Kiss the Girls | Style

Kiss the Girls Style

Point of View Kiss the Girls is told from the point of view of the featured character of each chapter. Most of the chapters are told from the point of view of either Dr. Alex Cross or Casanova. Other chapters are told from the point of view of Dr. Kate McTiernan. Several chapters are told from the point of view of the Gentleman Caller. One chapter is told from the point of view of an FBI agent conducting surveillance on the Gentleman Caller with Cross and Kate.

Setting

Several settings are featured in Kiss the Girls. The primary setting is the Research Triangle area of North Carolina: Durham and Chapel Hill. These towns are home to Duke University and the University of North Carolina, respectively. The history of these towns, and the tobacco farms surrounding them, figure prominently into the plot of the novel. From the very beginning of the story, Cross is apprehensive about visiting the South. He has reason to be. He must come face to face with the history of the South and slavery that he so desperately wants to forget.

California is another prominent setting. It is the home of the Gentleman Caller. He is tracked hunting down Melrose Avenue and then followed several hours up the Pacific Coast Highway to picturesque Big Sur. Big Sur is a charming community of redwood forests and ocean side hills where the Gentleman Caller owns a cabin....
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