10th Anniversary (women's murder club)

Jessica Williamson

I can't decide how I feel about this book. The "mysteries" of it were terrible. You could pretty much guess exactly what happened ten words in to each case. Speaking of cases, I'm pretty sure HALF of this book is Yuki in court cases and if you've read any of my previous reviews... I have a great dislike for Yuki AND court cases.

On the other hand, I feel like the character development and writing was good this time. Which is new. It just makes my head spin. I wonder how much of these books are James Patterson and how much is Maxine Paetro. Like is she writing them but he proof reads it and throws his name on it so they can sell them? It weirds me out that he's this big name author but all of these books have another author's name scribbled in the smallest print possible at the bottom of the title.

Pam Sartain

10th Anniversary by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro is to celebrate the book series having been around for 10 years, but also the friendship of Lindsay and Claire.

At the end of the last book, Lindsay had missed calls offering her the lieutenant job that she had had, and then given up.  We were left in suspense as to whether or not she wanted the job, and it turns out that she didn't want it.  But now she has to get used to having a new boss, who was a new guy in the last book.

Lindsay and Joe get married, which is a good ending for the will they won't they that has been bubbling in the background.

A teenage girl is found wandering, having recently given birth.  She tells the police that she was abducted, and her baby taken from her.  Meanwhile, Yuki is prosecuting a doctor for killing her husband, but Lindsay is asked by the doctor's lawyer to talk to her as she's innocent.

These are formulaic books, that are well paced, getting faster as you go on, shown by the chapters getting shorter and shorter.  The twists and turns are well thought out, and keep you guessing as you go along. 

10th Anniversary was published on 2 May 2011 and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

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I'm afraid I couldn't find any links for Maxine Paetro for you to follow.

Women's Murder Club books:

 1st to Die    - book 1 

 2nd Chance  - book 2

 3rd Degree  - book 3

 4th of July  - book 4

 The 5th Horseman  - book 5

 The 6th Target  - book 6

 7th Heaven  - book 7

 The 8th Confession  - book 8;

 The 9th Judgement  - book 9

10th Anniversary (women's murder club)

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