Along Came a
Spider is the first novel in
the Alex Cross series by James Patterson. Alex Cross is an
African-American psychologist turned Washington, D.C. homicide
detective that is called, at
the request of the mayor,
to assist on the case of the kidnapping of the third grade girl,
daughter of a famous actress, along with her best friend and
classmate, son of the Secretary of the Treasury, from an affluent
private school in Washington, D.C. by a teacher at the school. It
turns out that there’s a lot more than meets the eye about the
teacher and the kidnapping.
This
book has plenty of action throughout the entire story. It show how
different agencies mistrust each other even when they’re supposed
to be working with each other. Like in most cases, the book is a lot
different and much better than the movie with the same title.
World
of Sleuths Rating: ****
(Four
out of five stars)
This is a good Patterson book....written before he became a 'writing machine.' :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment, Barb! This is the first book that I've read by him. I know, I'm way behind, but life got in the way and I started up reading more again a couple years ago. There are so many authors that I've been reading their early novels for the first time and enjoying them.
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