The 9th Judgment
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Average rating3.8
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Ratings10
Average rating3.8
The most personal, most dangerous, most exciting Women's Murder Club novel ever
A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one shred of evidence: a cryptic message scrawled across the windshield in bloodred lipstick.
The same night, the wife of A-list actor Marcus Dowling is woken by a cat burglar who is about to steal millions of dollars' worth of precious jewels. In just seconds there is a nearly empty safe, a lifeless body, and another mystery that throws San Francisco into hysteria.
Lindsay spends every waking hour working with her partner, Rich--and her desire for him threatens to tear apart both her engagement and the Women's Murder Club. Before Lindsay and her friends can piece together either case, one of the killers forces Lindsay to put her own life on the line--but is it enough to save the city? With unparalleled danger and explosive action, The 9th Judgment is James Patterson at his compelling, unstoppable best!
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After a little break from Patterson I returned to Women's Murder Club with 9th Judgement. I've been stifling a little with the last few books I've read, for some reason my concentration hasn't been great.
From the moment I started Patterson's 9th Murder Club book I was hooked and finished it in under 48 hours. It was a brilliant and fast paced instalment reminiscent of the early ones in the series.
A serial killer is on the loose killing mothers and their young babies and caught in the middle is Lindsay Boxer. Tied alongside this story is that of a jewel thief targeting rich couples in San Francisco. Both stories equally intriguing and in this book nicely brought together.
The chapters seemed to fly past and it was nice this time not to have the obligatory court case running alongside the storyline and for focus to be on Boxer.
It is great to read Patterson as he's so fast paced as a writer and The Murder Club has been a joy to curl up with again.
I was doing pretty good with this one. It kept me entertained. I wasn't rolling my eyes at every other sentence Lindsay spoke (this is one of those series where I like the supporting characters better than the main one). I was thrilled that the “B” mystery wasn't a nonsensical throw away. Even better - the A and B mystery were actually connected I was even ok with the 2 dimensional, not going anywhere cheesy Marcus Dowling thing.
And then I got to the end. grr. Authors- when you come to the end of the story. It's the end. Stop writing. There is absolutely no need to add to the story. Really, there isn't. If there is a loose end or two, wrap it up quickly or leave it for the next book in the series. Don't add all kinds of melodrama i.e. don't out of the blue put the love interest in perilous danger in the epilogue to pull them right back out of it 1 1/2 pages later. It's not dramatic. It's a cheap trick that only serves to irritate the reader.
I wish I'd stopped reading when the mysteries were solved, I'd have been happier. So...probably 3.25 stars but I'm rounding down on this one.
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24 primary books27 released booksWomen's Murder Club is a 26-book series with 24 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by James Patterson, Andrew Gross, and Maxine Paetro.
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