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Along Came a Spider
Along Came a Spider
Oct 29, 2024 9:25 PM

Author:James Patterson,Ako Mitchell

Along Came a Spider

Brought to you by Penguin.

The legendary thriller that launched the Alex Cross phenomenon

Adapted into a major Hollywood movie starring Morgan Freeman

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Two children have been kidnapped from an elite private school in Washington DC, and Detective Alex Cross is charged with finding them.

The kidnapper's identity is quickly determined as one of the children's teachers. But capturing him is the true challenge.

As Cross gets pulled deeper into the strange world of the kidnapper, it becomes clear he is far more dangerous than anyone could have anticipated.

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'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.'LEE CHILD

'Alex Cross is a legend'HARLAN COBEN

'I wrote, "Along Came a Spider is the best thriller I've come across in many a year. It deserves to be this season's no. 1 bestseller and should instantly make James Patterson a household name." A household name, indeed.' NELSON DEMILLE

'Brilliantly terrifying! So exciting that I had to stay up all night to finish it! Packed with white-knuckle twists.' DAILY MAIL

'An incredibly suspenseful read with a one-of-a-kind villain who is as terrifying as he is intriguing.' CLIVE CUSSLER

'Terror and suspense that grab the reader and won't let go. Just try running away from this one.' ED MCBAIN

© James Patterson 2017 (P) Penguin Audio 2018

Reviews

Brilliantly terrifying! So exciting that I had to stay up all night to finish it! Packed with white-knuckle twists.

—— DAILY MAIL

An incredibly suspenseful read with a one-of-a-kind villain who is as terrifying as he is intriguing. One of the best thrillers of the year.

—— CLIVE CUSSLER, bestselling author of the Dirk Pitt Adventures

I wrote, "Along Came a Spider is the best thriller I've come across in many a year. It deserves to be this season's no. 1 bestseller and should instantly make James Patterson a household name." A household name, indeed.

—— NELSON DEMILLE

Terror and suspense that grab the reader and won't let go. Just try running away from this one.

—— ED MCBAIN, bestselling author of the 87th Precinct series

[Alex Cross] has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages.

—— DOUGLAS PRESTON and LINCOLN CHILD

Behind all the noise and the numbers, we shouldn't forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.

—— LEE CHILD, international bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series

Alex Cross is a legend.

—— HARLAN COBEN

It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer: his uncanny skill in creating living, breathing characters we truly feel for and seamless, lightning-fast plots. I do this for a living, and he still manages to keep me guessing from the first to last page ... Simply put: Nobody does it better.

—— JEFFERY DEAVER

Every once in a while a writer comes along and fundamentally changes the way people read. He or she is so bright, so innovative, so industrious that what they envision and create becomes the measure by which all others are judged. In 1993 one such writer - James Patterson - began to do just that ... James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged.

—— STEVE BERRY, bestselling author of the Colton Malone series

Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.

—— MICHAEL CONNELLY

James Patterson is The Boss. End of.

—— IAN RANKIN, bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus series

Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination.

—— NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Patterson is in a class by himself.

—— VANITY FAIR

Engaging and utterly thrilling. The breath-taking finale is the most exciting and terrifying thing I have read in a very long time

—— Elizabeth Haynes, bestselling author of , Into the Darkest Corner

You'll be hooked!

—— Fabulous

If you love thrillers Jack Grimwood is the name you need to remember...

—— Viv Groskop , BBC Radio 2, Sara Cox Show

Mesmerising, surefooted, vividly realised . . . something special in the arena of international thrillers

—— Financial Times

A compulsive and supremely intelligent thriller from a master stylist

—— Michael Marshall , author of The Straw Men

Even better than Child 44 . . . A blizzard of exciting set pieces, superbly realized

—— Daily Telegraph

Grimwood is a damned fine writer

—— Independent

The writing is elegant, the dialogue razor sharp, the characters drawn economically but effectively, and the action is unrelenting

—— SciFi Now

Osborne’s continuation of Raymond Chandler feels like the real thing

—— i

[Only to Sleep] is compelling and Osborne often captures Marlowe’s voice

—— Paul Connolly , Metro

Osborne gets Chandler and his version of the enduring detective, Philip Marlowe, is the best I've read... This mystery is well plotted and plays out with a twist to satisfy the readers who figure things out for themselves but still like to be surprised… if Osborne were to write another Marlowe thriller… I will be there to read it

—— Nudge

Breathtaking. Read it in two sittings. Yet another instant Ragnar Jonasson classic

—— Thomas Enger, bestselling author of the Henning Juul series

The Darkness is a bullet train of a novel, at once blazingly contemporary and Agatha-Christie old-fashioned. With prose as pure and crisp as Reykjavik snowcrust, Ragnar Jónasson navigates the treacherous narrative with a veteran's hand. I reached the end with adrenalized anticipation, the final twist hitting me in the face. I dare you not to be shocked.

