Review: Along Came a Spider

Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

A list of quotes I absolutely hated (spoiler free):
"Laura Douglas was her nameo-nameo."
"Elementary, my dear Gary."
"He was going to take a little peekaboo right now."
"Just keep it away from me if you decide to pukeski again."

TLDR; I couldn't take this story or any of its characters seriously. There was no real mystery aspect because we were told everything the antagonist was doing. Ending was incredibly predictable. Have to say, I expected more from James Patterson.

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