High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alex Cross is a crime, mystery, and thriller novel series focusing on the protagonist Alex Cross as he fights off against threats to his family and Washington, D.C., Cross is a widowed father and detective; his wife died leaving him with his children, Damon and Janelle and his grandmother, Nanna Mama. The Alex Cross series is written by author James Patterson, who has also created the Witch and Wizard series and the Middle School series, etc. The series is narrated in first-person perspective by Alex Cross and also narrates from the villains` point-of-view. The series has been published in the United States and UK, in paperback and hardcover editions. The books are currently being published by Little, Brown. The first book in the series, Along Came a Spider, was released on 1993 to positive reviews, spawning a series of eighteen sequels. The series has led to three films, Along Came a Spider (film), Kiss the Girls (film), and Alex Cross (film) with a possible sequel, despite very negative reception from the films.