4th of July (Women's Murder Club, #4)

by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

A young man is found dead in a seedy hotel room; electrocuted in his bath with a toaster. This is the second electrocution murder Lindsay Boxer has come across and the message left in graffiti on the wall at the scene of the crime is the same: NOBODY CARES ANYMORE. What does it refer to? The one clue Lindsay and her partner Jacobi have is that a black Mercedes was spotted at the scene of both murders. But when they follow a car they think is connected, they get more than they bargained for. Full of the high suspense and fast-moving plotlines for which James Patterson is best known, this promises to be the most exciting Women's Murder Club case yet.

• ISBN10: 0446613363
• ISBN13: 9780446613361
• Publish Date: 1 June 2006 (first published 1 January 2005)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Time Warner Trade Publishing
• Imprint: Warner Books Inc
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 448
• Language: English

Reviews

[Pigpen.Reads]

While I had a feeling who the murderer was, I didn't see the others...

Still a great series and suoer suspenful!

James Patterson is a terrific writer!!

[empressbrooke]

When I was in college, I loved James Patterson's books. They were fast paced thrillers that I thought were really fun reads. A decade plus later, I decided to pick up on where I left off with the Women's Murder Club and...yeesh. It's been so long since I last read a Patterson book that I have no idea if they were always this bad. This appears to be the first co-written book in this series, did the co-writer (likely the only one actually writing the book, knowing what a book factory Patterson is) drop the ball? I don't know! All I know is that I may revisit the old Alex Cross books but I'm completely cured of reading anything newer. There were a lot of interesting ideas in this book, but the completely superficial writing, 1-page chapters, and completely underdeveloped plot without any foreshadowing or depth just killed it.

[ibeforem]

It’s been quite a while (over a year) since I read a James Patterson book, and this one reminded me why I like him! This is the 4th book in the Women’s Murder Club series. It’s quite fast-paced, typical of Patterson’s books, since he writes the shortest 300+ page books you’ve ever seen (white space, anyone?) Anyway, the trial is interesting, the murder mystery is interesting, and I didn’t even have it all figured out before the end. I figured out 2 of the people involved, but had no idea about the third, or about the reasons.

Thumbs up!

[wyvernfriend]

Lindsay shoots and kills two teenagers in self-defence, their parents sue and she has to go on leave. In order to get away from things she house-sits for her sister, meanwhile there are some gruesome murders going on in her sister's town. The twists and turns are intriguing and keep you guessing to the end.