Detective Alex Cross makes his second appearance in the worldwide No 1 bestseller that also became a No 1 box office hit as a film starring Morgan Freeman -- now reissued in striking new cover style. *First published in 1995 and now reissued in a stunning new style to coincide with a major marketing campaign to include TV advertising. *Both No 1 bestsellers around the world, Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider were made into major Hollywood films starring Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross. *James Patterson is one the world's bestselling novelists still writing today. * Kiss the Girls sells in excess of 30,000 copies per year. Making it one of Harper Collins' most succesful backlist titles. * Competition: Thomas Harris. Jeffery Deaver.

'As good as a thriller can get. With Kiss the Girls Patterson joins the elite company of Thomas Harris.' San Francisco Chronicle 'A rip-snorting, terrific read.' USA Today 'Ticks like a time bomb -- full of threat and terror.' Los Angeles Times

James Patterson combines his position as one of the fastest-rising stars of modern thriller writing with a career as the chairman of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency in New York. He first reached the top of bestseller lists around the world with Along Came a Spider, which introduced his popular detective hero Alex Cross, who also appears in Kiss the Girls, Jack and Jill, Cat and Mouse and his most recent novel, Pop Goes the Weasel.