10th Anniversary (Women's Murder Club, #10)

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10th Anniversary (Women's Murder Club #10)

by James Patterson (Goodreads Author), Maxine Paetro

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For every secret

Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals--but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well.

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Published May 2nd 2011 by Little, Brown and Company (first published January 1st 2011)

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Aug 11, 2011 Melissa Rochelle rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-suspense, library, read-2011

Perhaps one of the worst books ever. This was the only Patterson-related series I still read and I'm thinking this is the last JP novel I will ever read. Usually there's some overarching crime that keeps you intrigued, but the first "mystery" was resolved halfway through the book and the other one or two were just as ridiculous. And what happened to the ladies actually hanging out with each other...part of what made this series different is that the women worked together and there was none of th...more

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Nov 22, 2012 The-vault rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

By James Patterson. Women Murder Club #10. Grade: C
Detective Lindsay Boxer’s long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals–but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her...more By James Patterson. Women Murder Club #10. Grade: C
Detective Lindsay Boxer’s long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals–but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her life–a woman who has been accused of murdering her husband in front of her two young children. Yuki’s career rests on a guilty verdict, so when Lindsay finds evidence that could save the defendant, she is forced to choose. Should she trust her best friend or follow her instinct? Lindsay’s every move is watched by her new boss, Lieutenant Jackson Brady, and when the pressure to find the baby begins interfer
ing with her new marriage to Joe, she wonders if she’ll ever be able to start a family. With James Patterson’s white-hot speed and unquenchable action, 10th Anniversary is the most deliciously chilling Women’s Murder Club book ever.

10th Anniversary by James Patterson
The “Murder Club” is a group of four women friends: Lindsay the detective; Yuki, the Assistant DA; Claire, the Assistant Medical Examiner; and Cindy, the reporter. They have been connected for the past ten years while working on homicide cases in San Francisco. They were dubbed the “Murder Club” by Cindy.
For a first timer, these characters may seem confusing as the author reveals the relationship between the four ladies and its importance early enough in the story. In fact the book starts of with all of them together, so it may seem a bit thrown in your face, and for those who have joined the series only now, it may be difficult to peg them.
Detective Lindsay Boxer is married to Joe Molinari. Post Honeymoon, she has a new boss – Jackson Brady, and a new case that does not involve a homicide. Avis Richardson, a young girl has been found on a San Francisco street almost nude and bleeding. The doctors determine that she has been drugged, recently given birth and probably raped. However Avis remains completely aloof about what has happened to her.
Yuki, the Assistant DA, is prosecuting a high profile murder case. Cindy, on the other hand, gets drawn into a serial rapist story, and finally becomes the target as well.
So now we have a missing baby and a girl with almost no memory of the incident, a high profile murder case, and a serial rapist on the loose. I must say that I am terribly disappointed with the mysteries. Not one of them have a strong plot or are connected in any manner, and it seems to be just wound around for the sake of it. It seems to me that a better way could have been conceived to involve Yuki in the plot because Lindsay’s intrusion into Yuki’s case does not flow well at all with the rest of the action.
In addition to the criminal action, there is romantic intrigue for all members of the “Murder Club”. Yes we all love a dash of romance with a sprinkle of macho hero action, but it seems to have been so forcefully pushed into 10th Anniversary, that it seemed totally uncalled for. At the end of the novel, all the ladies are involved romantically. Yuki is hooked up with Jackson Grady, Lindsay’s boss; Cindy is engaged to Rich Conklin, Lindsay’s partner; Claire is still with husband Edmund and children; and Lindsay is married and pregnant. There were places I thought of it as more chick-lit than JP. The women pine for babies, fall in love with men with big athletic shoulders and soft brown hair curling around their face and guys with pretty blond hair in a ponytail. Once, one of the protagonists tells her husband she wants to make a baby with him in fulfillment of their love for each other. Perhaps the romances will further the adventures of the “Murder Club” ladies. One can hope.
Adding to it, there were grammatical errors in this book (!) and Lindsay’s obsession with getting pregnant, which seemed a bit out of character for her. There is a lot of unnecessary focus on her need to get pregnant, which could have perhaps been better utilized to explore the death of her father, which happened off screen. There is so much potential as her father had influenced the character of Lindsay since the first book. Hopefully this story line is picked up in the next book.
All I can say after reading this one is: it is James Patterson for crying out loud, why would he have so many loop ends, and so many distractions, and loosely held plots? What’s wrong with him? The book really did not work for me. It can be because Patterson is losing his touch or perhaps because of the co-authors, who some people claim are the real ‘writers’ to these books? Who knows? In my opinion, it is not as well written or as well developed as previous Patterson books. Even if you’re an ardent James Patterson fan, I’d advise you to skip this one..

