Gary Soneji is a very popular teacher at a private school in the District of Columbia. His students are sons and daughters of politicians and other government staff. He believed his own intellect was far superior to his students. He could possibly outsmart them any time he wished. He was clever. He was sly and had a dangerous thoughts. He decides to kidnap one particular of his students. He knew he could get away with it.

Maggie Rose was a pretty blond girl and the daughter of a well-known actress. She trusted him and if he could hide her away, there might be a good ransom to be had. Maggie’s ideal friend was the son of the Secretary of the Treasury. He knew he was wise sufficient to grab both of them right out from under the grasp of watchful secret service agents. Today, he wasn’t greedy. He decided Maggie was enough to take for now but he was cautious anyway.

Her friend, Shrimpie Goldberg, he would have to keep an eye on. The kid was practically as wise as he was. Difficult to envision, he thought. Gary could slip correct by and skillfully whisk her away. She will come with him without having question. He altered his mind and decided to grab them both. Why not, he reasoned. She will in no way suspect his motive and neither will Shrimpie. He simply gave the duo a ride home when no 1 was seeking. No one particular would ever suspect him, he knew that.

Even Alex Cross will have a hard time figuring out the crime and who is responsible. He is a extremely educated detective with a degree in Psychology. Cross works in D.C. and knows his way about. He a strong figure with the intellect to match and if he can’t solve a crime, who can? When he is not carrying out detective function, he plays his piano to loosen up. He has a new girlfriend. Jezzie Flanagan works for the Secret Service in Washington. She will assist him to hunt for the mystery culprit who kidnapped the actress’s kid and the son of the Treasury Secretary. Jessie is a fast driver and plays hard too. She is a challenge to Alex and he has rarely run into a person as fascinating. Now, he has a diversion and she’ll help him.

Alex and Jezzie will have a hard time discovering Gary Soneji. He has kidnapped quite a few children and he has killed a couple of of them. He likes Maggie but he is not in this to be nice. Shrimpie is extra unique and just an additional task that will fatten the plot. Cross must out intelligent this seasoned psychopath in his own district and return the children safely to their parents.

Soneji is thrilled that he has once once again out foxed the authorities. The novel, Along Came a Spider, entails the kidnapping of highly prized specimens and he hasn’t even started however. This serial demon thinks he is at the best of his game. He is the sort of crime individual who will kill for thrill but sometimes with an economic plan in location. He is not confident if he even requirements the money. If it does not materialize, he can effortlessly dispose of his victims with no guilty concern whatsoever. He is heartless but puts on a excellent show when carrying out his caper.

Gary has killed some poor inner city youngsters and this make Alex actually angry. He grew up in the ghetto himself and he made a thing of himself. These kids didn’t have a likelihood. Gary also enjoys Lindbergh-inspired kidnappings. He would out do Bruno the infant killer. He was constantly thinking of how he could use his great imagination in administering the ideal crimes creatively. How superior he believed he was in creating the perfect crime scenes and then he would in no way be detected.

Calling himself the Son of Lindbergh, Soneji buries the young children alive at a farmhouse.

They were put in their personal specific caskets that he constructed from scratch. He then watches the coverage of the media parade of his ideal crime on a television there. He hears a FBI detective criticize him derogatively on the tube and decides to get even. He sneaks off and puts the poor guy out of his misery. He wanted respect and he would obtain it.

Cross and fellow partner John Sampson search Gary’s apartment once they are on to him. They discover a note that says merely I want to be someone. Soneji later confesses that he had killed the FBI agent because he was offended by his comments. Shrimpie’s body is found. His parents had earlier received a ransom call for ten million dollars.

Soneji asks for Alex Cross to personally deliver the income to Disney Globe in Florida. At Disney, a man approached Cross and says he will bring them to a location where he has Maggie. Then the FBI surrounds the man, who wasn’t the son of Lindbergh. This man says he will have the girl killed if they don’t release him. He takes Alex and the ransom on an airplane and they arrive at an island. Then, the pilot flies away with the income and lands in So. Carolina.

The plot takes several twist and turns. The pilot is soon murdered by two guys who take the loot. Mike Devine and Charley Chakely now have the income. Alex’s girlfriend had been the lover of this very same man, Devine. She had actually masterminded the whole thing. Soneji who had been incarcerated, now escapes from prison and goes to Washington. He tortures Devine, hoping to recover the stolen cash. He got the income back but then he killed Devine.

Cross takes his girlfriend on a vacation to the Caribbean Islands. He confronts her about what he suspects. Alex wanted to know why she betrayed him. She mentioned that she initially was only interested in him to get information. She fell in really like with him and his youngsters. She and Devine had left Maggie with a household for two years and then got nervous after the Goldberg boy had accidentally died.

Near the finish of the book, Soneji is waiting for Alex Cross. He had attempted to kill Alex’s grandmother and his two kids. He decides to settle with Cross rather. It was time to get rid of the detective who exposed him. Soneji is then shot by a detective and Jessie dies in prison and Chakely soon right after.

This novel provides a lot of action and suspense. It is a book you will not want to put down. It is the first in a series of Alex Cross themed crime stoppers.