He thinks his role through, not just speaks it. Sad, then, to see him in Along Came a Spider, a suspense thriller barely suspenseful and seldom thrilling. He plays Alex Cross, the ultrasavvy ...

Writer, editor, publisher and fan of all things handwritten. The spider is an ancient symbol that has been evident in literature and art for centuries. So, too, it has been rendered as a ...

ah, I'd better not say, because one of the disappointments of Along Came A Spider, the sequel, is that a vital plot twist is exactly the same. The other disappointments also turn out to be ...