Kiss the Girls

Kiss the Girls is a thriller about a serial killer who collects beautiful, young and talented women. The killer, who goes by the name of Casanova, locks them up in an underground cellar, and he kills them only if they do not obey his rules.

Police psychologist Alex Cross insists on taking part in the hunt for the killer when his niece disappears without trace. The North Carolina police are not enthusiastic about his interference, however, even though Cross's contribution is far from insignificant.

The investigation really gets moving when the young doctor Kate McTiernan is abducted by Casanova, but she is the first so far to escape from her prison. She suffers briefly from shock afterwards, but refuses to be cowed. Like Cross, she has strong personal reasons for wanting to see the perpetrator behind bars.

The story in Kiss the Girls, which seems inspired by "The Silence of the Lambs" and John Fowles' novel "The Collector", may well have you on the edge of your seat, and the ending is surprising and at the same time reasonably plausible.