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Nov 19, 2012 VaultOfBooks rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

By James Patterson. Women Murder Club #10. Grade: C
Detective Lindsay Boxer’s long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals–but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her...more By James Patterson. Women Murder Club #10. Grade: C
Detective Lindsay Boxer’s long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals–but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her life–a woman who has been accused of murdering her husband in front of her two young children. Yuki’s career rests on a guilty verdict, so when Lindsay finds evidence that could save the defendant, she is forced to choose. Should she trust her best friend or follow her instinct? Lindsay’s every move is watched by her new boss, Lieutenant Jackson Brady, and when the pressure to find the baby begins interfer
ing with her new marriage to Joe, she wonders if she’ll ever be able to start a family. With James Patterson’s white-hot speed and unquenchable action, 10th Anniversary is the most deliciously chilling Women’s Murder Club book ever.

10th Anniversary by James Patterson
The “Murder Club” is a group of four women friends: Lindsay the detective; Yuki, the Assistant DA; Claire, the Assistant Medical Examiner; and Cindy, the reporter. They have been connected for the past ten years while working on homicide cases in San Francisco. They were dubbed the “Murder Club” by Cindy.
For a first timer, these characters may seem confusing as the author reveals the relationship between the four ladies and its importance early enough in the story. In fact the book starts of with all of them together, so it may seem a bit thrown in your face, and for those who have joined the series only now, it may be difficult to peg them.
Detective Lindsay Boxer is married to Joe Molinari. Post Honeymoon, she has a new boss – Jackson Brady, and a new case that does not involve a homicide. Avis Richardson, a young girl has been found on a San Francisco street almost nude and bleeding. The doctors determine that she has been drugged, recently given birth and probably raped. However Avis remains completely aloof about what has happened to her.
Yuki, the Assistant DA, is prosecuting a high profile murder case. Cindy, on the other hand, gets drawn into a serial rapist story, and finally becomes the target as well.
So now we have a missing baby and a girl with almost no memory of the incident, a high profile murder case, and a serial rapist on the loose. I must say that I am terribly disappointed with the mysteries. Not one of them have a strong plot or are connected in any manner, and it seems to be just wound around for the sake of it. It seems to me that a better way could have been conceived to involve Yuki in the plot because Lindsay’s intrusion into Yuki’s case does not flow well at all with the rest of the action.
In addition to the criminal action, there is romantic intrigue for all members of the “Murder Club”. Yes we all love a dash of romance with a sprinkle of macho hero action, but it seems to have been so forcefully pushed into 10th Anniversary, that it seemed totally uncalled for. At the end of the novel, all the ladies are involved romantically. Yuki is hooked up with Jackson Grady, Lindsay’s boss; Cindy is engaged to Rich Conklin, Lindsay’s partner; Claire is still with husband Edmund and children; and Lindsay is married and pregnant. There were places I thought of it as more chick-lit than JP. The women pine for babies, fall in love with men with big athletic shoulders and soft brown hair curling around their face and guys with pretty blond hair in a ponytail. Once, one of the protagonists tells her husband she wants to make a baby with him in fulfillment of their love for each other. Perhaps the romances will further the adventures of the “Murder Club” ladies. One can hope.
Adding to it, there were grammatical errors in this book (!) and Lindsay’s obsession with getting pregnant, which seemed a bit out of character for her. There is a lot of unnecessary focus on her need to get pregnant, which could have perhaps been better utilized to explore the death of her father, which happened off screen. There is so much potential as her father had influenced the character of Lindsay since the first book. Hopefully this story line is picked up in the next book.
All I can say after reading this one is: it is James Patterson for crying out loud, why would he have so many loop ends, and so many distractions, and loosely held plots? What’s wrong with him? The book really did not work for me. It can be because Patterson is losing his touch or perhaps because of the co-authors, who some people claim are the real ‘writers’ to these books? Who knows? In my opinion, it is not as well written or as well developed as previous Patterson books. Even if you’re an ardent James Patterson fan, I’d advise you to skip this one.

