Thrillers & Suspense
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21st Birthday (Women's Murder Club, 21)
In this thrilling novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Detective Lindsay Boxer takes a vow to protect a young woman from a serial killer long enough to see her twenty-first birthday.
When young wife and mother Tara Burke goes missing with her baby girl, all eyes are on her husband, Lucas. He paints her not as a missing person but a wayward wife-until a gruesome piece of evidence turns the investigation criminal.
While Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas pursues the story and M.E. Claire Washburn harbors theories that run counter to the SFPD's, ADA Yuki Castellano sizes Lucas up as a textbook domestic offender . . . who suddenly puts forward an unexpected suspect. If what Lucas tells law enforcement has even a grain of truth, there isn't a woman in the state of California who's safe from the reach of an unspeakable threat.
Readers Top Reviews
.jac18
Pre-ordered this book so it arrived on release date...it arrived around12noon by bedtime I'd read it...couldn't put it down its been the same with the whole women murder club series...this story has you gripped and needing to know who committed the crime, throughly enjoyed it and awaiting book no 22, please Mr Patterson hope your writing it as I leave this review.
Kid FerrousE Evan
This is another fast-paced instalment of the long running series, with good characters and a twisting plot. Unfortunately the ending felt rushed and abrupt with some questions left unanswered.
A. W. WilsonKid F
Not sure I understand the One star reviews, but, that's what opinions are for. This, for me, is a return to cracking form for team Patterson and Paetro. From first to last page, just twists after twist,. The tension in the final third had me so gripped I just had to read on til the end without stopping. The domestic scenes with Joe, Martha and Julie, fitted in and don't hold up the action, and the other members of the WMC all had a bigger better part than some previous novelsl; If the writing team can keep up this standard then I truly can't wait for the 22nd. (But I guess I will have to!)
Kindle Kelly Lon
A serial murderer is exposed when a mother and daughter are missing and turn up dead. The question is who's the killer, the husband and father of the mother and child, or his father ? There's a lot of cat and mouse but not as much action as this story merits. An above average court case scene and some twists and turns then, smack, a resolution followed by different twists and turns, etc. Even the surprise ending was, um, lackluster.
