RETURN OF THE SPIDER is the stunning companion to ALONG CAME A SPIDER, the New York Times bestselling classic thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, James Patterson.

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 as a rookie homicide detective.    

Now, Alex must retrace the steps of that long-ago investigation and face…the RETURN OF THE SPIDER.

Audiobook available, read by Dion Graham and Fred Berman