Kiss the Girls: A Novel by the Author of the Bestselling Along Came a SpiderJoin Alex Cross on his most terrifying murder case yet in this #1 New York Times bestseller and one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads." In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. In the sequel to Along Came a Spider, Washington D.C.'s 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. |
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... monster I had recently helped put away still gave me nightmares . I deeply feared he would escape one day . The mass killer and kidnapper had al- ready been to Fifth Street once . What in hell was going on inside my house ? Sampson didn ...
... monster I had recently helped put away still gave me nightmares . I deeply feared he would escape one day . The mass killer and kidnapper had al- ready been to Fifth Street once . What in hell was going on inside my house ? Sampson didn ...
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Page 72 - They pick up only the main channels — pain and orgasm"); useless to women ("A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle"); sexually maladept and inconsiderate ("The lovemaking was fast and furious.
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