Kiss the Girls
by James Patterson
★ Top 10 book of 1995 · #10 on Best Books of 1995
Detective Alex Cross faces a baffling case in which two clever killers work across the country, cooperating and competing. Victims disappear and a reporter is murdered, from Los Angeles to North Carolina, as the pressure mounts.
Best for: Thriller fans who want a fast-paced serial killer hunt
Kiss the Girls is #10 on BookWard's Best Books of 1995, out of 28 1995 books that cleared our data bar.
What Kiss the Girls is about
Alex Cross, the Washington D.C. detective from Along Came a Spider, returns to a case that spreads across the country. On the West Coast, a reporter who was looking into a string of killings is murdered. In North Carolina, a medical intern vanishes without warning. As the pieces come together, Cross faces the possibility that two calculating killers are working at the same time, sharing methods while also trying to outdo one another.
The book moves quickly from city to city, keeping the pressure on its investigator and giving readers short, sharp scenes of pursuit. Fans of Patterson's earlier novel will find the familiar detective in an even harder test, and anyone who enjoys dark, fast-moving crime fiction built around a hunt for predators will find plenty to hold their attention. It was a Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection.
Kiss the Girls on the Best Books of 1995
Kiss the Girls came out in 1995. Of the 28 books first published in 1995 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #10 on our Best Books of 1995 list.
Why it made the list: 310 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (13 ratings); 20 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 1995 list
- The Rainmaker John Grisham, #8
- The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson, #9
- Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb, #11
- Sabriel Garth Nix, #12
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 246 want to read it, 20 are reading it now and 44 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 13 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 57 | 55% |
| Reader love | 71 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 68 | 20% |
Questions about Kiss the Girls
When was Kiss the Girls published?
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson was first published in 1995.
Was Kiss the Girls one of the best books of 1995?
Kiss the Girls is #10 on BookWard's Best Books of 1995, out of 28 1995 books that cleared our data bar. 310 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (13 ratings); 20 are reading it right now.
Why is Kiss the Girls on the Best Books of 1995 list?
310 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (13 ratings); 20 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 1995
- The Lost World Michael Crichton, #1
- Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman, #2
- Northern Lights Philip Pullman, #3
- Mindhunter John E. Douglas, #4
- Rose Madder Stephen King, #5
- Wicked Gregory Maguire, #6
See the full Best Books of 1995, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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