Kiss the Girls (2nd Alex Cross Novel)
by James Patterson
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Author: James PattersonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-07
ISBN: 0446677388
Number of pages: 481
Publisher: Warner Books
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Book Review: Pray you don't fall into his collection
Summary: 5 Stars
Second book in the Alex Cross series from Patterson is even better than the first. The story has plenty of thrills and chills, but there is certain realism to it, lots of young women disappear all over the country, things like this happen, there are no supernatural demons and creatures that lurk in the imagination, this can be real. When I was reading the book I kept thinking, what if that happened to me, what would I do? Fight to the death of course, hopefully the bad guy's death...
Alex Cross is still getting over his last case when a new set of problems overshadows his daily grind. Hi niece Naomi hasn't been seen in few days and local police didn't feel the need to notify anyone until four days has passed, forcing Alex to rush over Carolina and investigate on his own. Upon arrival he realizes that she's one of many young women missing from the college campus, somehow there seems to be a connection between them and few mutilated bodies found in nearby woods. A collector of sorts is praying on loveliest of the bunch for his personal harem, Casanova as he calls himself, but Alex's leads reveal that the killer isn't exactly on his own. He has a buddy on the west coast and the two predators seem to enjoy comparing their hunting techniques and bragging about their conquests and what they call perfect crimes. Humans can be cruel and evil but their arrogance gives them away sooner or later, and Alex Cross is there to catch them when they slip. When one of the captured women manages to escape she unleashes a manhunt that puts her life at a greater risk than before, the killers aren't going to forgive and forget and a battle between innocent and hungry sadists begins.
As usual the slick and charming Cross gets his heart tangled up with one of the women on the case, he never seems to be able to stay away! The relationship leans more on a friendship but man, Cross is unable to shake the ladies off; a pattern that I'm all ready noticing and this was only book two, so I am curious to see if that pattern continues. I also liked all the red herrings Patterson threw in, by the end of the book I had my own thoughts about the suspect and noticed how clever Patterson was and not called him by his real name but only as Casanova, so the reader didn't even realize that perhaps the guy being chased is actually someone else, this might not make much sense till someone reads the whole book. After I read it in record speed I went over some parts and re-read them knowing who Casanova was and the story was even better. I often do that to make sure I am aware of everything in the book, if the book was good of course. I can't wait to read the rest, the series looks very promising.
- Kasia S.
Summary of Kiss the Girls (2nd Alex Cross Novel)
In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. Washington D.C.Us Alex Cross is back to solve the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever. Two clever pattern killers are collaborating, cooperating, competing--and they are working coast to coast.Literature & Fiction Books
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