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  • 1st to Die

  • The Women's Murder Club
  • By: James Patterson
  • Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
  • Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (6,316 ratings)

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1st to Die

By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
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Publisher's summary

Four women - four friends - share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle.


But the usual procedures aren't bringing them any closer to stopping the killings. So these women form a Women's Murder Club to collaborate outside the box and pursue the case by sidestepping their bosses and giving one another a hand.


1st to Die is the start of a blazingly fast-paced and sensationally entertaining new series of crime thrillers.

©2001 by James Patterson (P)2001 by Time Warner AudioBooks

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Entertaining

Looking forward to more of this new crime series. Kept me interested and awake on a long trip.

Narration was excellent.

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Hummmmm

The book was great until the end. The ending was just not plausible considering the genius of the character.

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Loved it .

I can't wait to hear the next in this series. I love the characters in this. Patterson delivered again.

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Great Murder Mystery with Twists!

My husband and I listened to this story during our trip from Maryland to Georgia and back. Thoroughly enjoyed trying to solve the mystery of the suspect, and loved the twists the novel provided! Great reading!

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Love this book

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would say that this is one of the best books ever.....
I would recommend this book to many people friends.

What does Suzanne Toren bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

narration was great.

Any additional comments?

Loved it.

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    3 out of 5 stars

Bad narration

I really liked the story line of the book but hated the narrator. Her inflections of the main character were overdone and unnecessary. It almost made me stop listening.

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a thriller extraordinaire!

Just the moment I was certain to have figured out "who done it" , an entirely different and surprising twist evolved. Talking about suspense to the end! This is my second Patterson book and definitely not my last.

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A Female version of Alex Cross books!

Where does 1st to Die rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is a great read and a wonderful beginning to the Women's Murder Club. 1st to Die is suspenseful, funny and sad all at once. I wanted to listen to it all in one day!

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interesting

If you could sum up 1st to Die in three words, what would they be?

character driven mystery

Any additional comments?

sexual violence is difficult to read. Characters were dynamic though. It's a toss up.

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Narration overly dramatic for my taste

I'm a big James Patterson fan and was looking for a series in which to bury myself. The story was ho hum. Not the gripping mystery I was hoping for. This book just didn't hit the mark for me. And the narration wore on me. Too overly dramatic. I almost quit the book more than once. Wanted to love it but just couldn't get there.

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