Kiss the Girls - James Patterson Reviews

***Why I read Kiss the Girls*** James Patterson is one of my long time favourite authors. I have now read lots of his books and I especially like his Alex Cross franchise. I had read this book quite a while before I saw the film of the same name starring Morgan Freeman (as Alex Cross) and Ashley Judd (as Kate McTieren) ...  Read the complete review

The second of James Patterson's Detective Alex Cross books flows as fluidly and as fervently as his first Cross book, Along Cam A Spider, but this book, Kiss The Girls, threads the line with much more adult themes and disturbing storylines than the first. Patterson writes the story very well but be warned: there are elements in this book which ...  Read the complete review

Even if you've never heard of the popular crime thriller writer James Patterson, you might still have heard the title of this book 'Kiss the Girls'. That's because it's a really well known film starring Morgan Freeman. And that film was the reason I first read anything by James Patterson actually. I would say before continuing with the review ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Ever wanted to feel you are part of the story? If you are female you will in this book. I really felt for the women in this story who were captured, imprisoned, abused and tortured. I wanted to scream when they did, cry with them and fight the chains that held them. James Patterson is an excellent writer and I am unashamed to ...  Read the complete review

James Patterson, Kiss the Girls, like others, was the first James Patterson book I read. This was the first book I had read in a long time that I couldn't put down before I reached the end. The gripping story line and in depth emotion in the book kept me on the edge of my seat until the very last page. It wasn't until I read the book that ...  Read the complete review

James Patterson as well as being my favourite author is one of the top-selling novelists in the Crime Fiction genre and more impressively the Fiction world as a whole Kiss the girls is the second "episode" following Alex Cross - a police detective and psychologist. As we all know the book is nearly always better than ...  Read the complete review

Although this is not James? first book about the detective Alex Cross, it was the first one that I have read, and arguable the best. The reason why I decided to read the book is that I saw the movie of the same name, staring Morgan Freeman, and thought it would be interesting to read the book that it was based on. I usually watch the movie after I ...  Read the complete review