1st to Die - James Patterson

1st to Die - James Patterson > Reviews > New Patterson But still the same old Patterson

Fiction - Crime - ISBN: 0747266905 more

4 offers from

1 review | Add product to list

James Patterson inaugurates a new crime series with the impressively complex <I>First to Die</I>: the Women's Murder Club, a group of San Francisco professionals--a...
more...homicide cop, an assistant district attorney, a pathologist and a reporter--share their information and thinking on cases. Someone is killing honeymoon couples on their first night together and nothing that we know about the killer is, we realise, entirely reliable: the connections between the victims are tenuous and the killer's method varies significantly. Intelligent, sensitive, tough cop Lindsay Boxer has problems of her own--a potentially fatal blood condition and a suspicion that she is falling for the intelligent divorced spin-doctor forced on her as partner by a publicity-conscious city government. The conversations she has with her friends are partly a matter of looking again at the results of legwork--sometimes explaining something to people who do not share your automatic assumptions makes you look at it again--and partly a matter of sharing expertise; rapidly they realise that they are up against someone for whom murder is a sexual game. Patterson has always had an eye for the psychology of killers--here he adds empathy for those to whom caring about victims is a way of life. --<I>Roz Kaveney</I>

All 1st to Die - James Patterson reviews
New Patterson But still the same old Patterson
A review by njwbjd on 1st to Die - James Patterson
December 24th, 2007


Author's product rating:   1st to Die - James Patterson - rated by njwbjd

Would you listen to it again? Absolutely 
Story Outstanding 
Characters Good 
Listenability Once you start it, you won't be able to switch it off! 
How does it compare to similar audio books? Very good 
How does it compare to audio works by the same author? Excellent 

Advantages: Super story  -  mixing gripping action with personal emotions
Disadvantages: Not enough sleep for me !

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

Full review
I love James Patterson - and this novel highlights why. Having worked through the whole Alex Cross series I wondered whether he could really hit it off with a new character, a new set-up, a new style. I need not have worried. Lyndsay Boxer, the new heroine, is wonderful and, as with all Patterson, the pace is great, a real page-turner - too many nights with not enough sleep; I really couldn't put it down!

Boxer, a homicide inspector, fights crime on the one hand while personal tragedy and challenge on the other. To aid her in her crime fight she sets of the women's murder club - 4 women, all in key roles and professions, who work together, trust each, and it really works (and the group of 4 obviously lay the pattern open for several more great novel's with the same group). The personal tragedy is very moving - a highly recommended read. 






Evaluate this review
How helpful would this review be to someone making a buying decision?
Rating guidelines

   

Comments on this review
More options
All 1st to Die - James Patterson reviews