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James Patterson inaugurates a new crime series with the impressively complex First to Die: the Women's Murder Club, a group of San Francisco professionals--a homicide cop, an assistant district attorney, a pathologist and a reporter--share their information and thinking on cases. Someone is killing honeymoon couples on their first night together and nothing that we know about the killer is, we realise, entirely reliable: the connections between the victims are tenuous and the killer's method varies significantly. Intelligent, sensitive, tough cop Lindsay Boxer has problems of her own--a potentially fatal blood condition and a suspicion that she is falling for the intelligent divorced spin-doctor forced on her as partner by a publicity-conscious city government. The conversations she has with her friends are partly a matter of looking again at the results of legwork--sometimes explaining something to people who do not share your automatic assumptions makes you look at it again--and partly a matter of sharing expertise; rapidly they realise that they are up against someone for whom murder is a sexual game. Patterson has always had an eye for the psychology of killers--here he adds empathy for those to whom caring about victims is a way of life. --Roz Kaveney
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New York Times
'James Patterson does everything but stick our finger in a light socket'
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read a few Alex Cross novels and thought they were "OK" nothing special not particularly gripping but solid enough reads.
When Patterson then started this new series starting with 1st to die i thought perhaps he might be clutching at straws.
However i was wrong 1st to die is an absolute stunning read from cover to cover i read it within a day i was that hooked on it.
The reason being i was hooked is because it is so fast paced so many twists all the way through the book just keep you hooked on the book.
Recommend it to everyone a truely stunning read.
When Patterson then started this new series starting with 1st to die i thought perhaps he might be clutching at straws.
However i was wrong 1st to die is an absolute stunning read from cover to cover i read it within a day i was that hooked on it.
The reason being i was hooked is because it is so fast paced so many twists all the way through the book just keep you hooked on the book.
Recommend it to everyone a truely stunning read.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was intrigued whether this character set would be as good as previous James Patterson novels I had read - I am pleased to say it is much better.
The reading was easy and compelling. The murders were horrific. The plot was sustained well. The Women's Murder Club worked well. (I did feel Cindy the newspaper girl could have developed more?)
I was literally choked at some passages, completely absorbed by others and repulsed at the circumstances of one murder in particular. Never was I bored. A good read - thoroughly recommended.
The reading was easy and compelling. The murders were horrific. The plot was sustained well. The Women's Murder Club worked well. (I did feel Cindy the newspaper girl could have developed more?)
I was literally choked at some passages, completely absorbed by others and repulsed at the circumstances of one murder in particular. Never was I bored. A good read - thoroughly recommended.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My problem with this book was that despite myself screaming at some horrific pieces of writing...I actually enjoyed it.
This was my first introduction to James Patterson and I assume at some point that i'll try another one in the series.
What stops me from rushing back for more at present is the hideous descriptions such as "fiesty lawyer..." and other awkward and unforgetable cliches.
Here is a classic example of how male writers seem to find it more difficult than their female counterparts, to create strong and original characters of the opposite sex.
If it wasn't for the twist at the end and the fact that you can read the book in record timing, thus not waisting too much valuble time, my rating would be far less.
Crime writing of a less serious nature
This was my first introduction to James Patterson and I assume at some point that i'll try another one in the series.
What stops me from rushing back for more at present is the hideous descriptions such as "fiesty lawyer..." and other awkward and unforgetable cliches.
Here is a classic example of how male writers seem to find it more difficult than their female counterparts, to create strong and original characters of the opposite sex.
If it wasn't for the twist at the end and the fact that you can read the book in record timing, thus not waisting too much valuble time, my rating would be far less.
Crime writing of a less serious nature
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Excellent read
this is the 2nd james patterson I have read and I throughly enjoyed it, Excellent twists and turns and I love the style in which it is written too, his books are so easy to read... Read more
Published 21 days ago by C Todd
1st to Die
Lindsay Boxer is an Inspector with the San Francisco Police Department. In this, the first novel in the Women's Murder Club Series, she is battling several things: firstly a... Read more
Published 2 months ago by S Riaz
1st to die :)
Yet again another thrilling read by James Patterson! This is the first if his books that I have read that is not about Alex cross (which I can't get enough of) but I loved every... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Lainey86
Could have done better with the plot myself....
I haven't read Alex Cross yet, but after reading 'Alex Cross's: Trial' (appalling) this began as a welcome relief. Read more
Published 6 months ago by thegoodbook
James Paterson
I had all nine books in this series but had lost the first and wanted to read them all again. Another excellent series of books from this author.
Published 8 months ago by Buf
Enjoyed this book
I have read a number of James Patterson's books over the years but not in any order so decided to read this series in the order they were written. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Lilian
Disappointing and annoying!
I have read and thoroughly enjoyed other books by the same author, but this is a truly awful book. I struggled through to chapter 20, trying to like it, but to no avail and I had... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Alisino
Very Enjoyable
As with every James Patterson, you know what you are getting, a fast-pasted thriller with several murders. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. S. N. Pattison
1st to die by James Patterson
Introducing Homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer in the first of a series of thriller/crime. When a young couple are killed on their wedding night the case is tough for the only female... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Lainy
Brilliant
I have all the Patterson books, I love to read the Womens murder club series. Usually they are books that I take on holiday as once I pick them up, I cannot put them down. Read more
Published 19 months ago by dadbook
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