![]() ![]() But Patterson layered plenty of authenticating detail in his book to evoke the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area. Kiss the Girls is Patterson’s only novel that features a North Carolina setting. ![]() She and Cross team up to uncover Casanova’s true identity and rescue the other victims still languishing in Casanova’s “harem.” McTiernan manages to escape, which makes her the anomalous sole survivor. Meanwhile, medical intern Kate McTiernan is Casanova’s latest victim, but not for long. His emotions are high and he is focused on finding Naomi before it’s too late. The novel follows forensic psychologist Alex Cross as he learns that his niece Naomi, a law student at Duke, was kidnapped by a lascivious serial killer who masquerades under the pseudonym, Casanova. Kiss the Girls starred Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd, whose career was just beginning to accelerate. However, the comparisons between the films were not entirely favorable. Reviewers drew comparisons between Kiss the Girls and other releases like Silence of the Lambs and Se7en. ![]() James Patterson’s Alex Cross series was perfectly timed for moviegoers of the nineties who were primed for psychological thrillers after a number of popular hits. ![]()
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