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

by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club make a courageous return for their fourth and most chilling case ever-one that could easily be their last. In a late-night showdown after a near-fatal car chase, San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer has to make an instantaneous decision: in self-defense, she fires her weapon-and sets off a chain of events that leaves a police force disgraced, an entire city divided, and a family destroyed. Now everything she's worked her entire life for hinges on the decision of twelve jurors. To escape scrutiny during breaks from her trial, Lindsay retreats to the picturesque town of Half Moon Bay. But soon after her arrival, a string of grisly murders punches through the peaceful community. There are no witnesses and there is no discernible pattern. But a key detail recalls a case Lindsay worked on as a rookie years before-an unsolved murder that has haunted her ever since. As summer comes into full swing, Lindsay and her friends in the Women's Murder Club battle for her life on two fronts: before a judge and jury as her trial comes to a climax, and facing unknown adversaries who will do anything to keep her from the truth about the killings-including killing again. James Patterson fine-tunes the tension as never before in this breathtaking addition to the best-selling detective series to debut in a decade.

• ISBN10: 0316710601
• ISBN13: 9780316710602
• Publish Date: 2 May 2005 (first published 1 January 2005)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Little, Brown & Company
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 400
• 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.