Stream thousands of fine art and hand-crafting classes with Creativebug. Check it out here!

Northern Waters Library Network

Alex Cross novels

Author:
Patterson, James, 1947
 
Showing 1 - 35 of 35
Book cover for "Along came a spider".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Along came a spider
Series Volume:
1.
Description:
Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in the ghettos of D. C. and looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano. But he also has two adorable kids of his own, and they are his own special vulnerabilities. Jezzie Flanagan is the first woman ever to hold the highly sensitive...
Book cover for "Kiss the girls".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Kiss the girls
Series Volume:
2.
Description:
Cross. Now streaming on Prime Video. 
Join Alex Cross on his most terrifying murder case yet in this #1 New York Times bestseller and one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads."   In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. In the sequel to Along Came a Spider, Washington D.C.'s...
Book cover for "Jack & Jill".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Jack & Jill
Series Volume:
3.
Description:
A child killer is stalking the inner city of Washington, D.C., his latest victim Shanelle Green, an adorable first grader from Sojourner Truth School. This killing is especially unsettling to Detective Alex Cross. Sojourner Truth is the school his son Damon attends, just four blocks from his home. While the death of an inner-city black child doesn't garner much media attention, another murder is making big headlines. The same day that Shanelle was...
Book cover for "Cat & mouse".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Cat & mouse
Series Volume:
4.
Description:
"Gary Soneji, a dying prison escapee, is looking for revenge on Cross, while another insane killer is pursued by Thomas Augustine Pierce-a brilliant and relentless detective who may even be better than Cross. As the bodies pile up, and Cross is nearly murdered in his own home, the game of cat and mouse leads to one final trap. . . The body count is high, the tension the highest, and the two killers on the loose are watching every move their pursuers...
Book cover for "Pop! goes the weasel".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Pop! goes the weasel
Series Volume:
5.
Description:

In this heart-stopping thriller, Detective Alex Cross and his beloved fiancé find themselves tangled in a complex murder investigation, threatening not only public safety, but their chance at happiness together. 

Alex Cross is happy, but his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders—murders with a pattern so twisted, it leaves investigators reeling. Cross's ingenious pursuit of the killer produces

...
Book cover for "Roses are red".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Roses are red
Series Volume:
6.
Description:
The Mastermind is a deadly criminal who orchestrates a series of bank robberies that are notable for their precise demands - and their explosive violence when the demands are not met exactly. Detective Alex Cross takes on the case, promptly getting under The Mastermind's skin, who makes it his personal goal to take revenge on Cross and his entire team. The team, which includes an attractive FBI agent named Betsy Cavalierre, faces pressure on every...
Book cover for "Violets are blue".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Violets are blue
Series Volume:
7.
Description:
Alex Cross joins forces with a female San Francisco detective to investigate a pattern of murders occuring across the country that draws him into the bizarre subculture of ritual role-playing and vampirism.
Book cover for "Four blind mice".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Four blind mice
Series Volume:
8.
Description:
Alex Cross is preparing to resign from the Washington Police Force. He's enjoying the feeling, not least because the Mastermind, Kyle Craig, is now in prison. And now, with Nana and the kids, he is talking about the future. Then Sampson shows up at the house needing Alex's help more than ever.
Book cover for "The big bad wolf".
Rate this title:
Star rating for The big bad wolf
Series Volume:
9.
Description:
In this thrilling novel from a New York Times bestselling author, Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered: a predator known only as the Wolf.
  Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues baffled. Across the country, men and women are being kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappearing completely. These people are not being taken for ransom, Alex realizes....
Book cover for "London bridges".
Rate this title:
Star rating for London bridges
Series Volume:
10.
Description:
A bomb goes off in a small town in the west of America and FBI agent Alex Cross is summoned in to help investigate. Calls from an anonymous villain do little to explain the violence as reports come in of similar bombings across the globe.
Book cover for "Mary, Mary".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Mary, Mary
Series Volume:
11.
Description:
FBI agent Alex Cross is on vacation with his family in Disneyland when he gets a call from the director. A top actress has been shot outside her home in Beverly Hills. Shortly afterward, an editor for the Los Angeles Times receives an e-mail recounting the murder in shocking detail, signed Mary Smith. Authorities fear this is only the beginning. More killings follow, and more e-mails arrive immediately after. Mary Smith is targeting Hollywood stars...

