The 9th Judgment by James Patterson

The 9th Judgment by James Patterson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I’ve always appreciated that there is usually two crime stories working throughout the book. It keeps the story moving and the reader guessing which one will become the bigger story of the two. In this case I felt they were about even.

One high society murder blamed on a cat burglar, and a serial killer who focused only on mothers and their children. I’m glad that the murder of the children was glossed over in the writing and that Claire took on the role of disgusted and disturbed mother figure. It gave a very good view of the entire thing and even though it’s grotesque and not real, it made it more palatable and less gory to read about knowing that Claire was determined to end it.

It was obvious to me how the two cases were connected somewhere halfway through the book, which was somewhat polarizing if you aren’t an open-minded, learned individual, without prejudice. Though I do agree with the characters involved as they both had difficult home lives.

Anyway, I think that’s enough of my dancing around the spoilers and I’ll just go with read it. It’s good.

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