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The Medical Examiner

By: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Narrated by: Kate Russell
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Two bodies arrived at the morgue - one was still breathing.

A woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who is not her husband. A shooter blows away the lover and wounds the millionairess, leaving her for dead. Is it the perfect case for the Women's Murder Club - or just the most twisted?

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I love the women's murder club stories, but this reader did not do it justice. she does not have the tones, inflections and accents down at all IMO

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SIMPLY AWFUL-DON'T BOTHER!

Reader is the WORST. She reads as fast as she possibly can, as if there's a reward for finishing quickly. Therefore hard to follow! She also has a voice like a teenage bimbo, which is more suitable for a novel for teens, not a cop, suspense novel. Author (NOT James Patterson, but Maxine Paetro) portrays the 4 main characters, who are experienced professionals, as nothing more than immature sorority girls. They commit acts that no person in their profession would, such as the crime-beat reporter messing with crime-scene evidence. The plot is pretty simplistic, as far as I could read - the awful reader and poor characterizations just made me give up not even halfway through the book. DON'T BOTHER!

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Horrific rip off

First let me start by saying I'm a great fan of the women's murder club I've listen to them all. That said I found this book or offensive, the actor make me feel like she was reading to a two-year-old. I was totally offended by paying full price for a three hour book. I've never known James Patterson to insult the readership by giving them so little and charging full price for it.

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Very poor narration

Very poor narration. Differentiation of characters was very difficult. This ruined the book for me. I've listened & enjoyed all the other books in this series and was very disappointed with this one.

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Borrrringggg

I love JP but this was not at all his level of writing. Not only was it missing some good stuff the narrator was AWFUL!

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THE MEDICAL EXAMINER

Would you try another book from James Patterson and Maxine Paetro and/or Kate Russell?

YES, I ALREADY HAVE WITH THE WIVES CLUB.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

MAKE IT LONGER!!

Which character – as performed by Kate Russell – was your favorite?

CLAIRE

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

DEFINITELY, I LOVE THE CHARACTERS

Any additional comments?

I'M NOT GOING TO BUY THE QUICK BOOKS ANYMORE. AS SOON AS YOU START ONE IT'S OVER!

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Disappointed

In my excitement at seeing a new Women's Murder Club book I neglected reading the details to see it was simply a short story - my bad.
Once I heard the storyline and the horrible narration I was pleased that it only lasted for a bit over two hours.
I will be more careful in the future when choosing my books.

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Disappointing

And I was disappointed in this particular women's club book. I felt that it lacks the intensity that others I had in the previous books. I believe the purpose of this book was to introduce possibly a new character to the women's murder club.

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Just ok!

Kind of comical and read as silly! Love James Patterson but not my favorite! Maybe because it was audible an I usually read!

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bad

struggle to finish. didn't sound like a woman's murder club book. seems like James's Patterson name was on the book because they were his characters, but he didn't write the words.

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