12. Cross

Book cover for "Cross".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Cross
Series Volume:
12.
Description:
Years after his wife Maria is gunned down by an unknown shooter, a crime that has never been solved, psychologist Alex Cross is called in by his former partner, John Sampson, who wants his help on a case that reveals a connection to Maria's death.
Book cover for "Double cross".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Double cross
Series Volume:
13.
Description:
Alex Cross faces two crazed killers in this chilling, suspenseful blockbuster from James Patterson, "the man who can't miss" (Time).
A spate of elaborate murders in Washington D.C. have the whole East Coast on edge. They are like nothing Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, have ever seen. With each murder, the case becomes increasingly complex. There's only one thing Alex knows: the killer adores an audience....
Book cover for "Cross country".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Cross country
Series Volume:
14.
Description:
When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. As Alex and his girlfriend, Brianna Stone, become entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington D.C., what they discover is shocking: a stunningly organized gang of lethal teenagers headed by a powerful, diabolical man--the African warlord...
Book cover for "Alex Cross's trial".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Alex Cross's trial
Series Volume:
15.
Description:
Detective Alex Cross tells the story of an ancestor, Abraham Cross, and his experiences with lawyer Ben Corbett, recounting one man's pursuit of justice in the face of the resurgence of Ku Klux Klan racism and violence in 1906 Eudora, Mississippi.
Book cover for "I, Alex Cross".
Rate this title:
Star rating for I, Alex Cross
Series Volume:
16.
Description:
Determined to capture the psychopath responsible for murdering his niece, Alex Cross discovers that the young woman was among a dangerous group of people and was not the only one to have disappeared.
Book cover for "Cross fire".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Cross fire
Series Volume:
17.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
As Detective Alex Cross contends with a D.C. sniper, FBI agent Siegel, and his upcoming wedding to Bree, he receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind is in D.C. and will not relent until he has eliminated Cross and his family for good.
Book cover for "Kill Alex Cross".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Kill Alex Cross
Series Volume:
18.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Detective Alex Cross is thwarted at every turn while he attempts to investigate the abduction of the president's son and daughter and also discovers a deadly contagion released in the capital's water supply that foreshadows a larger, more devastating attack.
Book cover for "Merry Christmas, Alex Cross".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
Series Volume:
19.
Description:
On a snowy Christmas eve while celebrating with his family, Alex Cross receives a phone call with news that a nearby family has been taken hostage--a father is threatening to murder his children and his ex-wife.
Book cover for "Alex Cross, Run".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Alex Cross, Run
Series Volume:
20.
Description:
Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he's made sure that no one will recognize him--by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window, and Alex is called to the scene. The victim recently gave birth, but the baby is nowhere to be found. Before Alex can begin searching for the missing newborn and killer,...
Book cover for "Cross my heart".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Cross my heart
Series Volume:
21.
Description:
"James Patterson raises the stakes to their highest level, ever-when Alex Cross becomes the obsession of a genius of menace set on proving that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime. Detective Alex Cross is a family man at heart--nothing matters more to him than his children, his grandmother, and his wife Bree. His love of his family is his anchor, and gives him the strength to confront evil in his work. One man knows this deeply, and uses...
Book cover for "Hope to die".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Hope to die
Series Volume:
22.
Description:
"Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family--his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children--have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves?"--from...
Book cover for "Cross justice".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Cross justice
Series Volume:
23.
Description:
"When his cousin is accused of a heinous crime, Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades. As he tries to prove his cousin's innocence in a town where everyone seems to be on the take, Cross unearths a family secret that forces him to question everything he's ever known. Chasing a ghost he believed was long dead, Cross gets pulled into a Florida case that has local cops scratching their heads and needing...
Book cover for "Cross the line".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Cross the line
Series Volume:
24.
Description:
Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, DC. When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies dead, leaving the city's police force scrambling for answers. Under pressure from the mayor, Alex Cross steps into the leadership vacuum to crack the case. But before Cross can make any headway, a brutal crime wave sweeps across the region. The deadly scenes share only one common thread -- the victims are all criminals....
Book cover for "The people vs. Alex Cross".
