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  “AS GOOD AS A THRILLER CAN GET…. WITH KISS THE GIRLS, PATTERSON JOINS THE ELITE COMPANY OF THOMAS HARRIS AND JOHN SANDFORD.”

  —San Francisco Examiner

  JACK & JILL

  “FORTUNATELY PATTERSON HAS BROUGHT BACK HOMICIDE DETECTIVE ALEX CROSS…. He’s the kind of multilayered character that makes any plot twist seem believable.”

  —People

  “Captivating… A fast-paced thriller full of surprising but realistic plot twists…. CROSS IS ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST LIKABLE CHARACTERS IN THE MODERN THRILLER GENRE.”

  —San Francisco Examiner

  “QUICK AND SCARY.”

  —New York Daily News

  CAT & MOUSE

  “FAST PACED… THE PROTOTYPE THRILLER FOR TODAY.”

  —San Diego Union-Tribune

  “A RIDE ON A ROLLER COASTER WHOSE BRAKES HAVE GONE OUT.”

  —Chicago Tribune

  POP GOES THE WEASEL

  “HE GIVES CROSS A WORTHY OPPONENT—PROBABLY THE SMARTEST KILLER SPAWNED BY PATTERSON’S WICKED IMAGINATION.”

  —San Francisco Examiner

  “FAST AND FURIOUS…. IN THE PATTERSON PANTHEON OF VILLAINS, SHAFER IS QUITE POSSIBLY THE WORST.”

  —Chicago Tribune

  ROSES ARE RED

  “PATTERSON KNOWS WHERE OUR DEEPEST FEARS ARE BURIED…. THERE’S NO STOPPING HIS IMAGINATION.”

  —New York Times Book Review

  “THRILLING… SWIFT… A PAGE-TURNER.”

  —People

  “IT STARTS OUT, BANG!… PATTERSON HAS GOT THE MATERIAL DEAD ON.”

  —Baltimore Sun

  “PATTERSON MASTERMINDS ANOTHER THRILLER…. Once again, we’re left to wonder, How does this man continue to write gripping tales that keep us turning pages into the wee hours of the night until the book is finished, and we’re disappointed there isn’t more to read?”

  —Oakland Press

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