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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Along Came a Spider by James Patterson. The international best seller introducing Detective Alex Cross. Two children have been kidnapped from an elite private school in Washington DC, and Alex Cross is charged with finding them. The kidnapper is their maths teacher, a man named Gary Soneji. As Cross gets pulled deeper into the strange world of the kidnapper, it becomes clear he is not what he seems....

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The fourth heart-stopping novel in James Patterson's Alex Cross series. Just as Alex Cross is beginning to feel that life is good and he is finally coming out of the depression he's been in since the death of his wife, he is called to Union Station train terminal - a man is on the loose, firing at random into the swarming crowds of travellers. Psychopath Gary Soneji seems determined to go down in a blaze of glory, and he wants Alex Cross to be there. Will this be the final showdown?

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James Patterson's greatest detectives together for the first time! Three electrifying thrillers with Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, and the Women's Murder Club. Detective Cross: An Alex Cross Story - An anonymous caller has promised to set off deadly bombs in Washington, DC. A cruel hoax or the real deal? The Medical Examiner: A Women's Murder Club Story - A woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who is not her husband. Manhunt: A Michael Bennett Story - Someone attacked the Thanksgiving Day Parade directly in front of Michael Bennett and his family. 

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  • Narrated by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
  • Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
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    2.5 out of 5 stars 4
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    2 out of 5 stars 4
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Along Came a Spider killer Gary Soneji has been dead for over 10 years. Alex Cross watched him die. But today Cross saw him gun down his partner. Is Soneji alive? A ghost? Or something even more sinister? Nothing will prepare you for the wicked truth.

  • 1 out of 5 stars

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  • Private

  • By: James Patterson
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  • Michael Bennett, Book 1
  • By: James Patterson
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In the most suspenseful thriller yet from the author of Along Came a Spider and Jack and Jill, Detective Alex Cross is on the trail of 2 murderers who may be working together. Casanova preys on talented college women from the Carolinas to Florida. The Gentleman Caller is terrorizing Los Angeles. The case takes Cross coast to coast and to the Deep South, where his niece, a law student, has been abducted. Will she be the next victim of one, or both, of the killers?
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Winner of AudioFile 1996 Earphones Award, Mystery/Suspense

"This three-hour abridgment is riveting. Macabre sound effects, careful editing and chilling performances by Guillaume and Noth produce a viseral reaction in the listener. Though complicated and fast-paced, the story is easy to follow and hard to forget." (AudioFile)  

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Great Story but bits missing from audio book

The book was awsome but there was bit missing from the audio book. I have the hard copy and entire paragraphs were left out along with a couple of sentences here and there.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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  • Tamara
  • 31-03-2013

Abridged Version is Terrible

Would you try another book from James Patterson and/or Robert Guillaume and Chris Noth ?

Yes,(surely, for the author, not sure for the narrators) but i hadn't noticed which type of version this was. Will only go with unabridged version next time.

Would you be willing to try another book from James Patterson? Why or why not?

Yes, but i hadn't noticed which type of version this was. Will only go with unabridged version next time.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Hard to judge. The edited version was done very poorly, which would impact the narrators' experience.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Kiss the Girls?

I think too many scenes were either omitted or cut short.

Any additional comments?

DON'T BUY ABRIDGED VERSION EVER…

8 of 8 people found this review helpful

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    1 out of 5 stars
  • Thomas
  • 13-02-2007

Disappointment

This book is a copy of the movie not the book. The actual book was a truly suspenceful book. This book even changes who the bad guy is like the movie did,

11 of 12 people found this review helpful

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    1 out of 5 stars
  • Mark
  • 24-02-2011

AVOID!!!

I wish I read the others! VERY poor abridgment! Skips WAY too much stuff. One second Alex is in a car talking to someone and in mid-sentence he is 5 miles away chasing someone - without a break. Very weird. The reading is pretty poor as well. I am extremely disappointed.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

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  • Nicole
  • 22-09-2015

Horrible Horrible Reading Voice!!

