Kiss the Girls - James Patterson

Kiss the Girls - James Patterson: Can he do no wrong? (385 words)
by villager90 - written on 13.02.08 (Very useful, 26 readings)
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Kiss the Girls is a thriller novel by James Patterson. The story is about detective Alex Cross, who is trying to find his kidnapped niece Naomi, with the help of Kate McTiernan, a former victim of the kidnapper, a sexual predator who goes by the alias "Casanova." This is the second book in a series to feature Washington DC Homicide Detective and Dr. Alex Cross. The first book was Along Came A Spider. I did not read the Alex Cross novels in order and this did in no way impede my enjoyment of any of the novels. The stories are easy to pick up, addictive, absorbing and frankly amazing. Patterson manages to do something that very few authors can achieve, ...

Not for Aspiring Detectives! (802 words)
by Smile - written on 21.02.01 (Very useful, 111 readings)
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Unfortunately for James Patterson (and his intention of holding his readers’ interest in mystery and intrigue), “Kiss the Girls” is not as an exciting or captivating a read as you may be led to believe. Whilst it is well written and sufficiently interesting to hold attention, it does not have the thrill of some of his other novels, particularly so since many people appear to figure out whom the guilty culprit is well before the novel’s climax. The story is relatively interesting and involves Detective Alex Cross searching for a missing family member who may or may not have been abducted – she has no reason to run away. All of ...

Kiss the Girls - James Patterson: An Excellent Book (1215 words)
by jpegington - written on 06.03.06 (Very useful, 86 readings)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: James Patterson was born in 1947. He grew up in Newburgh, New York and graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in English from Manhattan College and summa cum laude with an M.A. in English from Vanderbilt University. He began his advertising career as a junior copywriter with J. Walter Thompson, North America in 1971 and went on to become the executive creative director and chief executive office. Patterson currently lives in Palm Beach County, Florida, with his wife and their young son. A number of James Patterson books have been made into films (Along Came a Spider & Kiss the Girls have already been filmed and I think that they ...