1st to Die
Ratings47
Average rating3.5
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Ratings47
Average rating3.5
Four women-four friends-share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle.But the usual procedures aren't bringing them any closer to stopping the killings. So these women form a Women's Murder Club to collaborate outside the box and pursue the case by sidestepping their bosses and giving one another a hand.The four women develop intense bonds as they pursue a killer whose crimes have stunned an entire city. Working together, they track down the most terrifying and unexpected killer they have ever encountered-before a shocking conclusion in which everything they knew turns out to be devastatingly wrong.
Series
22 primary books25 released booksWomen's Murder Club is a 25-book series with 22 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by James Patterson, Andrew Gross, and 5 others.
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Hoping the mystery really pans out.
Things this book has taught me about being a woman, so far:
1. Woman easily form strong fast bonds with other women.
2. Men are not to be trusted, the things they do are to keep woman down. (Even if you are top investigator this applies to anything your boss does that you don't like.)
3. Any man who is not boorish is a love interest, if that doesn't work or you are not interested see #2.
4. When ever you are alone try and cry a little.
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Nope didn't get better and the mystery didnt pull it through. Figured out who done it at about 50% through.
I have never read a James Patterson novel before, in fact it's about as far removed from my normal book diet of chicklit novels as you can get. I've heard good things about The Women's Murder Club series and thought maybe I'd give one a try.
Somehow with 4 children I still managed to devour this in 24 hours. It was gripping, I just had to keep turning the pages. The story was fraught with tension and cracked along at such a pace it seemed to be over before I realised what had happened.
The criticism here is it doesn't compare to Pattersons other novels but as I've not read them then all that makes me think is they must be truly sensational in comparison.
I have the second one to read also but I want to keep it and not rush in otherwise I suspect I may not move from my armchair tomorrow
BLUF: While I did not like this book, I am likely to read the next in the series at some point in the distant future.
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“We have been sort of working together,” I admitted, “outside of the investigation.” Over margaritas, I explained how we had originally gotten together. How we had come upon this case, trying to solve it, sharing what we knew freelance. How it had become a sort of bond. How things had just gotten a bit deeper. Jill arched her eyebrows. “I assume you're sharing all this with the investigation?”.
Absolute trash writing. I got two or three chapters in and had to stop because I couldn't stomach how bad the writing is.
This will be my first and last experience with James Patterson. His popularity will remain the true mystery.
