Order of Alex Cross Books

Return of the Spider

The House of Cross

Crosshairs

Just when you think Cross has faced it all, Crosshairs raises the bar. An assassin is targeting powerful civil rights leaders and social activists across the nation. The killer is methodical, almost surgical, and somehow always one step ahead. As Alex digs deeper, he uncovers a chilling plot tied to...

Alex Cross Must Die

The title says it all. A sniper attacks a commercial jetliner midair, and what seems like an isolated incident is just the beginning of a fullscale terrorist operation. As Cross connects the dots, a chilling realization dawns someone with immense resources and a very personal grudge wants him dead. ...

Triple Cross

A celebrity blogger is covering a gruesome series of murdersbut something about his access feels too convenient. As Cross investigates, he uncovers a conspiracy of killings involving highprofile families, journalists, and a coldblooded killer known as The Family Man. But what if the blogger isnt jus...

Fear No Evil

Alex and John Sampson are on a wilderness retreat turned tactical mission when ambush hits. Theyre the targetsagain. As bodies begin piling up and evidence points to a sinister assassinforhire network, Cross realizes someone is cleaning up loose ends from a case he barely remembers. In a brutal chas...

Deadly Cross

When a prominent educator and the exwife of the Vice President are murdered in a highprofile D.C. private school, all eyes turn to Alex Cross. As he untangles the complicated relationships between teachers, students, politicians, and parents, Alex discovers secrets that could topple reputationsand g...

Criss Cross

It starts with a grotesque public executionand a note left just for Alex Cross. You messed up big time, Dr. Cross, it reads. What follows is a terrifying catandmouse game with a killer who knows Crosss every move, every weakness. Each murder scene taunts him, replaying moments from past cases in twi...

Target: Alex Cross

A string of assassinations rocks the highest levels of U.S. government, and Alex Cross is pulled in to investigate the pattern. The victims? Judges, senators even the President could be next. The killer moves with terrifying precision, and Cross quickly realizes this is more than politicsits war. As...

The People vs. Alex Cross

The tables turn. Alex Cross, always the hunter, becomes the huntedon trial for murder. After a shootout involving a controversial case, the public demands answers, and Cross faces the possibility of losing everything his career, his freedom, his family. As the courtroom drama unfolds, a horrifying n...

Cross the Line

A vigilante is on the loosetaking out criminals who may or may not deserve their fate. But when a fellow cop is gunned down in cold blood, it hits too close to home for Alex. With Bree now leading investigations as police chief, the line between personal and professional blurs. As they hunt the kill...

Cross Justice

Alex returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in decades after a family member is accused of murder. But the town holds secretslongburied onesand the case might be just the tip of the iceberg. As Cross untangles the web of lies, he discovers chilling truths about his own past that c...

Hope to Die

A direct continuation of Cross My Heart, this book is an allout emotional thriller. With his family held hostage and his every move watched, Cross must decipher clues left by a deranged mastermind who thrives on pain and manipulation. Every chapter tightens the noose, and the ending will leave your ...

Cross My Heart

Crosss worst fear has always been losing his family. Now that fear becomes reality. A twisted enemy targets his loved ones and forces him into a sick gameeither save strangers or save his own. The rules are cruel. The stakes? Heartbreaking. Cross is pushed to his emotional and psychological limits i...

Alex Cross, Run

Three killers. Three M.O.s. One detective. As bodies pile up across D.C., Cross is forced to juggle multiple horrifying caseseach one more depraved than the last. But someone is watching him and theyre not just keeping tabs. Theyre trying to destroy him, piece by piece. When a revenge plot turns per...

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross

Christmas Eve should be quiet. Peaceful. Instead, Cross is called to a hostage situation that quickly spirals into chaos. A troubled man has snapped, threatening to kill his entire family unless someone can talk him down. But this is only the beginning. While the rest of the city sleeps, a new terro...

Kill Alex Cross

The Presidents children are kidnapped, and D.C. goes into lockdown. Cross is the only one who might be able to track them downbut the case is full of red tape, hidden agendas, and dangerous players. Meanwhile, a terrorist group unleashes a chemical threat, and the city spirals toward panic. Every se...

Cross Fire

Just as Alex prepares for his wedding to Bree, Washington is rocked by the killings of two highprofile figures. The sniper behind the attacks is ruthless, precise, and has no clear motive. But as Alex closes in, another monster emerges from the shadowsKyle Craig, back with a new face, a new plan, an...

