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Kiss the Girls

By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Robert Guillaume, Chris Noth
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Publisher's summary

In the most suspenseful thriller yet from the author of Along Came a Spider and Jack and Jill, Detective Alex Cross is on the trail of 2 murderers who may be working together. Casanova preys on talented college women from the Carolinas to Florida. The Gentleman Caller is terrorizing Los Angeles. The case takes Cross coast to coast and to the Deep South, where his niece, a law student, has been abducted. Will she be the next victim of one, or both, of the killers?

©1995 James Patterson, Abridgment Approved by the Author; ©1995 Time Warner AudioBooks, ©1995 Time Warner AudioBooks (Packaging Only), A Joint Venture of The Atlantic Group and Time Warner Trade Publishing

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Winner of AudioFile 1996 Earphones Award, Mystery/Suspense

"This three-hour abridgment is riveting. Macabre sound effects, careful editing and chilling performances by Guillaume and Noth produce a viseral reaction in the listener. Though complicated and fast-paced, the story is easy to follow and hard to forget." (AudioFile)

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All over the place, hard to fallow

Hard to finish not as good as the rest. I would skip it. I have listened to others in the series and the stories can all stand alone.

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nothing

HATED the added jarring "music". It added absolutley NOTHING!!!! HORRIBLE!!! This is the WORST book I have listened to.

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Abridged Version is Terrible

Would you try another book from James Patterson and/or Robert Guillaume and Chris Noth ?

Yes,(surely, for the author, not sure for the narrators) but i hadn't noticed which type of version this was. Will only go with unabridged version next time.

Would you be willing to try another book from James Patterson? Why or why not?

Yes, but i hadn't noticed which type of version this was. Will only go with unabridged version next time.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Hard to judge. The edited version was done very poorly, which would impact the narrators' experience.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Kiss the Girls?

I think too many scenes were either omitted or cut short.

Any additional comments?

DON'T BUY ABRIDGED VERSION EVER…

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Too much going on!

Great story, unfortunately they use too many distracting sound effects, I would recommend you skip listening to this one and insted read it. This is one of Patterson's shorter books anyway.

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short and expensive

This book was way to expensive for how short it was. the timeline and story was poorly written. if I could I would request my money back!

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Not good!!!

first off I should have payed closer attention, I did not see it was abridged, but when I saw Guillame narrated I thought ok cool on that anyway. Wrong again between the horrible narration the distracting sound effects and bad music score, I listened for about 30 minutes and gave up, chalked it up as money lost and went bought the unabridged version.

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AVOID!!!

I wish I read the others! VERY poor abridgment! Skips WAY too much stuff. One second Alex is in a car talking to someone and in mid-sentence he is 5 miles away chasing someone - without a break. Very weird. The reading is pretty poor as well. I am extremely disappointed.

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Horrible Horrible Reading Voice!!

What would have made Kiss the Girls better?

A better reading voice!!

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

The story is good but it was hard to pay attention with such an awful voice.

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not good.

sound effects are silly. story too rushed. whole book is a bit better but not his best.

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Too short

Found it to be way too short to grasp whole story and plot, good story

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