What would have made Kiss the Girls better?

A better reading voice!!

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

The story is good but it was hard to pay attention with such an awful voice.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

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    3 out of 5 stars
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  • Christine Jaros
  • 18-04-2013

Abridged stinks-musics detracts from story

What did you like best about Kiss the Girls? What did you like least?

Not sure-abridged version does not go much into detail of character-real overview.
Dislike unabridge but all that is available on Audible.co

If you’ve listened to books by James Patterson before, how does this one compare?

Loved the complexity of the story but prefer someone reading as opposeed to acting out.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Robert Guillaume and Chris Noth ?

Doesnt matter as long as not shrill voice

Did Kiss the Girls inspire you to do anything?

read another book

Any additional comments?

Really dislike music or noises and multiple voices acting out part. This is supposed to be Audible BOOK not PLAY ON TAPE.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

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    2 out of 5 stars
  • Tim
  • 14-09-2009

Disconnected sub-plots, less than believeable

Not a good follow up to Along Came a Spider. They story ries to hard to be intriguing. It lacks creditability. Parts of the stroy don't make sence. Don't judge the series by this offering.

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

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    2 out of 5 stars
  • Susan
  • 10-03-2004

Poor Abridgement & Reading

I read this book for continuity in the Alex Cross series, but I was disappointed. Robert Guillame read with a quick staccato and with a "matter of fact" flatnes and timbre that was inappropriate for the character and plot. The book did not have the cadence and tension that other Patterson books have which might be related to the quality of the abridgement. Chris Noth's reading was superior to Guillame's, but the quality of the sections he read were undermined by the tacky sound effects. "Willful suspension of disbelief" was not possible with the audio treatment of this book.

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 22-01-2015

Disappointed

I love James Patterson but this book was a disappointment; almost as though he was rushed to finish it. Enjoyed the sound effects and the narration better than the story.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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  • Gina Mento
  • 13-06-2018

All over the place, hard to fallow

Hard to finish not as good as the rest. I would skip it. I have listened to others in the series and the stories can all stand alone.

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  • Tate S
  • 07-04-2018

don't waste your time on the abridged version

I could not finish this version of kiss the girls. the voice actors are hard to understand at times, the background music is distracting, and so much has been removed from the original that it is hard to follow the story. I was almost to the end and had no idea what was going on or how it got there. most of the story focused on the killer and very little on Alex Cross himself. the unabridged version may be a couple hours longer but worth the listen. particularly if you are a fan of the Alex Cross novels and want to know more then just what the killer was doing.

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  • Leo
  • 27-05-2009

Great, suspenseful stroy - pity it's abridged!

Although I did enjoy listening to this story, the fact that it's abridged does spoil it a bit. In several places there is a jump in the narrative where you realise that, in the full version of the text, a whole episode will have been fully fleshed out; you get a sense that you're missing out on something. This has the effect of the audiobook losing a sense of the developing tension and suspense, which is an essential element in enjoying thrillers. In the end I wished I'd read the book instead of listening to the shortened version.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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  • Rita
  • 15-01-2018

Amazing<br />

I loved it wished it had more to this book but on the whole I enjoyed it

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  • Katie G
  • 23-05-2017

Awesome book, also good film!

Kept hearing morgan freemon as Cross as I'd watched the film before lol Great narration though.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 11-04-2017

awesome

liked it .. it was as if watching a movie , I was right with Alex Cross solving the mystery of Casanova and the missing girls.. awesome. my first but and I'll be listening more ...

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  • Zoska
  • 19-12-2016

Unnecessarily abridged

One of the best books by Patterson has been unnecessarily ubridged and had too much music added.
The story is excellent, the reading is excellent, could be a 5 stars, but you had to "make it better".

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  • Ruth
  • 08-11-2012

Shame it was abridged

This was the abridged version which was a shame as it left some storylines unanswered, narration different but enjoyable.