Along Came a Spider question

I love the Alex Cross series by James Patterson. If you want to do it right (IMHO) start the series at the beginning with Along Came a Spider. That way you will meet new characters as they appear ... and may reappear in future books. I use a great website called Fantastic Fiction: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
to look up authors and it will list all their works in series and publication order ... that way I know which book is the next in the series...

Along Came a Spider is first and Kiss the Girls is the next one. Alex Cross is a great dectective series.

I love Alex Cross - but I had started the Women's Murder Club series first - so I now feel like I need to finish one series at a time...

Along Came a Spider 1st. Go to FantasticFiction.com and type in James Patterson, it will give you the list of Alex Cross books in order.

I've read all the alex cross books except for the newest one and i would definitely recommend starting with the first book-along came a spider (the movie had many differences from the book especially with regard to the villain gary soneji). the movie kiss the girls was similar to the book so if you've seen that movie then you can skip that book. in my opinion the first 4 books are the best in the series.

You really should start at the beginning. In my opinion most of the earlier books are the best. Having said that I also enjoyed the later ones all of which have "Cross" in the title.

I must say Wil, the movies are nothing compared to the books!

James Patterson is one of the best authors and Alex Cross is the best character ever. You should start at the beginning because some of the villians comeback in later books and Alex has several different jobs along the way (DC Police; FBI; Metronome PD; etc.). You won't be disappointed.

I agree with the other posts, start with Along Came a Spider, and continue with the rest of the series. i read them out of order, until I could get on track.

Wil wrote: "Hi. I have seen the first two movies about the Alex Cross series, but now find that I would like to jump in somewhere in the series and begin reading. Not really sure that I want to begin all the w..."

Hi,
I agree with those who have advised you to start at the beginning of the "Cross" series. I actually stopped reading them after Mary, Mary. I was just burned out and switched over to the "Womens Murder Club" then I switched to his "Michael Bennett "Private" and series. So I don't know if I will ever get back to the Cross books. So good luck with your choice.

I agree start with Along came a spider then read them in order. Thanks Cindi for the fantastic fiction website. I'm sure I'll find it very useful.

This author is awful, in my opinion

JAMES PATTERSON Alex Cross
Along Came a Spider (1993,)
Kiss the Girls (1995,)
Jack & Jill (1996,)
Cat and Mouse (1997,)
Pop Goes the Weasel (1999,)
Roses are Red (2000,)
Violets Are Blue (2001,)
Four Blind Mice (2002,)
The Big Bad Wolf (2003,)
London Bridges (2004,)
Mary, Mary (2005,)
Cross (2006, )
Double Cross (2007,)
Cross Country (2008,)
Alex Cross's Trial (2009, , with Richard DiLallo)
I, Alex Cross (2009,)
Cross Fire (November 15, 2010)
Kill Alex Cross 9/11



Women's Murder Club
1st to Die (2001,)
2nd Chance (2002, , with Andrew Gross)
3rd Degree (2004, , with Andrew Gross)
4th of July (2005, , with Maxine Paetro)
The 5th Horseman (2006, , with Maxine Paetro)
The 6th Target (2007, , with Maxine Paetro)
7th Heaven (2008, , with Maxine Paetro)
8th Confession (2009, , with Maxine Paetro)
The 9th Judgment (2010, , with Maxine Paetro)
10th Anniversary (2011, with Maxine Paetro)
11th Hour with Maxine Paetro) iBook May 2012