Dottern till en berömd Hollywood-skådespelerska och finansministerns son kidnappas. Och det är bara början på alla saker som Alex Cross ställs mot i sin utredning. Han ska hitta Gary Soneji till varje pris och få honom dömd. Jezzie Flanagan är chef på Secret Service, hon och Alex hjälper varandra i utredningen och de lär känna varandra på ett djupare plan. 
Men tidpunkten är den sämsta tänkbara. Gary Soneji senaste brott har skett i Alex distrikt och mitt framför näsan på Jezzies mannar. Alex funderar över hur han kan överlista en genialisk psykopat samtidigt som han har en känsla att det är flera saker som inte stämmer med utredningen. Kommer Alex hitta den skyldige?
En berättelse med toppar och dalar. Vissa delar var mer intressanta och spännande medan andra delar nästan stannade upp. Gillade flera av karaktärerna och de kändes trovärdiga, men det märks att boken skrevs för många år sedan på sättet de pratar. Jag gillade upptrappningen mot slutet men önskar ett bättre slut då detta lämnades för öppet för tolkningar. 

I am a big fan of a good murder mystery book. I'm that lady who watches true crime tv shows to fall asleep. Am I crazy? I might be. But I also think everyone needs to be a little crazy to survive in this crazy world we live in.

Along Came a Spider is a first book I've read from James Patterson. I kind of want to continue with this series, just to see how or if it evolves. But that's for another day to decide.

I like to read all kinds of murder mysteries, as I said at the start. The darker, the better. But this book lacked some of that. I feel like it was too unpredictable and not very much of a mystery. Maybe not even dark enough, if this makes any sense at all.
I like to be kept on the edge of my seat, nervously biting my fingernails. But this book did not deliver on that aspect. I'd say this one works for someone who wants to read a mystery thriller but doesn't like to be spooked, you know.

I didn't really care about the characters that much. They kind of just existed to keep the book going. But I do like to see some diversity in a book that was written in the 90s.

I would have love to have more intensity in this book, to have it a little bit more on the spookier side. No, that sounds like I want to get a good halloween scare. I would have loved to have more of a mystery in this book. Gary Soneji is a mysterious man for sure but he does get very predictable as the story goes on.

All in all it was a good book to read and just out of curiosity I might keep on going with Alex Cross. But I would have hoped for more mystery, more edge of the seat kind of stuff. But it is a good start for someone who wants to get into this genre of books but doesn't like it too graphic or tense. 

The first book in the Alex Cross series and it’s a beauty! Can’t wait to read more