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Along Came a Spider

Alex Cross, Book 1

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Along Came a Spider

By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Ako Mitchell
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Now an Amazon Prime series starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross. This is the very first thriller in James Patterson's international bestselling series featuring forensic psychologist Alex Cross.

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.

'Alex Cross is a legend' Harlan Coben
'A character for the ages' Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
'Alex Cross. . . only gets better and better' Lisa Scottoline
'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

©2017 James Patterson (P)2018 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction
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I persevered with this book as I liked the story but found it very hard to cope with the different volumes in the narration. Over and over I had to rewind to hear what was being said by the criminal character.
I did get the next book in the series Kiss the Girls but the same problem happened in the narration and I returned the book. Shame it was getting interesting.

Great story but bad narration.

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I’ve heard of James Patterson and his books for years - this is the first one I’ve read - I now know what the fuss is about.

A terrifically intricate story and outstanding delivery.

Wow

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Fantastic, great narration and great story. On to the next Alex Cross🙏🏼James Patterson. Thrilling to binge listen.

Alex

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wow what a great read.action all the way. great story line had me on the edge. great performance by the road.

fantastic

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Have read some more in the series, but needed to come back to the beginning of it all, lays great foundations for the characters and the following books … well and truly hooked.

Loved every minute of my first audio book

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