Along Came a Spider (novel)

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Along Came a Spider

First edition
Author	James Patterson
Language	English
Series	Alex Cross
Genre	Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Publisher	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date	1993
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	435 pp
ISBN	0-316-69364-2
OCLC	25995508
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 20
LC Class	PS3566.A822 A79 1993
Followed by	Kiss the Girls

Along Came a Spider is a crime thriller novel, and the first novel in James Patterson's series about forensic psychologist Alex Cross. First published in 1993, its success has led to twenty-six sequels as of 2021.^[1]

It was adapted into a film of the same name in 2001, starring Morgan Freeman as Cross.