''Patterson never, and I mean never, disappoints'' USA Today ''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 ''Alex Cross is a legend'' Harlan Coben ''Alex Cross ... only gets better and better'' Lisa Scottoline ''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 ''[Alex Cross] has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages'' Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child