21st Birthday (Women's Murder Club, #21)

21st Birthday (Women's Murder Club, #21)

James Patterson

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Detective Lindsay Boxer vows to protect a young woman from a serial killer long enough to see her twenty-first birthday. When young wife and mother Tara Burke goes missing with her baby girl, all eyes are on her husband, Lucas. He paints her not as a missing person but a wayward wife—until a gruesome piece of evidence turns the investigation criminal. While Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas pursues the story and M.E. Claire Washburn harbors theories that run counter to the SFPD’s, ADA Yuki Castellano sizes Lucas up as a textbook domestic offender . . . who suddenly puts forward an unexpected suspect. If what Lucas tells law enforcement has even a grain of truth, there isn't a woman in the state of California who's safe from the reach of an unspeakable threat.

Publication Year: 2021


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  • tarynrenee3040
    Mar 27, 2025
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  • xoNicolaxox
    May 01, 2025
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    The most enjoyable Women’s Murder Club I’ve read in a while. After finishing the previous instalment, I was beginning to think it may have run its course, however this one definitely brought the series back from the brink. I thought the plot was brilliant, I was truly invested in it the whole way through. It also made a big difference having just one story play out rather than the different protagonists working on separate cases. There was much more interaction between the four members of the Women’s Murder Club in this book which was great to see. It was a brilliant move to make Clapper Chief of Police instead of bringing in an outsider. I think this will cause a lot of tension and become an interesting dynamic going forward. Additionally, I liked the amount of Lindsay and Joe content, as well as an increased amount of Yuki and Brady scenes. I would have liked to see more personal interactions between Cindy and Rich but I have hope this will happen in the following instalments. Overall, I am looking forward to reading the 22nd Women’s Murder Club, and hope that it is as strong as this one.

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