Part of Alex Cross, book 24.4
First published 2016
Alex Cross witnesses the impossible. Gary Soneji stands before him, gun in hand, shooting down Cross's partner. But Soneji died more than a decade ago. Cross saw it happen. The Along Came a Spider killer should be nothing but bones and memory. Yet here he is, alive and deadly as ever. Cross must confront a reality that defies logic. Is Soneji truly back from the dead? Has Cross lost his grip on sanity? Or does something far more twisted lurk behind this resurrection? The detective who has faced countless killers now confronts his greatest fear. The dead have returned, and they want revenge. As Cross digs deeper into this supernatural nightmare, he discovers that death may not be the end he believed it to be. The truth waiting for him will shake everything he knows about justice, mortality, and the price of his long career hunting monsters.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
113 pages · Paperback · BookShots
Content warnings: violence