Rate this title:
Star rating for The people vs. Alex Cross
Series Volume:
25.
Description:
"The charges: explosive. Alex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law -- until now. Charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood, Cross is being turned into the poster child for trigger-happy cops who think they're above the law. Cross knows it was self-defense. But will a jury see it that way? The evidence: shocking. As Cross fights for his professional life and his freedom, his former partner John Sampson...
Book cover for "Target".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Target
Series Volume:
26.
Description:
"A leader has fallen, and the procession route from Capitol Hill to the White House is lined with hundreds of thousands of mourners. None feel the loss of a President more keenly than Alex Cross, who has devoted his life to the public good. "--Amazon.
Book cover for "Criss Cross".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Criss Cross
Series Volume:
27.
Description:
In a Virginia penitentiary, Alex Cross and his partner, John Sampson, witness the execution of a killer they helped convict. Hours later, they are called to the scene of a copycat crime. A note signed "M" rests on the corpse. "You messed up big time, Dr. Cross." Was an innocent man just put to death? Alex soon realizes he may have much to answer for, as "M" lures the detective out of the capital to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with...
Book cover for "Deadly Cross".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Deadly Cross
Series Volume:
28.
Description:
Until Kay Willingham's shocking murder inside a luxury limousine, the Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and ex-wife of the sitting vice-president led a public life. Yet few -- including her one time psychologist -- had any inkling of Kay's troubled past in the Deep South. Murdered alongside her is Randall Christopher, a respected educator whose political ambitions may have endangered both their lives. While John Sampson of DC Metro Police tracks...
Book cover for "Fear no evil".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Fear no evil
Series Volume:
29.
Description:
Dr. Alex Cross and Detective John Sampson venture into the rugged Montana wilderness—where they will be the prey. They’re not on the job, but on a personal mission. Until they’re attacked by two rival teams of assassins, controlled by the same mastermind who has stalked Alex and his family for years. Darkness falls. The river churns into rapids. Shots ring out through the forest. No backup. No way out. Fear no evil.
Book cover for "Triple Cross".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Triple Cross
Series Volume:
30.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Detective Alex Crosss and John Sampson are chasing a brilliant murderer called 'The Family Man.' A precise killer, he always moves under the cover of darkness, flawlessly triggering no alarms, leaving no physical evidence. Cross and Sampson aren’t the only ones investigating. Also in on this most intriguing case is the world’s bestselling true-crime author, who sees patterns everyone else misses. The writer, Thomas Tull, calls the Family...
Book cover for "Cross down".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Cross down
Series Volume:
31.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
For the first time, John Sampson is on his own. The brilliant crime-solving duo of Washington, DC's, Metro PD and the FBI has a proven MO: Detective Alex Cross makes his own rules. Detective John Sampson enforces them. When military-style attacks erupt, brutally sidelining Cross, Sampson is sent reeling. The patterns are too random-Sampson's friend, his partner, his brother-have told him. Don't trust anyone. As a shadow force advances on the nation's...
Book cover for "Alex Cross must die".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Alex Cross must die
Series Volume:
32.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Detectives Cross and Sampson are tracking a serial killer who's fatally ambushing young men in the "Dead Hours" murders. They don't hear the machine gun fire. At first. "Drop whatever you're doing, Dr. Cross, and head to Reagan Airport," DC Metro Police dispatch says. "A plane just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto." The weapon that took down the plane is a remote-controlled Vietnam-War-era...
Book cover for "The house of Cross".
Rate this title:
Star rating for The house of Cross
Series Volume:
33.
Description:
Supreme Court candidates are being murdered. Alex Cross and John Sampson are handed the case. In Washington, DC, the president-elect is planning her inauguration. The list of Supreme Court candidates is highly confidential--until it becomes evidence in Detective Alex Cross's toughest investigation. One candidate is gunned down. A second is stabbed. A third is murdered near midnight on a city street. Cross is the FBI's top expert in criminal behavior....
Book cover for "Cross kill".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Cross kill
Description:
Alex Cross watched a man die at the hands of an old enemy. . . and he's back from the grave for revenge.
Alex Cross, I'm coming for you-even from the grave if I have to.

Along Came a Spider
killer Gary Soneji has been dead for over ten years. Alex Cross watched him die. But today, Cross saw him gun down his partner. Is Soneji alive? A ghost? Or something even more sinister?
Nothing will prepare you for the wicked...
Book cover for "Detective Cross".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Detective Cross
Description:
When an anonymous caller promises to detonate bombs throughout Washington D.C., Alex Cross and his wife, Bree Stone, investigate the threat before it's too late.