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Jun 19, 2012 Best Crime Books rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In the last book 9th Judgement I was not a happy bunny. The lead character Lindsay seemed to have had a personality transplant and had become this wimp overnight. Thankfully she seems to have got some of her backbone back in this latest book. Her and her work partner Rich are a good fit and the case they worked on was the main thread of this book in the beginning. Thankfully the story was somewhat better than some of the others in the series although a long way off as good as they could be.

Yuki...more In the last book 9th Judgement I was not a happy bunny. The lead character Lindsay seemed to have had a personality transplant and had become this wimp overnight. Thankfully she seems to have got some of her backbone back in this latest book. Her and her work partner Rich are a good fit and the case they worked on was the main thread of this book in the beginning. Thankfully the story was somewhat better than some of the others in the series although a long way off as good as they could be.

Yuki is the other character I just cannot get my head around. For a start she is an Assistant District Attorney so the true nature of somebody in that position doesn’t fit with how she is being written. The main thread for her was again not a bad story, but we keep seeing the insistent ‘pushing’ of her becoming involved with somebody and having to find herself a man. There is something about it that just doesn’t sit right with me. Cindy is the one character that I think has become stronger and her relationship with Rich played a bigger part this time round. The last book I read their relationship felt like an added extra that was dumped in the book at the last minute but thankfully now it all seems to have taken an upward turn and fits her character and the story a lot better. Cindy was by far the best part of this latest read which isn’t that positive a sign seeing as the book features Lindsay a lot more.

Medical Examiner Claire was the only character that was missing for the largest part of the book. It felt like they had forgotten her or maybe it was the fact that there were a lot less dead bodies in this one for her to autopsy. Either way I think she should have featured more that she did. Okay, I feel like I do this every time I read a Patterson nowadays. It’s almost like I get a shock if I love the book. The thing with Patterson books is that the writing style is genius. They are short sharp chapters which manage to pique your interest and keep you turning pages. However, the real heart of the stories seems to be somewhat missing. Is this down to Patterson losing his touch or down to the co-authors who some people claim are the real ‘writers’ to these books? Who knows?

The three stories that ran were okay, but just that, okay! They were interesting enough to keep me reading and in truth the only thing that made me that bit more interested were the characters I have grown to understand and know the more I have read. The pace was as usual pretty good but there were no great surprises and like I mentioned before the body count was low! If this was the first in the series I think there would be less of a following and I think that people go back to these books time and time again because they are ‘easy readers’.

If you look at the overall rating of these Murder Club books you may be surprised. Amazon ratings show the majority of the series to be ‘middle of the road’ and I can understand why. Love him or loathe him, you won’t find many people that haven’t heard of or read a James Patterson. This time I won’t try to convince myself that I won’t pre-order because (for no obvious reason) I probably will (what a sucker!). I wouldn’t say this was awful, but I wouldn’t say it was his best.
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Jan 11, 2012 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, fiction, mystery-thriller, womens-murder-club

I'm going to have to start classifying these as romance, I think, especially after these last two. LOL Flirtations, weddings, and all the rest.

Anyway, this wasn't the best of the series but it wasn't bad by any means, either. I do still love Lindsay and Claire, while Yuki kind of needs a bit of a backbone sometimes. Despite that, I get her position... you're either a bit timid or a raging b*tch out to prove a point. I'd rather she be timid. Now Cindy, on the other hand, I've about had enough of...more

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Jan 04, 2012 Nancy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Women’s Murder Club is the only series by James Patterson that I read. I have tried a couple of the others, but this is the one that I keep coming back to. I have been trying to figure out what it is exactly that pulls me back and all I have come up with is that I am not completely sold on Lindsay Boxer, the main character, but I adore the down to earth common sense of Dr. Claire Washburn, the medical examiner. There is something very appealing about her character that has me paying closer a...more The Women’s Murder Club is the only series by James Patterson that I read. I have tried a couple of the others, but this is the one that I keep coming back to. I have been trying to figure out what it is exactly that pulls me back and all I have come up with is that I am not completely sold on Lindsay Boxer, the main character, but I adore the down to earth common sense of Dr. Claire Washburn, the medical examiner. There is something very appealing about her character that has me paying closer attention when her character is taking center stage. Which in my opinion should happen more often.

