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Alex Cross — James Patterson
Series List in Order: 30 books
James Patterson's Alex Cross series features the gritty backdrop of Washington, D.C., for his titular detective. Alex Cross is a detective with the Metropolitan Police Department who has a psychology degree from Johns Hopkins specializing in abnormal psychology and forensic psychology.
The first book in the series, Along Came a Spider, was published in 1993 and new books have been delivered on a regular basis since then. Patterson has also written several spin-off novels from this series. The popular detective was brought to the big screen in 1997 starring Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross.
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| 1 | Along Came a Spider | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Feb-1993 | 4.5 |  |
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| 2 | Kiss the Girls | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Jan-1995 | 4.5 | |
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| 3 | Jack & Jill | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Sep-1996 | 4.5 | |
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| 4 | Cat and Mouse | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-1997 | 4 | |
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| 5 | Pop! Goes the Weasel | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Oct-1999 | 4.5 | |
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| 6 | Roses Are Red | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2000 | 4.5 | |
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| 7 | Violets Are Blue | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2001 | 4.5 | |
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| 8 | Four Blind Mice | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2002 | 4.5 | |
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| 9 | The Big Bad Wolf | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2003 | 4.5 | |
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| 10 | London Bridges | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Oct-2004 | 4.5 | |
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| 11 | Mary, Mary | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2005 | 4.5 | |
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| 12 | Cross | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Jan-2006 | 4.5 | |
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| 13 | Double Cross | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2007 | 4.5 | |
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| 14 | Cross Country | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2008 | 4 | |
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| 15 | Alex Cross's TRIAL | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Sep-2009 | 4.5 | |
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| 16 | I, Alex Cross | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2009 | 4.5 | |
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| 17 | Cross Fire | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2010 | 4.5 | |
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| 18 | Kill Alex Cross | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2011 | 4.5 | |
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| 19 | Merry Christmas, Alex Cross | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2012 | 4.5 | |
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| 20 | Alex Cross, Run | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Feb-2013 | 4.5 | |
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| 21 | Cross My Heart | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2013 | 4.5 | |
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| 22 | Hope to Die | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2014 | 4 | |
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| 23 | Cross Justice | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2015 | 4.5 | |
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| 23.5 | Cross Kill | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Jun-2016 | 4.5 | |
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| 24 | Cross the Line | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2016 | 4.5 | |
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| 24.5 | Detective Cross | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | May-2017 | 4 | |
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| 25 | The People vs. Alex Cross | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2017 | 4.5 | |
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| 26 | Target: Alex Cross | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2018 | 4.5 | |
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| 27 | Criss Cross | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2019 | 4 | |
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| 28 | Deadly Cross | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Nov-2020 | 0 | |
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