"Tough to put down...ticks like a time bomb, always full of threat and tension."
"A ripsnorting, terrific read."
"As good as a thriller can get...with Kiss the Girls, Patterson joins the elite company of Thomas Harris and John Sanford."
"This one's hot!"
"HORRIFIC...SKILLFULLY PUT TOGETHER!"
"Mr. Patterson is a skillful plotter, and in this, his sixth novel, he has constructed an elaborate thriller full of twists and false starts. THE IDEA OF BICOASTAL SERIAL KILLERS IS ABSOLUTELY CHILLING."
"In Kiss the Girls, Patterson takes his readers on a wild ride, from the ivied halls of Southern academia to the crashing Big Sur surf."
"This novel is hard to set aside. Patterson's complex tale chills, enthralls, and entertains the reader in A DAZZLING AND UNFORGETTABLE READING EXPERIENCE."
"Robert B. Parker's Spenser, Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta, and Evan Hunter's 87th Precinct detectives....It's time to get out the party hats, welcome James Patterson to the club. Kiss the Girls is a terror-filled page-turner."
"As he did in Along Came a Spider, Patterson comes at the reader with shifting viewpoints in extremely short chapters that are bursting with surprises and suspense. The result is an easy, breezy yarn, suitable for reading at the beach."
"Warning: Do not read on a dark winter night if you are home alone. This is another Patterson scare....you will be up all night reading this one."
"This is another deserving bestseller for author Patterson. Kiss the Girls is impossible to put down."
"Patterson develops characters with broad strokes and fine lines. Even the villains are multilayered and believable....The previous volume was billed as the first great hit of 1993, and it was, it was. This volume is labeled the first mega-bestseller of 1995, and it will be."
"Patterson's skill at building suspense is enviable, and it's impossible to read the book slowly."
"Like his Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls is a tense, complex plot of abduction and murder that is hard to put down. The reader is hooked from page one....This is a crime story so scary it will hold the reader's attention and leave a lingering horror at the back of the mind for days. Kiss the Girls gives strong proof that the genius of Spider is still alive and well."
"Patterson's highly suspenseful novel is eminently readable, believable, and enjoyable, full of short, punchy chapters."
"Kiss the Girls is an enjoyable read, written in concise, pithy language that moves as gracefully as if we were watching it on wide screen at the local theater."
"This nail-biter of a mystery moves at a rapid pace and offers lots of action."
"A great job...Patterson's suspenseful thriller is a good sequel to his bestselling Along Came a Spider."
"This is horror that'll have readers checking the window and door locks, pulling down the shades."
"Another nail-biter."
"There's plenty of mystery, mayhem, and excitement in bestselling author James Patterson's new novel, Kiss the Girls."
