The River Murders

James Patterson, James O. Born — 2020

Sometimes figuring out the truth means going to the point of no return. For Mitchum, returning is not important. Read 3 exciting thrillers from the world's #1 bestselling writer! HIDDEN: After being rejected from the Navy SEALs, Mitchum becomes his small town's unofficial private eye. But his investigation skills are put to the test when he must find his missing teenage cousin--and uncovers a government conspiracy in the process. MALICIOUS: Mitchum is back. His brother's been charged with murder. Nathaniel swears he didn't kill anyone, but word on the street is that he was involved with the victim's wife. Now, Navy SEAL dropout Mitchum will break every rule to expose the truth--even if it destroys the people he loves. MALEVOLENT: Mitchum has never been more desperate. One by one his loved ones have become victims of carefully staged attacks. There's only one way to stop the ruthless mastermind intent on destroying everyone around him--to go on the most dangerous hunt of his life.

Reviews

Shereen Cassidy@shereenc

Feb 2, 2022

I wouldn’t normally pick Thai type of book, but my sister gave me it and I thought I’d give it a try. The book started off great and was so dramatic, I was hooked and read so much so quickly!! However from the middle to the end of the book I was getting more disappointed as there were less chapters to read and nothing was progressing plot wise. And the plot twist at the end wasn’t really a ‘plot twist’ as I called it out early out and it seemed too obvious all the way through. It is easy to follow and as dark as the theme of the book looks, it’s not too much of a dark read. The title is also a bit misleading as no midwives are actually murdered. Some of it was a bit triggering and there was an incident that gave me a nightmare! I would read again, but it would probably be as a ‘holiday’ type book where I could easily pick up, put down and come back to at a later time.

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Alice@alic444e

Jan 24, 2022

As I got closer and closer to the end of the book i was getting more disappointed as I realised there can’t be much of a plot twist remaining. I’d read the whole book hoping for an amazing plot twist, hence why I was getting disappointed. I’m so glad I finished it all went down in the last 3 or four chapters. That was the real plot twist. This book is easy to follow and full of twists in the story. In terms of thrill, there has been better but it’s very well thought through, I would read again.