8 best-selling mystery books like Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, #1) by James Patterson

Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, #1)

By: James Patterson

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

The classic thriller that launched the Alex Cross series, the #1 detective series of the past twent…

If you liked the mystery plot in Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, #1) by James Patterson , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) by Patricia Cornwell

1. Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)

By: Patricia Cornwell

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Under cover of night in Richmond, Virginia, a human monster strikes, leaving a gruesome trail of st… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) by Janet Evanovich

2. One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)

By: Janet Evanovich

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Paperback

Pestered by her close New Jersey family, Stephanie Plum offers to catch high-school crush Joe Morel… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

3. Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, #1)

By: James Patterson

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

The classic thriller that launched the Alex Cross series, the #1 detective series of the past twent… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

4. The Rainmaker

By: John Grisham

4.33

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

John Grisham's five novels -- A Time To Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, and The Cham… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Pelican Brief by John Grisham

5. The Pelican Brief

By: John Grisham

3.84

Format: 736 pages, Paperback

In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh home... In a seedy D… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)

By: Stieg Larsson , Reg Keeland

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story and financial intrigue. A Sensati… read more

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7. The Juror

By: George Dawes Green

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This is a psychological thriller about a young woman threatened by the Mafia who must return a verd… read more

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8. The Client

By: John Grisham

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...El… read more

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Cover of The Firm by John Grisham, Robin Waterfield

9. The Firm

By: John Grisham , Robin Waterfield

4.06

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Adaptation for younger readers. Mitch McDeere is a young, intelligent and ambitious lawyer. When… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Her thoughts could not escape the present."

-John Grisham, The Firm

"love yourself,.,.,.,for the sake of your better future"

-John Grisham, The Firm

"Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected."

-John Grisham, The Firm

"I've loved you all my life. Even before we met. Part of it wasn't even you. It was just a promise of you."

-John Grisham, The Firm

10. The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)

By: Michael Connelly

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is mo… read more

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11. Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)

By: Lee Child

2.96

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He's just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and i… read more

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12. A Time to Kill

By: John Grisham

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Before The Firmand The Pelican Briefmade him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of… read more

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13. The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan Universe, #4)

By: Tom Clancy

4.16

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so… read more

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14. The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)

By: Robert Ludlum

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found  Who is Jason Bourne? Is he an assassin, a terrorist, a… read more

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15. The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1)

By: Jeffery Deaver

4.17

Format: 128 pages,

Lincoln Rhyme was once a brilliant criminologist, a genius in the field of forensics -- until an ac… read more

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16. The Client

By: John Grisham , Andy Hopkins , Jocelyn Potter , Janet McAlpin

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Mark Sway is 11 and knows where a body has been hidden. If the FBI can find the body, then they can… read more

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17. The Runaway Jury

By: John Grisham

3.90

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco… read more

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Cover of 4th Of July - Womens Murder Club 4 by The Works

18. 4th Of July - Womens Murder Club 4

By: The Works

4.55

Format: None pages, Kitchen

None read more

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Cover of The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16) by Michael    Connelly

19. The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)

By: Michael Connelly

4.21

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

Mickey Haller has spent all his professional life afraid that he wouldn’t recognize innocence if it… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16) book and James Patterson's Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
" There is no client as scary as an innocent man. " J. Michael Haller, Criminal Defense Attorney, Los Angeles, 1962."

-Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)

"Well, did he do it?" She always asked the irrelevant question. It didn't matter in terms of the strategy of the case whether the defendant "did it" or not. What mattered was the evidence against him …"

-Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)

"You know what my father said about innocent clients? ... He said the scariest client a lawyer will ever have is an innocent client. Because if you fuck up and he goes to prison, it'll scar you for li…"

-Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)

"The law school notions about the virtue of the adversarial system, of the system’s checks and balances, of the search for truth, had long since eroded like the faces of statues from other civilizatio…"

-Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)

Cover of 3rd Degree by Patterson, James, Gross, Andrew [Grand Central Publishing,2005] (Paperback) by Patterson

20. 3rd Degree by Patterson, James, Gross, Andrew [Grand Central Publishing,2005] (Paperback)

By: Patterson

4.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

3rd Degree by Patterson, James, Gross, Andrew [Grand Central Publishing,2005] (Paperback) [Paperbac… read more

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Cover of The 5th Horseman (2007) by James  Patterson

21. The 5th Horseman (2007)

By: James Patterson

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

Book #5 from the series: Women's Murder Club It is a wild race against time as Lieutenant Lindsa… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Lawyer's credo: Anyone can sue anyone for anything."

-James Patterson, The 5th Horseman (2007)

"Itsumademo ai shiteru, Yuki. I love you forever, my daughter."

-James Patterson, The 5th Horseman (2007)

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Patricia Cornwell

4.20

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One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)

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3.00

Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, #1)

James Patterson

3.82

The Rainmaker

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4.33

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3.91

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3.74

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