Alex Cross's Trial

This installment is a departure in tone and setting. Written as a manuscript by Alex Cross himself, its the story of one of his ancestors, Abraham Cross, set during the Jim Crow era. A white lawyer, Ben Corbett, investigates lynchings in the South and teams up with Abraham to fight back against inju...

I, Alex Cross

When a close relative is found dead under mysterious and disturbing circumstances, Cross is pulled into a secret world of political power, sex scandals, and coverups. The deeper he digs, the more dangerous the game becomes. With highranking officials working to bury the truth, Alex is suddenly the t...

Cross Country

A family slaughter in D.C. leads Alex to a warlord in Africa known only as The Tiger. What starts as a local investigation takes Alex into uncharted territoryliterally. Crossing continents and battling corruption, guerrilla armies, and his own limits, Cross enters a world of lawlessness and pure evi...

Double Cross

Alex is drawn into the glitzy world of celebrity killings when a murderer dubbed The Audience Killer stages elaborate public executions. While hes chasing down this theatrical psychopath, an old nemesis resurfacesKyle Craig, the original Mastermind, now escaped and hunting Cross with chilling precis...

Cross

This one gets personaldeeply personal. Years after his wife Marias murder, Cross uncovers new information that could finally explain who killed her and why. The revelations threaten to destroy everything he thought he knew. At the same time, a brutal serial rapist known as The Butcher is terrorizing...

Mary, Mary

A series of Hollywood celebrities are murdered in disturbingly theatrical ways, and each crime scene is accompanied by chilling emails signed Mary Smith. The killer has a taste for the spotlightand a vendetta thats anything but random. While Cross tries to enjoy a rare vacation with his family, hes ...

London Bridges

What happens when your worst enemy teams up with an even more terrifying threat? The Wolf is back, and this time hes working with The Weasela deadly European assassin. Cities across the globe are under threat, and its not just a string of murders anymore. Were talking coordinated attacks that could ...

The Big Bad Wolf

Fresh from FBI training, Alex Cross is pulled into a case involving human trafficking and abductions of women who seem to vanish into thin air. The culprit? A man known only as The Wolfelusive, powerful, and utterly merciless. As Cross tries to unmask the kingpin of a global crime ring, he quickly r...

Four Blind Mice

A string of murders tied to Vietnam veterans leads Cross into a military coverup so large, it stretches decades. When Alexs partner, John Sampson, gets personally involved, things turn deadly fast. The killers? Precise, emotionless, and always one step ahead. As Cross uncovers secrets buried deep wi...

Violets Are Blue

The Mastermind returns but this time, hes dragging Alex into the darkest corners of humanity. As Cross follows a trail of bizarre murders across the country, involving victims drained of blood, he confronts a new breed of killer. Are these vampire cults for realor just cover stories for something ev...

Roses Are Red

A new villain enters the gameone who calls himself The Mastermind. Cold, calculating, and anonymous, this puppet master orchestrates bank heists with brutal precision, killing hostages without hesitation. As Alex races to decipher the pattern, the killer begins targeting people close to him. The psy...

Pop Goes the Weasel

When diplomats start dying in horrifying ways, suspicion points toward Geoffrey Shafer, a British embassy officer with a twisted hobby. He plays a dark online game called the Four Horsemenwhere realworld crimes are scored like poker hands. As Alex investigates, hes pulled into Shafers game, where th...

Cat & Mouse

Gary Soneji is backand hes not alone. As Cross begins healing from past traumas, Soneji returns to torment him, sending chilling letters and orchestrating new crimes. Meanwhile, a different killer known as Mr. Smith is wreaking havoc in Europe. Are the two killers connected, or is Cross fighting a w...

Jack & Jill

Murder on the steps of the White House? Thats just the beginning. Cross is torn between two horrifying cases a series of child murders in D.C., and a pair of killers targeting the citys eliteright up to the President himself. Nicknamed Jack and Jill, these murderers leave cryptic poems and chilling ...

Kiss the Girls

Two serial killers. Two coasts. One nightmare. While women go missing in North Carolina and Los Angeles, Cross travels to investigate when his own niece disappears. The deeper he digs, the clearer the horrifying truth becomes the crimes are connected. But how do you stop two predators working in tan...

Along Came A Spider

Meet Detective Alex Cross, a forensic psychologist with the instincts of a cop and the heart of a family man. When two kids from prestigious schools are kidnapped, the case lands on Alexs desk. But this isnt a typical abductionits a masterfully orchestrated psychological game. The culprit? Gary Sone...