Secondhand Crime Fiction & Thriller Bargain Book Box SP2697

Three authors, three remarkable series runs — and the headline is extraordinary: this box contains the complete Alex Cross series from Book 1 (Along Came a Spider) through Book 11 (Mary, Mary), eleven consecutive novels without a gap. Add the complete six-book Tres Navarre series by a pre-Percy Jackson Rick Riordan, plus three Kay Scarpetta novels, and this is a seriously well-stocked thriller box.

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Secondhand Thriller & Crime Bargain Book Box — 21 Books

Three of crime fiction's most compelling series converge in this box. James Patterson's Alex Cross — forensic psychologist, Washington DC detective, and the character that launched Patterson's extraordinary career — runs unbroken from his very first case through eleven consecutive novels. Patricia Cornwell's forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta provides three books of her signature clinical intensity. And Rick Riordan — before Percy Jackson made him a household name for a different readership entirely — contributes the complete six-book Tres Navarre series plus a standalone thriller, all set in the Texas he clearly knows and loves.

Alex Cross Series — James Patterson (Books 1–11)

1. Along Came a Spider (Book 1) The novel that introduced Alex Cross — forensic psychologist, homicide detective, grandfather, and one of the most enduring characters in commercial fiction — tracking a kidnapper and killer whose intelligence matches his own. The beginning of an eleven-book run in this box.
2. Kiss the Girls (Book 2) Cross's niece is abducted, and the trail leads to a terrifying discovery: two serial killers operating in tandem across the country. Patterson's plotting at its most relentlessly propulsive.
3. Jack and Jill (Book 3) Two separate cases collide: a series of murders of Washington's elite, and a threat against the President himself. Cross navigating the political and the personal simultaneously.
4. Cat and Mouse (Book 4) Cross pursues Gary Soneji — his most personal nemesis — to Europe, while a new killer known as Mr Smith operates with terrifying efficiency. Patterson keeps the series expanding without losing pace.
5. Pop Goes the Weasel (Book 5) A British diplomat in Washington is secretly a serial killer playing a game called "Four Horsemen" — and Cross must stop him before the game ends. One of the strongest mid-series entries.
6. Roses Are Red (Book 6) A series of bank robberies turns lethal, and the Mastermind — one of the series' most compelling antagonists — makes his first appearance. A genuine turning point in the Alex Cross saga.
7. Violets Are Blue (Book 7) Vampire-cult murders across America, and the Mastermind operating in the shadows behind them. Patterson sustains the tension across two intertwined storylines with characteristic efficiency.
8. Four Blind Mice (Book 8) A fellow detective's friend is on death row for murders Cross believes he didn't commit — and the trail leads to a military assassination team. Cross at his most personally committed.
9. The Big Bad Wolf (Book 9) Cross joins the FBI and immediately faces a case involving a shadowy figure trading in human beings — one of the most disturbing antagonists in the series.
10. London Bridges (Book 10) The Wolf resurfaces with a threat of unprecedented scale — multiple cities, coordinated attacks, and a countdown that forces Cross to work at an international level.
11. Mary, Mary (Book 11) A Hollywood actress killer who communicates exclusively through emails to a journalist — and the emails are chillingly intimate. The eleventh and final Alex Cross novel in this box.

Kay Scarpetta Series — Patricia Cornwell (Books 3–5)

12. Patricia Cornwell — All That Remains (Book 3) Young couples are disappearing along Virginia's highways and turning up dead with no forensic evidence to explain how. Cornwell's forensic detail and Scarpetta's professional rigour make this one of the series' most compelling mysteries.
13. Patricia Cornwell — Cruel and Unusual (Book 4) A convicted murderer is executed — and then a fresh murder is committed using his fingerprints. Scarpetta at her most forensically inventive, working a case that shouldn't be possible.
14. Patricia Cornwell — The Body Farm (Book 5) A girl's murder in a North Carolina mountain town, and the FBI's legendary Body Farm providing the forensic framework for Scarpetta's investigation. The series at full clinical intensity.

Tres Navarre Series & Standalone — Rick Riordan

15. Rick Riordan — Big Red Tequila (Tres Navarre, Book 1) Before Percy Jackson, Riordan wrote adult crime fiction — and won the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards for this debut. Tres Navarre, tai chi instructor and private investigator, returns to San Antonio and walks straight into the decade-old murder of his father.
16. Rick Riordan — The Widower's Two-Step (Book 2) Tres is hired to find a missing demo tape in the Texas country music industry — and discovers the Nashville dream has a very dark underside. Riordan's wit and sense of place crackling throughout.
17. Rick Riordan — The Last King of Texas (Book 3) Tres takes over a dead professor's position at a San Antonio university and inherits his predecessor's very dangerous enemies. Another Edgar winner.
18. Rick Riordan — The Devil Went Down to Austin (Book 4) Tres's brother is accused of murder in the Austin tech world — and what looks like a personal rescue mission becomes something far more complicated.
19. Rick Riordan — Cold Springs (Standalone) A San Francisco teacher's troubled daughter is sent to a tough-love wilderness programme in Texas — and what follows is a taut, emotionally complex thriller that stands apart from the Navarre series and demonstrates Riordan's range.
20. Rick Riordan — Mission Road (Book 5) The complete Tres Navarre series continues as a detective friend is found at a murder scene holding the gun — and Tres must clear him before the truth disappears entirely.
21. Rick Riordan — Rebel Island (Book 6) The final Tres Navarre novel: a storm-stranded island, a gathering of strangers, and a US Marshal among them who may be the target — or the killer. The complete six-book series, all present in this box.