What keeps me engaged are the multi-story lines. Some I seem to pay closer attention to and others allow my brain to check out from time to time. Occasionally, in the books, the storylines come together with a neat little bow at the end but others do not and you have to keep the cast of characters straight and the importance of little details with each vignette.

Lindsay is investigating a teenage girl left to fend for herself after delivering a baby, but where is the baby, who is the daddy and which lie is actually the truth? Then you have Yuki Castellano prosecuting a make or break case that has many twists and turns and Lindsay must risk her friendship with Yuki when she doubts the facts in that case. Plus, Cindy Thomas is once again getting in over her head on a story. In addition to all that is going on, you must also keep straight who is dating whom, but most importantly, why is Lindsay getting so emotional.

The best way to describe Patterson’s books is brain candy with an occasional chewy part. They are easy to pick up and put down at will without feeling that you have to go back and reread the previous chapter to get back into the flow. This is book number 10 with the 11th due out soon and with Patterson’s co-writers, there is no telling how long and how far this series will go.

Just wonder where he will go next with the little teaser at the end of this book. Oh, and by the way, please bring back more Claire and I will be a happy little reader.
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Dec 09, 2011 Elizabeth Noah rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is one book that I really did enjoy reading. The cover states that it is Lindsay's wedding day. Not much of the book was attributed to this besides her dad letting her down again by not showing up.

The story quickly takes off with Avis Richardson found wandering the street in just a rain poncho and saying that her baby is gone. After Avis comes to several hours after being in the hospital she states that she does not know anything or remember anything. The story quickly unfolds as Avis final...more

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Nov 11, 2011 Lanny Carlson rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2011

I enjoyed this book.
Yuki had a much larger role to play,
all the members of the Club are undergoing important relational changes for the good,
the explicit sex which seemed to be growing in the last book has been toned down,
and all of plot lines reached good, reasonable conclusions.
I continue to enjoy the short chapterlength,
though as one reviewer said,
it's so easy to say, "Only 3 pages? I can read another chapter before going to bed."
And one chapter becomes one more, and one more, until it's much...more

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Sep 09, 2011 Alison rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another outstanding mystery solved by the Women's Murder Club. Actually, more than one mystery was solved. As the jacket cover states "it's Lindsay Boxer's wedding day and the WMC races to save a missing baby". Of course no mystery would be complete without twists and turns, lies and deception, heart break and heart warming details. James Patterson weaves together several mysteries that involve all the ladies of the WMC and you want to keep reading, to become involved in each of the stories. Why...more

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Jul 24, 2011 Cindy Meilink rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

With a missing baby, a doctor on trial for murdering her husband, a long-awaited wedding, and a growing relationship with a married man, the Murder Club has their hands full.

Lindsay and Joe finally tie the knot, but her father adds to his long list of disappointments by not attending the wedding.

A missing baby sends Lindsay out on the streets again when a teenager is found bleeding on the side of the road, not remembering how she got there or what happened to the baby she just delivered.

Yuki fin...more

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Jul 13, 2011 Aaron rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Women's Murder Club gets a new wave of mysteries to deal with in this newest volume in the series. Sgt. Lindsey Boxer is drawn into the first of them when a teenager who has just given birth to a child walks up, raving and in just a raincoat, to a couple. The baby is nowhere to be find, and the girl is barely able to survive as she is treated in the hospital, which is able to confirm that she did really give birth. Lindsey and the rest of the police are hurrying to find the baby in the hopes...more The Women's Murder Club gets a new wave of mysteries to deal with in this newest volume in the series. Sgt. Lindsey Boxer is drawn into the first of them when a teenager who has just given birth to a child walks up, raving and in just a raincoat, to a couple. The baby is nowhere to be find, and the girl is barely able to survive as she is treated in the hospital, which is able to confirm that she did really give birth. Lindsey and the rest of the police are hurrying to find the baby in the hopes of saving him, but she can't help but feel like there is something fishy about the girl's story.

Assistant DA Yuki Castellano is working on what appears to be a slam dunk case. It is important that she wins this one because she has been on a run of lost cases. The defendant is a talented cardiac surgeon who is being accused of murdering her husband in the foyer of their home while their children were sleeping upstairs. The husband was a known womanizer, and their marriage had been on the rocks for some time. It makes perfect sense that she would do whatever she had to in order to end the marriage and get full custody. She has claimed that she came across a robber who shot her husband before dropping the gun and fleeing. Did the doctor then pick up the gun and chase after him, firing a couple of times in the process?