—— Gregg Hurwitz

The Darkness is Ragnar Jonasson at the top of his game - deft plotting, a great central character and a story as chilling as the Icelandic winter. I couldn't put it down

—— William Ryan, author of The Holy Thief

It had an intense, visceral sense of place and the connection between the emotional lives of the character and the landscape was evoked beautifully

—— Helen Callaghan, bestselling author of Dear Amy

It will get your pulse racing, and keep you hooked to the last page

—— Simon Kernick of The Bone Field series

Magnificently dark and twisted and that ending - blimey!

—— C. J. Tudor, bestselling author of The Chalk Man

Praise for Ragnar Jónasson

—— -

Jónasson is an automatic must-read for me . . . possibly the best Scandi writer working today

—— Lee Child

As chilling as the nip in the Icelandic air

—— Choice Magazine

Superb. . . chilling . . . This is the first volume in Jonasson's Hidden Iceland trilogy, which tells Hulda's story in reverse chronological order and establishes her as one of the great tragic heroines of contemporary detective fiction

—— Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month

Expertly plotted, with an ending that's a true shocker, The Darkness is the first book in a trilogy featuring this engaging investigator, which is good news

—— The Guardian

Magnificently dark and twisted! That ending - blimey!

—— C. J. Tudor, bestselling author of The Chalk Man

A sympathetic yet entirely unsentimental portrait of a flawed but decent detective seeking justice for a murdered Russian asylum seeker

—— Sunday Times Crime Club

It will get your pulse racing and keep you hooked to the last page

—— Simon Kernick of The Bone Field series

Crime fiction has never seen a character quite like Hulda Hermannsdóittir; nor a series launch so entirely willing to take risks and obliterate long-standing tropes . . . There is no doubt that The Darkness will rank as one of the most popular and powerful reading experiences of the year.

—— BOLO Books Review

The Darkness is a bullet train of a novel, at once blazingly contemporary and Agatha-Christie old-fashioned. With prose as pure and crisp as Reykjavik snowcrust, Ragnar Jónasson navigates the treacherous narrative with a veteran's hand. I reached the end with adrenalized anticipation, the final twist hitting me in the face. I dare you not to be shocked

—— Gregg Hurwitz , Sunday Times bestselling author of Orphan X

The Darkness is Ragnar Jónasson at the top of his game - deft plotting, a great central character and a story as chilling as the Icelandic winter. I couldn't put it down

—— William Ryan , author of The Holy Thief

Another masterpiece from the King of Icelandic Noir

—— Thomas Enger , bestselling author of the Henning Juul series

Unbearably sinister

—— Helen Callaghan, bestselling author of Dear Amy

The Darkness is a true masterpiece of a crime novel, introducing an original protagonist, a plot full of twists and turns and an ending that leaves you gasping for air

—— Yrsa Sigurðardóttir , author of the bestselling Thora Gudmundsdottir crime series

Praise for Ragnar Jónasson

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No country associated with the label Nordic noir is as bleak, cold, snowy and empty as Iceland. And no crime writer portrays those elements as evocatively and scarily as Ragnar Jonasson

—— The Times

A classic crime story seen through a uniquely Icelandic lens... first rate and highly recommended

—— Lee Child, on , Snowblind

A modern take on Agatha Christie-­-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom . . .

—— Ian Rankin, on , Snowblind

Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty - a must-read addition to the growing canon of Iceland Noir

—— Peter James

Distinctive blend of Nordic noir and golden age detective fiction...atmospheric...economical and evocative prose

—— The Guardian on Nightblind

Seductive ... an old-fashioned murder mystery with a strong central character and the fascinating background of a small Icelandic town cut off by snow. Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully

—— Ann Cleeves

The ending hits the reader like a kick in the stomach

—— FRÉTTATIMINN ****

Jonasson's books have breathed new life into Nordic noir ...all the skilful plotting of an old-fashioned whodunit although it feels bitingly contemporary in setting and tone

—— Sunday Express

Hulda Hermannsdottir is a welcome addition to the selection of Icelandic crime fiction protagonists . . . It is almost impossible to put the book down until the last word has been read

—— Fréttablaðið ****

Out of all of Ragnar's books, this is the one I like the most . . . The book of his which reminds me most of Agatha Christie

—— Kiljan, on The Island

The threads lie in various places, the plot is well woven and the pieces in the puzzle come together well in the end. The structure is good, the main characters are believable, the story flows well, everyone is a suspect á la Agatha Christie and the solution unveils the mystery and leads the readers to the truth. But not all the truth, as some things are better left hidden

—— Morgunbladid (Icelandic newspaper)

A very good book, gripping and interesting, with all the threads carefully managed. Hopefully the author will publish as many books as possible with lead character Hulda

—— Vikan Magazine, on The Island
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