As usual James Patterson is right on with his book 1st To Die (the first book of a four part series). It was one of those books that grab you the second you start reading and that you won’t want to put it down.

The book has four main characters the most notable being Lindsay Boxer, an inspector for the San Francisco Police Department. Along with Lindsay the characters who seek to solve the case include Claire Washburn (A medical examiner and Lindsay’s best friend), Jill Bernhardt (an assistant District Attorney assigned to the first case), and Cindy Thomas (a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle) who ingratiates herself into the group after the first murders. Together these four women form “The Women’s Murder Club” and take you on a roller coaster ride of suspense as they work together to find the monster responsible for a series of diabolical honeymoon murders that began with the savage killing of David and Melanie Brandt.

Patterson immediately exposes the monster, Phillip Campbell, (a psychotic Sociopath) as the perpetrator of these brutal slayings but don’t be surprised to discover that this is just a charade for what turns out to be an edge of your seat plot filled with twists and turns that takes all the teamwork, brains and courage that these four young woman incorporate to trap this terrifying monster.

Patterson’s 1st To Die, like his other books is a must read for the serious mystery reader. It is intriguing, artfully written, and makes for a lesson in terror that you won’t soon forget.

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