A series of rapes have been occurring throughout San Francisco, and crime reporter Cindy Thomas finds herself with a scoop when someone identifies an advertisement on a cab. Does she have what she needs to figure out who the serial rapist is or is she just going to end up in trouble.

This series has quickly become one of my favorite by Patterson and company. I really like the four women who make up the club, and the mysteries they are drawn into are interesting and fast-paced. They really are just a lot of fun.

I do have to admit to struggling a bit with this book, though, because I found Lindsey to be so cold to the teen mother who is the victim in the first case. She just comes across as so harsh, which seems out of place even with her concerns about whether the girl is telling the truth. This didn't make me not enjoy the book, though. It just makes her look really cold.(less)

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Jul 12, 2011 Carmen Blalock rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Women's Murder Club is back in this 10th installment of the series and I am glad that they are here!!!!!! If you have a crime that needs to be solved and you need help, these are the ladies to help you.

Avis Richardson is a scared teenager who is found bloody and naked on the side of the road. When taken to the hospital by a stranger who found her, it is evident that the blood is coming from recently giving birth - but where is the baby?

Dennis Martin is a husband, father and a cheat but when...more

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Jun 01, 2011 Brenda Whitner rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the tenth book in the series and it was a good read. It involved three cases. First, Lindsay investigated this young lady running down the street naked under a poncho. The young girl had just given birth and the baby was nowhere to be found. Next, Cindy investigated this man who was raping woman. The woman would wake up fully dressed nothing stolen, they could not remember how they had gotten where they were but they knew they had been raped. This puts Cindy in danger. Lastly, Yuki is tr...more

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May 29, 2011 Kathleen Hagen added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011-audio-books, 2011-mysteries

Tenth Anniversary, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, b, Narrated by Carolyn McCormick, Produced by Hachette Audio, downloaded from audible.com.

This is number 10 in the Women’s Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer is the main protagonist, a sergeant in San Francisco Police Department Homicide. In this one, Lindsay finally marries Joe. Three cases engage the women this time. First, a teenage girl is found running down the road practically naked and bleeding profusely. She’s just had a baby and ke...more

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May 25, 2011 Bob rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I didn't really like this book, but then again I don't believe I'm the target audience for it.

This is my first James Patterson book, and I bought it because I recognized the name and thought it would be interesting to read something by a different author.

I'm a 51 year-old male, and I think this is clearly a "chick book". I'm not scared of books about romance, but this book contains characters pining for babies, falling in love with men with big athletic shoulders and soft brown hair curling arou...more

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Apr 22, 2011 Marleen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Occasionally I find myself wondering why I’m still reading a certain series of books, and this is one such occasion.
Not that there is a whole lot wrong with this story. It is still typical Patterson fare; short chapters, quick action and not too many details. It is still a very easy and quick read.
On the other hand, there wasn’t anything to excite me in this book either.
The story revolves around three separate cases.
Detective Lindsay Boxer, who has just gotten married, is trying to solve a cas...more Occasionally I find myself wondering why I’m still reading a certain series of books, and this is one such occasion.
Not that there is a whole lot wrong with this story. It is still typical Patterson fare; short chapters, quick action and not too many details. It is still a very easy and quick read.
On the other hand, there wasn’t anything to excite me in this book either.
The story revolves around three separate cases.
Detective Lindsay Boxer, who has just gotten married, is trying to solve a case of a missing baby boy. The baby’s mother, a 15 year old girl is found, seriously bleeding, shortly after giving birth and can’t really account for what happened to her or her baby. Lindsay is desperate to discover what is going on here. Is she dealing with a crime ring or maybe baby smuggling? Is the baby dead, slowly dying somewhere or already disappeared without a trace?
At the same time, Yuki Castellano is prosecuting a heart surgeon, accused of having killed her husband. This case is very important to Yuki and her career and she’s convinced the accused is guilty and the right verdict depends solely on how well she conducts the case.
When Lindsay starts digging into the, officially closed, case though, it appears things might not be so straight forward. Lindsay’s digging could not only upset Yuki’s case but could also mean the end of a beautiful friendship.
Cindy is at a lose end, not having a good and exciting crime story to report on. And since she feels that her job might be under threat unless she can deliver the goods, she is very relieved when she comes across women who are found unconscious, without a memory of the past few hours who have obviously been sexually abused. Cindy dives into the story head first, not for a minute thinking about the risks she might be taken.
Described like this, all these story threads sound like potentially thrilling and exciting plots. Unfortunately, that is not how it felt to me while I was reading the book. I never got a sense of urgency, never felt the thrill that should come with a book like this while reading. It all fell a bit flat for me.
No, it wasn’t a bad book, a bad story or bad writing. It just wasn’t all that good either.
Having said that, I just know that when the next book in this series hits the library shelves I will be taking it out again, in the hope that this time it will be back to the quality of the early books in the series.
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Jul 04, 2012 Lynda Kelly rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another winner in this series, I thought. Something that aggravated me and I found in another book recently was the use of lying, as in lying in the street. Now I see that as telling porkies in the street, and it should be laying !! Yet this book had it in a few times as did the other I reviewed. There were also some other editing howlers I had NOT expected from this author !! Perhaps it IS just an E-book "thing" but if that's the case then authors need to start getting on board with producing a...more

