Return of the Spider is the stunning companion novel to Along Came a Spider, the New York Times bestselling classic thriller from the world’s most popular storyteller.

Enter the thrilling world of the #1 bestselling detective series that inspired the Prime Video show, Cross.

Along Came a Spider introduced Detective Alex Cross to readers around the globe and delivered an unsurpassed rivalry: Cross–named the human superhero by The New York Times–versus Gary Soneji, who the Lexington-Herald Leader called the most deliciously wicked character since Hannibal 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 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.

Patterson knows how to sell thrills and suspense. –People, on Along Came a Spider