Alex Cross author James Patterson turned down seven figures from Hollywood to whitewash his titular detective character. The first Alex Cross novel, Along Came a Spider, was published in 1993.

is gifting $300,000 to 600 bookstore staffers James Patterson is supporting local bookstores again this holiday season. The Along Came a Spider author, 77, is making sure U.S. booksellers are ...

That fine actor Morgan Freeman continues to top up his pension by starring in, and now producing, stylish but not particularly clever thrillers based on James ... of Along Came A Spider, the ...