Kiss the Girls
Chapter One
CASANOVA
Boca Raton, Florida, June 1975
For three weeks, the young killer actually lived inside the walls of
an extraordinary fifteen-room beach house.
He could hear the whispery Atlantic surf outside, but he was never
tempted to look out at the ocean or the private white-sand beach
that stretched to three hundred feet or more along the shore. There
was too much to explore, to study, to accomplish, from his hiding
place inside the dazzling Mediterranean-revival-style house in Boca.
His pulse hadn't stopped hammering for days.
Four people lived in the huge house: Michael and Hannah Pierce and
their two daughters. The killer spied on the family in the most
intimate ways, and at their most intimate moments. He loved all the
little things about the Pierces, especially Hannah's delicate
seashell collection and the fun fleet of teak sailboats that hung
from the ceiling in one of the guest rooms.
He watched the elder daughter, Coty, day and night. She attended St.
Andrews High School with him. She was stunning. No girl in school
was as beautiful or as smart as Coty. He was also ... read full excerpt from: Kiss the Girls: A Novel by the Author of the Bestselling Along Came a Spider ebook
