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Feb 06, 2012

Rachel C. rated it:

Joe Molinari <spoiler>transferred to SF and proposed to Lindsay</spoiler>! Now I have to wait four months to get the next book from the library - dammit!

It looks like another "co-author" is picking up the series in Book 7, which I think is a good thing because Maxine Paetro is wandering away from the concept of the Club (i.e. the women working together to solve crimes). The ladies are all off in different directions with different plots in this book.

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Apr 23, 2008

Rosie rated it:

I usually enjoy James Paterson's books definitely not for his writing, but at least for his suspensful stories, but The 6th Target fell a little short for me. There was hardly any character development and I felt like he wrote the book just to get another "Best Seller" under his belt. As far as the Women's Murder Club series goes, I have only read the first one, which I really enjoyed. This being the 6th book in the series, I got the impression that James Paterson really has no idea ho More...

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Oct 27, 2007

Jess rated it:

I feel that there is too much going on in this book. It begins with a major shooting, where one of the women in this group gets shot. The trial of this murderer continues throughout the book, while other cases are happening, like some murders at an apartment building, and a kidnapping of little girl (who happens to be someone’s boss’ daughter). Everything is connected, making this a stressful time for the club, but they don’t seem concerned. Everything is treated lightly, never getting too deep More...

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Jun 10, 2008

Angeld01 rated it:

I have to keep reading these because I started them...but wow are they getting bad. The latest left it wide open for the 7th book. Also, my bf - a psychatrist took one look at the "Insane" killer and noted it wasn't even described correctly. also, I was left to wonder, if this person was doped up as strongly as he was...how was he still so clever?

I am tried of Lindsey's whinning. I don't buy the friendships between the women, totally falls flat. More then anything, I don More...

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Nov 01, 2009

Nicole rated it:

The 6th Target
By: James Patterson
Pgs. 403
First Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-316-01479-3

Most people in the world come to New York City to see the main attractions. Some people also come to kill. In this book, The 6th Target, a mysterious man suddenly appears upon the Staten Island ferry, and he seems to be enjoying himself. Suddenly, a mother yells at her son and he’s the one who gets annoyed. What does he do then? He takes out his gone, and goes on a shootin More...

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Sep 22, 2009

Aaron rated it:

Three separate cases crop up in San Francisco to keep the Women's Murder Club quite busy. The first starts off on a beautiful day. A number of commuters and tourists are enjoying a nice ferry ride on the Bay. Shortly before reaching the dock, one of the riders notices a young mother who is scolding her son. Some would say she is being a bit harsh. However you would describe it, Alfred Brinkley has no patience for it. He pulls out a gun and shoots the mother, then the son, and then a number of ot More...

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Sep 19, 2009

Irisheyz77 rated it:

I've been reading the Women's Murder Club series since James Patterson started to write it however many years ago. When the series first started I found it fresh and engaging but with this latest book (The 6th Target) the series is sarting to get a little worn.

The write up for this book is for a serial kidnapper that supposedly has the city on edge. With lots of terrifying twists and turns that is guaranteed to keep one on the edge of their seat. When the reality was that this novel More...

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May 12, 2010

Ssteele rated it:

James Patterson takes aim in The 6th Target and shockingly, misses the mark in this chapter of the Women’s Murder Club. Lindsay, Claire, Cindy, and Yuki are back again for more shrills and thrills in sunny San Francisco, but the women seem disconnected, and readers will find their friendship difficult to believe. So what went wrong with James Patterson, commonly known as “the man who can’t miss”- New York Times, this time around? Or was it his co-writer, Maxine Paetro, who dropped the ball? More...

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Feb 07, 2012

Liz rated it:

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Jan 11, 2009

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The Sixth Target, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. B-minus.
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I have liked these books, the Women’s Murder Club Series, fairly well up until this book. In this one there were too many things going on, and not enough drinks and conversation between the women. It seems to me that Patterson and Paetro are manipulating these characters too much. They are more like chess pawns being put in different places to see what will happen. In this book, Lieutenan More...

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Feb 23, 2011

Michael rated it:

A Fair story for the Murders Club.

I have read most of the novels in the Women's Murder Club series and had great expectation that this would be a super mystery. Well, all I can say is that it was a struggle to get through this novel and I was very disappointed in Mr. Patterson and his co-author Maxine Paetro.

