Looking for some new, exhilarating titles? Check out our list of the 50 best suspense novels for some inspiration.* H=Hardcover P=Paperback W=Wishlist A – Z #’s H P W – 1st Case H P W – 1st to Die H P W – 2 Sisters Detective Agency H P W – 2nd Chance H P W – 3rd Degree H P W – 4th of July H P W – The 5th Horseman H P W – The 6th Target H P W – 7th Heaven H P W – The 8th Confession H P W – The 9th Judgement H P W – 10th Anniversary H P W – 11th Hour H P W – 12th of Never H P W – The 13-Minute Murder H P W – 14th Deadly Sin H P W – 15th Affair H P W – 16th Seduction H P W – 17th Suspect H P W – 18th Abduction H P W – 19th Christmas H P W – 20th Victim H P W – 21st Birthday H P W – 22 Seconds A – E H P W – Against Medical Advice H P W – Alex Cross/Cross H P W – Alert H P W – Alex Cross, Run H P W – Alex Cross’s Trial H P W – Ali Cross H P W – Ali Cross: Like Father, Like Son H P W – Ali Cross: The Secret Detective H P W – Along Came a Spider H P W – All-American Adventure H P W – All-American Murder H P W – Ambush H P W – Angel H P W – The Angel Experiment H P W – Armageddon H P W – The Beach House H P W – Beach Road H P W – Becoming Muhammad Ali H P W – Best Nerds Forever H P W – The Big Bad Wolf H P W – Big Words for Little Geniuses H P W – Bigger Words for Little Geniuses H P W – The Black Book H P W – Black Friday H P W – Blindside H P W – Bullseye H P W – Burn H P W – Cajun Justice H P W – The Candies Save Christmas H P W – Cat & Mouse H P W – The Chef H P W – The Christmas Wedding H P W – The Coast-to-Coast Murders H P W – The Coldest Case H P W – Confessions of a Murder Suspect H P W – Confessions: The Murder of an Angel H P W – Confessions: The Paris Mysteries H P W – Confessions: The Private School Murders H P W – The Cornwalls Are Gone H P W – Count to Ten: A Private Novel H P W – Cradle & All H P W – Crazy House H P W – Criss Cross H P W – Cross Country H P W – Cross Fire H P W – Cross Justice H P W – Cross My Heart H P W – Cross the Line H P W – Cuddly Critters for Little Geniuses H P W – Danger Down the Nile H P W – The Dangerous Days of Daniel X H P W – Death of the Black Widow H P W – Demons and Druids H P W – Deadly Cross H P W – The Defense Lawyer H P W – Dog Diaries H P W – Dog Diaries: Curse of the Mystery Mutt H P W – Dog Diaries: Dinosaur Disaster H P W – Dog Diaries: Happy Howlidays H P W – Dog Diaries: Mission Impawsible H P W – Dog Diaries: Ruffing It H P W – Don’t Blink H P W – Double Cross H P W – Steal/Dr.
A new book is scheduled for the end of the year, so feel free to race through Deadly Cross with as much zeal as it calls for - you won’t be without Alex Cross for long. This may be the final book on the list, but James Patterson is by no means finished with the Alex Cross series. He also finds plenty of Kay’s enemies, but none who would want her dead.
But when he goes to Alabama looking for answers hidden in her past, he finds a world of corruption, lies, and secrets, firmly closed to outsiders. He’d grown close to Kay when she was his patient closer than he had with any of the others. The question of who was behind the double homicide, and why, plagues Cross's mind.
In a Bentley convertible behind a DC private school, Kay Willingham, a glamorous socialite, philanthropist, and the ex-wife of the vice president, is found in the arms of the school’s principal, Randall Christopher - both shot dead.