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6th Target, The (The Women's Murder Club)
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Item Description...
Overview
When one of the Women's Murder Club members is left struggling to survive after a brutal attack, her three companions work to keep her attacker behind bars, while new San Francisco police department partner Lindsay Boxer investigates a series of kidnappings in which children and their nannies are being abducted without ransom demands. Reprint.
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When a horrifying attack leaves one of the four members of the Women's Murder Club struggling for her life, the others fight to keep a madman behind bars before anyone else is hurt.
And Lindsay Boxer and her new partner in the San Francisco police department run flat-out to stop a series of kidnappings that has electrified the city: children are being plucked off the streets together with their nannies--but the kidnappers aren't demanding ransom. Amid uncertainty and rising panic, Lindsay juggles the possibility of a new love with an unsolvable investigation, and the knowledge that one member of the club could be on the brink of death.
And just when everything appears momentarily under control, the case takes a terrifying turn, putting an entire city in lethal danger. Lindsay must make a choice she never dreamed she'd face--with no certainty that either outcome has more than a prayer of success. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 401
Dimensions: Length: 1.25" Width: 4.25" Height: 6.75"
Weight: 0.45 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Nov 25, 2008
ISBN 0446198951
EAN 9780446198950
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Availability 62 units.
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 | After 6 books the series is getting a bit stale Sep 19, 2009 |
I've been reading the Women's Murder Club series since James Patterson started to write it however many years ago. When the series first started I found it fresh and engaging but with this latest book (The 6th Target) the series is starting to get a little worn.
The write up for this book is for a serial kidnapper that supposedly has the city on edge. With lots of terrifying twists and turns that is garuenteed to keep one on the edge of their seat. When the reality was that this novel was more of a yawn than a nail bitter. There are really 3 mysteries - all of which are under developed and don't blend well with the story as a whole.
The first incident is solved almost as soon as it begins. The serial kidnapping is only one child with allusions to others possibly taken in the past. The kidnapper is predictable and nothing is really solved in the end. And the final plot point starts slow, climaxes quickly and is then over in a flash. This book didn't hold my attention and it took me far longer than it should have considering its uber short chapters but I just couldn't get into any of the plots. I also couldn't get into the whinings and other new details of the backstory on each character. The women never really seem to change or grow from one book to the next and I don't think that I'll be rushing out to buy the inevitable 7th book that we all know is coming.
[...] | | |  | Three Plots Keep Things Hopping Sep 14, 2009 |
It's just a normal November Saturday before a man opens starts shooting on a ferry. Before he settles, four people are dead and Claire is left fighting for her life. This also becomes new ADA Yuki's first big case. Can she win it?
Lindsay, on the other hand, is trying to track down a missing kid. The five-year-old was kidnapped from a park near her house and her nanny shot. Where might she be?
Cindy has just moved into a new building. But that might have been a mistake since violent things keep happening there. Is one of her neighbors a madman?
As you would expect with three stories, things move quickly from one plot point to another. There's never a minute to get bored. The last couple of books have gotten me used to the idea of several stories, so while it isn't my favorite, I enjoyed it here more than I have in the last couple of books.
Since the various plots involve different characters, I felt like they all got used pretty well here. Lindsay is still the main focus. Again, the characters could be better developed, but they are fine.
For a fast read, this book is fun. And that's all I was looking for when I picked it up.
| | | | Somewhat Weak Characters Sep 1, 2009 |
I'm not sure whose writing these co-authored books. Is Patterson's name on the cover only for the hype?
The novel encompasses 3 crimes & a sort of love interest story in the life of the main character, Lindsay Boxer, a cop. It seems 2 of the crime stories can be done away with since they are not strong at all. The love interest can be tossed, it's so weak.
The main story of the ferry murderer should have been the novel; along with the love story if they were both developed to potential.
The book starts off nicely, then drops off and becomes flat. The stories are rather flat, as are their characters. Get to the ending, and yes, a bit flat as well | | |  | 135 chapters? Come on! Jul 30, 2009 |
| To make this short, anytime you run on a book that has 135 chapters, and this includes a number of chapters that are ONE and a HALF pages long (???), you should be able to determine the quality of the book. Avoid this one., | | | | Not the best of the series Jul 7, 2009 |
| I love the WMC series and have read all of them (up to this one,) but he's beginning to crank these out so quickly that it appears to be affecting the quality a bit. The multitude of unconnected and unresolved storylines made this one feel a little disjointed. It also didn't keep me guessing until the very end like most of the WMC novels do. It's a quick read and enjoyable if you like Patterson and this series, but definately the weakest of 1-6. | | | Write your own review about 6th Target, The (The Women's Murder Club)
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