February 3, 2009, en-route SYD to SFO
Paperback 2007, 386 pages.
This is another novel in the Women's Murder Club series. Basically it consists of two stories that aren't really related, despite the authors' attempt in intertwining them.
First is the shooting of several people on a ferry. The shooter turns himself in but is acquitted by reason of insanity. After he escapes from the psychiatric ward and is recaptured trying to kill his own mother, and yet another of his victim dies, he is re-arrested on charges of second degree murder. There is not much suspense in the story even though the ending is left open.
The second story involves a series of kidnapping of young girls by a couple who run a nanny-locating service with the fancy name of a “registry”. The man is apprehended while the woman is shot holding the kidnapped girl at gunpoint.
There are side stories such as the demotion and romance life of Lindsay Boxer that don't add much to the overall novel.
I have read a few Pattersons already since I start tracking the books I read. It's good I do so as I will probably won't remember this book in a year or so, and re-read it again.
Another below average book by Patterson.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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