The 9th Judgment: The Women's Murder Club

I am happy to be able to write a positive review, finally, for a recently written Patterson book. I have felt lately that these collaborative books have been really lacking, but not this one. This story is true to the women's stories of the past, with lots of mystery and a dash of romance. I love this narrator, she truly brings the women's voices to life. If you have enjoyed the series in the past you will like this book too.

Disjointed and disappointing!

This series is numerically numbered, so this is the ninth one. A much better book than some in this series, which goes up and down in quality. All four women are involved as usual in solving the mystery. Carolyn McCormick narrates these books very well. I can't imagine anyone else doing it as well, but then she has narrated all of them. Two cases under investigation as usual: one involves the killing of a woman while her jewels are being stolen by a cat burglar, known as "Hello Kitty" but Kitty didn't do it. The second case involves a psychopath going around SanFrancisco randomly killing women and babies.

I felt like Patterson was writing for the money and not for the fans or for the pleasure this time. Even the ending was simply to try to lure the diehard fans to read the 10th installment of Women's Murder Club. Friends said they didn't like Worst Case because the children of wealthy people were killed but this story had babies killed so what's the deal Patterson? Do you think you need shock value to get readers? I was so disappointed in this installment --on many levels -- and I wish I could get my money back from him. The hype was definitely not deserved.

I have been disappointed by Patterson's recent books, but this one has so many cliche's that are so "juvenile" I actually rolled my eyes while listening! Some parts read like it was written by a child. And the reader is so overly dramatic during her pauses and exclaimations, it was annoying. I am sorry I wasted a credit on this!

I love this series of books by Patterson and his co-authors, yet this book gives the feel that it was a rush to publish. The characters were too predictable leaving nothing to the imagination. To me, the book came across as being written over the weekend and not over agonizing months for character development. You may consider killing off the main characters to save face with your fans.

Great story line and narration. Well paced book, perfect!

This is the 9th installment of the Women's Murder Club. In this one Lindsey , Cindy. Yuki, and Claire are dealing with two Different criminals. Hello Kitty (who we learn the identity of very early in the book) A female cat burglar who is targetting wealthy people, and the Lipstick Killer who is going around killing mothers and their babies. At first the Hello Kitty crimes take priority because one of the victims was killed and she just happened to be a famous actress married to a famous actor. But soon the Lisptick Killer murder take over as they become more frequent. We really don't hear much from any of the girls except for Lindsey this book as the story line seems to focus more on her (even more so than usual)

As usual there are plenty of twists and turns to keep you turning the pages or as in my case listening as I listened to this on audio. This is still my favorite series of Patterson and I thought this installment was really good.

Paterson and Patero have come out with another great Women's Murder Club Mystery. McCormick did a great job of reading this story. The cliff hanging moments were nail biters but this was relieved by some light hearted moments and the ending leaves up hanging for another book. Can not wait for the next book

I thought this story lacked some of pizzaz of the previous stories in this series. Though entertaining and worth the listen, it just wasn't as good as others. I would still recommend the listen, tho.