

As Lindsay’s investigation is scrutinized and undermined by a criminal as brilliant as any high-powered defense lawyer, and her motives are called into question by everyone she thought had her back, not even the truth may be enough to save her. But what at first seems like an open-and-shut case quickly turns into anything but, when the suspect threatens everything that Lindsay has worked a lifetime to build. When the danger hits even closer to home, Lindsay and Joe find a common cause and spring into action, with quick results. But before she can welcome Joe back with open arms, their beloved hometown of San Francisco faces a threat unlike any the city–or the country–has ever seen. After the picture-perfect world she shared with her husband, Joe, and their beautiful young daughter shattered under the weight of Joe’s double life, Lindsay is determined to put the pieces back together. After a disappointing 15th novel, the Women’s Murder Club series is back on the top of its game.The Instant #1 New York Times and USA Today Bestsellerĭetective Lindsay Boxer investigates the most explosive case of her career. If this book were a film, the last hour would have been nothing but action sequence after action sequence. The reader may even have forgotten their mere existence within the world. Those characters, seemingly unimportant, are suddenly presented as utterly crucial to the entire fabric of the plot, yet the reader has not realised it. And then we reach the last fifty pages of 16th Seduction, where the chaotic action resumes in stunning fashion.Īll the answers to both plots are revealed.

But then - another plot twist in the bomber tale shifts the focus right back to where it originally was.

This appears to be almost a distraction from the ending main plot, and the focus of the book completely shifts. The book then continues with the aforementioned heart attacks. James Patterson seemed to be losing his touch. The book seemed to be coming to its natural conclusion. Was Connor Grant going to be found guilty or acquitted of a deadly bombing? Seemingly random characters were mentioned for a brief chapter, then forgotten about. For the first half of this book, there seemed only one plot.

It will also tell you about a trial of a bomber which Lindsay helped capture, and a deadly conspiracy working against her.Ĭonfused? So was I when I read this novel. It will tell you about a case of mysterious, unrelated heart attacks. If you read the blurb of this book, it will tell you that Detective Lindsay Boxer, heroine of 15 previous novels, is still reeling from revelations exposed in the last installment.
