Character. Alex Cross is an African American detective and psychologist based out of the Southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. He started in the homicide division of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPDC), but eventually becomes a Senior Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
#1 Suspect (Private book 2) Private Games (Private book 3) Private London (Private book 4) … Private Down Under (Private book 6)
Along Came a Spider | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
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Kill Alex Cross | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alex Cross, Run | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cross My Heart | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hope to Die | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
1 | Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg 3.95 avg rating — 885 ratings |
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2 | Lush Life by Richard Price 3.75 avg rating — 16,297 ratings |
3 | The Digger’s Game by George V. Higgins 3.92 avg rating — 479 ratings |
4 | Night Dogs (Hanson #2) by Kent Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 573 ratings |
Ali Cross: Like Father, Like Son
Alex Cross is a prequel of sorts, set in Detroit where Cross plays detective before moving to Washington, D.C., and aging into Freeman.
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Alex Cross is six foot three, weighs 200 pounds, and is athletic. He still lives on Fifth Street in D.C., with wife, Brianna (Bree) Stone, Nana Mama, Ali and Jannie, and Rosie the cat. Damon is away at prep school in Massachusetts.
Asteropê Count to Ten is the US title of Private Delhi – it’s #13 of the series. It’s been available in the US since NOV 2017: https://www.amazon.com/Count-Ten-Priv…
Though it is the second book based in Australia, the first being #2 – Private Oz aka Private Down Under. Perhaps someone assumed it was another edition and accidentally combined them. Either way, it’s fixed now.
Order | Title | Date |
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4 | Private London by James Patterson; Mark Pearson | Dec-2012 |
5 | Private Berlin by James Patterson; Mark Sullivan | Jan-2013 |
6 | Private L.A. by James Patterson; Mark Sullivan | Feb-2014 |
7 | Private Down Under by James Patterson; Michael White | Sep-2014 |
New York Dead | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
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Stealth | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Treason | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hit List | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Choppy Water | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
After Stephen White has written the 20th book in his series, he plans to make it his last book. Unlike in other mystery series where the books just stopped from coming, he wants a book to signal the end of the series, and this, he tried to convey in his last book.
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Two of the books—Chiefs and Grass Roots—have been made into TV miniseries, in 1983 and 1993, respectively. Chiefs is available from Netflix. Half a dozen of the other novels have been optioned but never actually made.
Alex Cross Reading Order: The Alex Cross series is not a short one. … Even if most of the books can be read independently, it’s recommended to read them in order, especially if you don’t want to spoil the previous books if you didn’t read them.
Reading order:
Run for Your Life (Michael Benett book 2) Worst Case (Michael Benett book 3) Tick Tock (Michael Benett book 4) … Blindside (Michael Benett book 12)
ALI CROSS is the youngest son of Alex Cross, the African American detective hero of James Patterson’s best-selling adult mystery series, set in Washington, D.C. Ali’s determined to follow in his father’s footsteps.
The prolific king of the beach read is back with an intergenerational mystery for the 9-to-12-year-old set.
Neither does Tyler Perry. “Alex Cross,” a Summit Entertainment release, is rated PG-13 for violence including disturbing images, sexual content, language, drug references and nudity.
John C. McGinley previously appeared in Se7en (1995) with Morgan Freeman, the original Alex Cross actor. This film is directed by Rob Cohen, while the previous Alex Cross film, Along Came a Spider (2001), was directed by Lee Tamahori.
Currently, there are 28 main books in the series, with the latest one, The People vs. Alex Cross, published in 2017. I’ve read every single Alex Cross novel, which I always looked forward to getting after reading the first book in the Alex Cross series, Along Came A Spider, first published back in 1992.
Take Matthew Fox’s deranged killer Picasso in the new film Alex Cross, which comes to theaters Friday. He cuts off fingers, gives his victims slow, painful death — and he drives a Cadillac CTS-V performance sedan.
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