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Book Review By Tracey Ray
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson

Detective Alex Cross is on an emotional case as he searches for his missing neice who is suspected of being the victim of a North Carolina serial killer. As if this brutal murderer is invisible clues are non-existent until one lucky student escapes his clutches and provides more insight into location and other women being held captive.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Misc. Murder Plotlets - cooped up in spooky house - character killed during/after sexing
Kind of investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets:
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - kicks
The antagonists are: - FBI/CIA
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Mid-Atlantic states

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of male nudity - rape (yeech!) - bestiality (baaa!)
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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