{"id":103206,"date":"2017-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/product\/along-came-a-spider\/"},"modified":"2024-02-24T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T15:15:55","slug":"along-came-a-spider","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9781784757403","title":{"rendered":"Along Came A Spider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>SOON TO BE AN ORIGINAL AMAZON PRIME SERIES<\/p>\n<p>The legendary thriller that launched the Alex Cross phenomenon<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>_________________________________<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Two children have been kidnapped from an elite private school in Washington DC, and Detective Alex Cross is charged with finding them.<\/p>\n<p>The kidnapper&#8217;s identity is quickly determined as one of the children&#8217;s teachers. 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