detectives
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Police
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Serial murderers
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Psychological fiction
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
N2  - "The suspense classic Along Came a Spider introduced an unsurpassed rivalry: Detective Alex Cross, the 'human superhero' (New York Times) versus Gary Soneji, the 'most deliciously wicked character since Hannibal Lecter' (Lexington Herald-Leader). 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 missteps that Alex Cross may have made a rookie homicide detective. Now Alex must retrace the steps of that long-ago investigation and face the return of the spider"--
ER  -