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Jun 23, 2012 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Title: 10th Anniversary (Women’s Murder Club #10)

Author: James Patterson

Publisher: Little Brown & Co

Synopsis (from bn.com):

For every secret Detective Lindsay Boxer’s long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals—but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well.

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Mar 03, 2012 Gary rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

James Patterson, the Louis L'Amour of the mystery/thriller genre, just keeps cranking them out. So much so, that I often visualize a warehouse in the seedy area of downtown filled with gnomes in front of word processors, just clickety-clacking away. My, the man does produce (cha-ching?). He is deft at using the short paragraph, sometimes no longer than a page and a half, to make you believe that you just can't put the book down. Admitedly, I was hooked for a while, zipping through the Alex Cross...more

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Mar 08, 2012 Amanda rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed

I continue to read the Women's Murder Club series out of some misguided loyalty to the characters. I was interested to see how Lindsay's wedding and marriage would turn out, however, this took up about five pages...The rest of the book was taken up with three separate (and terribly disjointed) cases going on at once - Lindsay's investigation into a missing baby, Yuki's legal case against a doctor accused of murdering her husband, and a poorly tacked on plot about Cindy investigating a series of...more

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Dec 15, 2012 Tess Mertens-Johnson rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the First Women’s Murder Club book by James Patterson I have read. Not my favorite James Patterson experience.
Lindsey Boxer is a detective who not long after her wedding is brought into a case of a missing newborn. Avis Richardson is found in a rain poncho wandering, bleeding and is taken to the hospital, where the quest to find her baby is started.
Here is where everyone starts to lie, Avis, her parents, the father of her baby (her teacher at a private school) and I found myself getting...more

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Nov 30, 2012 Debdatta Dasgupta Sahay rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: review-copy

3.5 Stars!

Lindsay Boxer is called in to investigate the case of a teenage girl who is discovered in a terrible condition. Without much to go on from the victim all Lindsay has to work on is the medical reports of the Victim. Avis seemed to have delivered a baby, been drugged and probably raped in her recent past. Yuki Castellano is working on probably the biggest case of her life that can make or break her career. It is a murder case where it seems pretty obvious that the wife had murdered her h...more 3.5 Stars!

Lindsay Boxer is called in to investigate the case of a teenage girl who is discovered in a terrible condition. Without much to go on from the victim all Lindsay has to work on is the medical reports of the Victim. Avis seemed to have delivered a baby, been drugged and probably raped in her recent past. Yuki Castellano is working on probably the biggest case of her life that can make or break her career. It is a murder case where it seems pretty obvious that the wife had murdered her husband. But as we know that murder cases are never that straightforward and this too has a few twists. Also, Cindy Thomas is on a trail of a serial rapist who drugs their victims first so that when all the victims are discovered they virtually have no recollection of the incident. But Cindy may be way in over her head as she soon becomes a target.

There’s not one or two, but three parallel stories going on in this book. And each stories become entwined as the main characters in each story are friends and part of the ‘Women’s Murder Club’. So it is needless to say that like any other James Patterson Novel, it was another action packed book. With either their respective cases or with their personal lives, the ladies have kept the story moving and me interested. Individually, the three storylines would have lacked the strength to keep a hold on a reader, but put together, they worked pretty well. The lead characters of WMC – Lindsay, Yuki, Cindy and Claire are pretty much the same – always standing strong for women power. Lindsay seemed a bit of out of character in this particular installment. The ‘criminal / villain’ wasn’t as forbidding though.

