Along came a spider - James Patterson

The spectacular international No 1 bestseller that introduced detective Alex Cross - now a major film from Paramount starring Morgan Freeman.

The whole nation was in uproar when two celebrity rich kids were kidnapped - and then one of them was found, dead. For such a high-profile case, only the top people would do: Alex Cross, a detective with a PhD in psychology, and Jezzie Flanagan, a fast-rising young Secret Service agent. Yet even they were no match for the killer. He could switch from blood-crazed madness to clear-eyed sanity in an instant. But was he the helpless victim of a multiple-personality disorder - or a brilliant, cold-hearted manipulator?