In this book Lindsay Boxer is mourning over her best friend, Claire Washburn that had been shot during a shooting on a ferry near the Golden Gate Bridge. If you ar More...

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Mar 15, 2011

Kavyen rated it:

The story line in “The 6th Target” was a tad bit sloppy; on one angle was the mass shooting in a ferry, the other angle involved kidnapping of wealthy children and then there was yet another – misdeeds in an apartment building. Three diversified plots and not one of them managed to make an impression. In fact the only impact they managed to make was adding more complexity and confusion.

We get to see all the women from the club, though Claire becomes the victim in the shooting episode a More...

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Feb 14, 2010

Barbra rated it:

The 6th in the Women's Murder Club series. As always his books go along at a breakneck speed and are such quick reads.

Back Cover Blurb:
When a lone gunman goes on a shooting spree aboard a packed San Francisco ferry, Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer is called in to investigate. At the scene she finds three people dead and fellow Women's Murder Club member Claire Washburn fighting for her life. Lindsay promises to find whoever did this. But it's a promise she may not be able to keep. More...

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Jul 27, 2011

Amy rated it:

this was a good book. the only down side to it was that the main crime they talk about on the cover was really only 1 of three big crimes in the book. there were too many things going on in this book actually to give any one the true attention they needed. the other books all focused on 1 thing maybe 2 at the most. having 3 events going on in the book was just too many and no real detail could be given to any of them to build the story to where it really needed to be. when all 3 events finally e More...

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Jun 28, 2009

Don rated it:

When a horrifying attack leaves one of the four members of the Women's Murder Club struggling for her life, the others fight to keep a madman behind bars before anyone else is hurt. And Lindsay Boxer and her new partner in the San Francisco police department run flat-out to stop a series of kidnappings that has electrified the city: children are being plucked off the streets together with their nannies-- but the kidnappers aren't demanding ransom. Amid uncertainty and rising panic, Lindsay juggl More...

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Sep 24, 2009

Tara rated it:

The sixth installment of the Women's Murder Club series is not as good as the fifth in my personal opinion. I agree with some of the other reviewers, that the plot, constantly going back and forth among THREE stories, was choppy. First, you have a cut and dried case of a man randomly shooting people on the ferry and then turning himself in. An insanity trial follows. Second, someone is kidnapping little kids and not asking for a ransom. Third, there is a crazy man running rampant in Cindy's apar More...

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Jan 01, 2009

Jackie rated it:

Lindsey (main character) is an idiot! Throughout this whole series I haven't been able to decide if I like her or not and I have finally decided that I don't. I think that is part of the reason it has taken me so long to complete the series. I am half way through this book and I have found myself actually skipping over whole chapters just finish the dang thing. Not like the chapters are long, any one who has read James Patterson before knows that his chapters are only about a page long (serio More...

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Dec 17, 2009

Anna rated it:

I've been going through the books I have read this year and putting them into Good Reads. I know I read this, because I looked it up on Amazon and vaguely remember the plot. Sadly, it didn't make much of an impression on me. James Patterson is like brain candy - you get a treat after reading something heavy. It may be enjoyable in the moment, but the satisfaction doesn't last.

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Aug 22, 2011

Nadeen rated it:

(This was an audio read book) This might well be the last Murder Club mystery. Not for James Patterson mind you but for me. I will have to wait a few days and think about that a little more. There are 3 police operations going on in this book which makes it a little more realistic than the novels that depict an entire unit concentrating on one thing at a time, as if life waits for loose ends to be tied up before you move on. There are also at least 2 romances but they are superflous to the story More...

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Jul 25, 2009

Becky rated it:

There was so much going on in this book! There were multiple cases going on, as well as things in each of the girls' lives. This book defiantly is as good as the first book in the series. I loved how the characters were brought to life.

Normally, I wouldn't like having this much happening in a book. But, it worked well and I'd listen to this one again just to see if I picked up on anything that I might have missed the first time. There is drama all around the friends, especially Linds More...

