There are also two novellas by Patterson in the series, 2016's Cross Kill and 2017's Detective Cross, while the 2023 novel Cross Down is a joint Alex Cross and John Sampson novel, and was co-written by Patterson with Brendan DuBois.

The new series from Amazon Prime Video stars Aldis Hodge as literary figure Alex Cross, a detective and forensic psychologist determined to get into the mind of murderers to stop killings before they happen.

Prime Video’s latest addition to its dadcore line-up—which also includes Reacher, Jack Ryan, Bosch, and The Terminal List—is Cross, a new series starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross, author James Patterson’s famous detective,