Its sounds complicated and daunting that a plot should have three parallel stories/mysteries running, but really it isn’t. A mix of action and romance kept me going. Like all the Patterson Novels, this too had short chapters which gave the feeling of a fast paced novel. Just one more chapter – its only three-four pages…. And before you know, you are done reading the whole thing. I will not say that this is the best in the series or the best Patterson novel, but it is worth your time and interest.
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Jan 01, 2013 Cathy Gaber rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In this 10th instalment of the Woman's Murder Club, Lindsay Boxer is a newly married woman trying to adjust to being a wife, but, as usual, the book focuses on a couple of cases. First case is a missing child, a bleeding teenager, and a question about what happened to her. Then our fearless reporter Cindy becomes involved in a bizarre string of sexual assaults in which the victim doesn't remember anything and is dropped near her home. The final case in 10th Anniversary is one Yuki is trying. She...more

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Aug 04, 2011 Ellen rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I wish I could say this was a book that I wasn’t completely disappointed with.

The first book in this series, 1st to Die, is one of my all time favorites. And I think it’s for that reason, and that reason alone, that I've stuck with this series. At one point I could tell you that I have enjoyed the character progression of the four main women in this series, but now that we’ve arrived at the 10th book, Lindsay Boxer seems like a pale shadow of herself.

This book was… fine. I mean, it was a passa...more

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Feb 09, 2013 Martha rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I recently commented that the works of James Patterson are sort of like a bowl of popcorn: Light and airy, you start nibbling at it, and before you know it, the bowl is empty. It was a tasty treat but doesn't really linger with you too long. Such was the case with this one: the 10th book in the Women's Murder Club.

I can't find fault with this book but I can also tell you, that a few months from now, I'm not sure I'll recall "was this the one where ????" and will have forgotten the events that o...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Mark rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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As usual with the Women's Murder Club series James Patterson tells more than one story within a book. This time there were three seperate plots, two crime thrillers and a courtroom drama. Of the three stories the courtroom drama was the victor and the story (in comparison to the other two plots) had alot more depth and a decent backstory to it. Infact the two crime stories (Lindsay investigating the disaperance of a baby boy and Cindy investigating a series of rapes) really had no back bone to t...more

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May 18, 2011 Tim rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Actually 2.75 is closer. This was fine...just not nearly as good as the best of the series. Maxine Paetro who took over the series with book four is good at making this soapy thriller series page-turning fun if slightly light in the reality department. But who cares right? If we wanted reality we'd be reading Checkov or doing the bills.

This is actually two totally unrelated mystery novellas smooshed together. One is quite lame, though Cindy gets in trouble. The other is nicely twisty...but a lit...more

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May 04, 2011 Mickey (I'm A Book Shark) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Women's Murder Club fans

Shelves: 2011, audio

I am involved with these characters by now. I'm invested. I care about them. But I wish Lindsay would stop asking so many questions that the reader should be asking in his or her own head! Those questions being said aloud are so redundant. They honestly get on my nerves. I don't think that's my only complaint, but I'll leave it there for now. I don't always remember there being that many plot lines going on at once. Usually they're all connected or intertwined somehow. There were three completel...more

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Jun 12, 2011 Georgiann Hennelly rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Det Lindsey Boxer gets married . but her celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime. A teenage girl is badly injured and left for dead her newborn baby is missing At the same time asst district attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her life- a women has been accused of murdering her husband in front of their two young children.. Yuki,s career rests on the verdict.So when Lindey finds evidence that could save the defendant , Suk...more

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Aug 24, 2011 David rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: international-thriller

The 10th installment of the Women's Murder Club and the now familiar cast is back. Detective Lindsay Boxer has finally married Joe Molinari. Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano has a slam-dunk case that she can't lose, and a new man. Chief Medical Examiner Claire Washburn has had a baby and plays a more supportive role in this book. And reporter Cindy Thomas is shacked-up with Lindsay's police partner Rich Conklin.

The book involved three main thrusts. Firsly, Lindsay is investigating th...more

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