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Podcast: Book Friends Forever
Episode: Return of the Spider by James Patterson read by Dion Graham and Fred Berman
Description: Return of the Spider is the stunning companion to Along Came a Spider, the New York Times bestselling series debut that introduced Detective Alex Cross, âthe real deal, a character who mattersâ (Rolling Stone).
The suspense classic Along Came a Spider introduced an unsurpassed rivalry:
Detective Alex Cross; the âhuman superheroâ (New York Times) versus Gary Soneji; the âmost deliciously wicked character since Hannibal Lecterâ (Lexington Herald-Leader).
But that wasnât their first meetingâŚ
Police discover that Soneji kept a murder book, Profiles in Homicidal Genius, detailing his transformation from substitute teacher to hardened serial killerâincluding clues that imply missteps that Alex...