1st to Die British Edition
 | Trafalgar Square, 2001, Paperback Customer Rating: 548 reviews Recommend This product is currently not available and cannot be purchased. It means that we have no merchant offers for this product at the moment or it was discontinued by the manufacturer. |
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As the only woman homicide inspector in San Francisco, Lindsay Boxer has to be tough. But nothing she has seen prepares her for the horror of the honeymoon murders, when a brutal maniac begins viciously slaughtering newlywed couples on their wedding nights.
The Women's Murder Club pits four San Francisco women professionals against a serial killer who's stalking and murdering newlyweds in bestselling author James Patterson's newest thriller. Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector who's just gotten some very bad news. She deals with it by immersing herself in her newest case and soliciting the personal as well as professional support of her closest friend, who happens to be the city's medical examiner. The two women, along with an ambitious and sympathetic reporter and an assistant DA, form an unlikely alliance, pooling their information and bypassing the chain of command in an engaging, suspenseful story whose gruesome setup is vintage Patterson.
"What is the worst thing anyone has ever done?" the killer muses to himself early in the narrative. "Am I capable of doing it? Do I have what it takes?" Answering his own question, he embarks on a murderous spree that takes him from the bridal suite in a Nob Hill hotel to a honeymoon destination in the Napa Valley and thence to a wedding reception at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. Dispatching his victims on the happiest day of their lives, he purposefully leaves enough clues for his distaff trackers to discover his identity and put him behind bars. But just when the women think they've got the case all wrapped up, the killer turns the tables on them in a bloody denouement that even the most discerning reader won't see coming. Patterson, author of the popular Alex Cross mysteries, promises future adventures for the Women's Murder Club, which may give him an opportunity to develop his heroines' characters more completely and win new fans among those who prefer their detectives in high heels and lipstick. — Jane Adams
Title: 1st to Die British Edition
Sales Rank: 1769766 in Books
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Trafalgar Square, Airport ed edition, 2001-04-05, Paperback, 320 pages, ISBN: 0747274371
Package Dimensions: 9.06 x 5.91 x 0.79 inches, 1.14 pounds
- Patterson's New Crew
- James Patterson made his reputation with his Alex Cross novels and then introduced new charactors in the novel 1st To Die. In fact I picked this up without reading the cover when it first came out since I htought it was just another Alex Cross novel and I enjoyed them. Of course I was a bit surpised when I started reading, but it turned… More reviews
- Okay, but should be read before others in series.
- I read the third book before this one, and I should have read this one first. I think this book was written before the author had fully developed the concept, but isn't so bad I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.… More reviews
- seriously?
- You have got to be kidding me? A woman dressed as a man is a convincing disguise? Even when speaking face to face with someone? What a rotten wrap up. Totally unsatisfying. More reviews
- Start of new women-led murder series
- This review is of the Audiobook version.
The first story in this series is '1st To Die' which introduces Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club. Lindsay is a San Francisco homicide Inspector and she has been put on a case where a married couple were killed on the evening of their wedding. Lindsay is partnered with a man from the mayor's office,… More reviews
- Wonderful start to the series
- This is the first James Patterson book that I have read and I was not disappointed! His WOman's Murder Club series caught my attention a couple years ago with his 5th or 6th book but I didn't want to start a series with a book that late in it. Well, I just recently got around to actually starting the series. After I finished this… More reviews