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Mar 02, 2009

Toni rated it:

Book 6 in the series "A Women's Murder Club"

I am totally addicted to this series, all the books are simply fun and entertaining and this one is no exception. In the 6th target we find more than just a page turner with a great plot and many surprises, a real doze of adrenaline for the readers. While we are engrossed in this mystery we get to know a little more about the members of this unusual Club and find ourselves immersed into their different life choices.

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Feb 03, 2009

Meghan rated it:

I thoroughly enjoy James Patterson and I really like his style of writing with quick bursts of action and suspense all caught in short chapters. He's always a quick read for me and I very rarely guess who the bad guy is - but in this particular book (which, to be fair, wasn't JUST by James Patterson; there is a co-author) there was no big twist. We knew who the bad guys were the WHOLE time; the big question was whether or not they would get what they deserved. It was a little frustrating for som More...

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Jan 18, 2012

Tara rated it:

I have to say when I first started this series, I thought the books were great. But these last two books...

Again in this book there are a lot of plots unfolding instead of the focus on one big case. On top of that I feel like Lindsay Boxer, our main heroine spends most of this book crying and irrational, or acting completely out of character. It felt like she was going through menopause and a midlife crisis all at the same time. Pretty much in this book if Lindsay gets what she wa More...

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Jul 19, 2011

Jessica rated it:

A killer was on the loose that believed in the power of murder as a means to get a message across to the world. A professor of stastics in the worlds poverty placed themselves on a high pedastool which made them appear 'god-like' to his followers. They were willing to use bombs as a means of getting their points across that the poor was being put out so that the rich could survive. Also, a horrible, deadly posion was being adminstered in a slick way to the rich people that ran companys that were More...

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Aug 02, 2010

Suzanne rated it:

This is the second book that I have read in the "Women's Murder Club" series, and while it was an entertaining and fast read, I felt that the plot was buttoned up much too neatly. Patterson and Paetro present a series of interesting plot lines, but the book seems a bit choppy in terms of the transition from each plot, and when they get to the end, I feel like they simply ran out of time and need to finish everything in the quickest, easiest way possible. I gave this three stars because More...

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Oct 13, 2009

Joy rated it:

As expected, another 5 stars from my favorite suspense/thriller author. James Patterson and Maxine Paetro really made another excellent book with lots of twists and plots that sure kept my heart racing. The shift from first person (Lindsay) to third person persona was really effective, I just love this series.

Instead of the usual single mystery whodunit, there were three angles where the plots revolved and I always have a feeling something's up when things're a little too easy for th More...

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Aug 17, 2011

Leah rated it:

What was different about this particular novel in the series is that I felt it revolved much more around Lindsay, and the other three women in the Club were put on the backburner. Without that interaction and drama in the relationships, this novel really juiced more of the criminal acts occurring. Patterson tends to focus on the crimes and catching the bad guy. In The 6th Target, Patterson has decided to follow a court hearing for a crime in the beginning of the novel. Alongside this story is th More...

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Mar 08, 2011

Emily rated it:

The 6th Target reads like three episodes of Law & Order all smushed into a novel, with entirely too much information about the lives of the prosecutors and investigators. I no longer have any interest in Lindsey's relationship with Joe. I think that if a mystery/crime novel is going to have more than one mystery/crime, they should be somehow related. I think that an author should probably pick one point of view and stick with it, because going back and forth from 1st person to third person omnis More...

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Mar 08, 2011

Jinky rated it:

(2.5) Actual edition I listened to was Playaway, 8.25hrs
I should actually start this series in order then maybe I'll like it better! Oh well, I'm looking at it as a stand alone and it's alright. The separate cases again tie up and that's pretty cool. The love story part just didn't satisfy me. Either Mr. Patterson needs to get with a die hard romance writer and really spice it up or eliminate the love angle all together. ~Sorry Mr. Patterson, this one didn't wow me, but I did enjoy th More...

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Nov 26, 2011

Shannon rated it:

I haven't read a James Patterson novel in a very long time. His mystery writing is impeccable and really enjoyable to read but he was getting so graphic in explaining the dark side of depraved minds, I just didn't want to read him anymore. This is one of the 'women's murder club' novels and someone had given it to me so it's been sitting on my 'unread books' shelf for a while. This book really felt like 3 seperate plot line/stories to me. And while I enjoyed the polished writing, it reminded me More...

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