James Patterson combines his position as a bestselling novelist with a full-time career as the chairman of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency in New York. His phenomenal international No 1 bestseller ‘‘Along Came a Spider’ introduced his detective hero Alex Cross, who reappeared in ‘Kiss the Girls’, ‘Jack and Jill’ and ‘Cat and Mouse’. He is also the author of the bestselling thrillers ‘Hide and Seek’ and ‘Black Market’.