3rd Degree

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Summary: One more great Patterson to add to the list
Review: I simply don't understand some of the negative reviews about this book. What's the deal with this? Our book club recently read three absolutely stellar reads ("The Life of Pi, "Bark of the Dogwood," and Patterson's "3rd Degree.") All were excellent and well-written and the Patterson was our "first." But you can rest assured it won't be our last. Some of the others in the group had read his "Roses are Red" and a few others and recommended this book and we're all glad they did. Fast-paced like all his books, this one doesn't disappoint.

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Summary: ANOTHER PATTERSON PAGETURNER!!!!
Review: In this third installment of the Women's Murder Club, Patterson strikes close to home as a radical homegrown group executes a series of terrorist attacks. Lindsay finds love, murder strikes extremely close to home, and it all becomes personal as Lindsay and company are on a mission to find the terror cell before they strike again.

Edge-of-your seat reading for Patterson fans, who NEVER disappoints!!

DYB

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Summary: 3rd Degree
Review: A house explodes, a baby disappears, and an economic summit looms: call in the Women's Murder Club to give the bad guys the 3rd Degree.

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Summary: James Patterson gets back on track with this third in his
Review: series of the Women's Murder Club. A prolific writer and one whose books seem to travel at breakneck speed from start to finish, he has come up with this fascinating idea that has four friends,each with her own career, melding together to form a super-sleuth regime.

Because of their diversity, they have different approaches to a crime and come at it from all angles. The perp doesn't stand a chance and it is with intriguing stead-fastness that they manage to continue their every day lives and plot and scheme and investigate until justice is done.

I enjoyed the first three; but this one is a SHOCKER! I strongly advise that you put aside several hours and pick this one up. I can assure you you won't be sorry that you did. You cannot prepare yourself for the unbelievable events but at least I can warn you that you will catch your breath and your heart may skip a beat as things unfold.

If you have been a Patterson fan you will simply admire him more. If this is your first, you will be like the rest of us and wait with baited breath for his next. I hope his next will be the 4th in this series 'cause he has me hooked.

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Summary: A Small Diversion
Review: This series has well drawn characters, but Patterson is skimming near the edge of trying to write from places he has no knowledge. Writing murder mysteries from the viewpoints of four strong women is challenging enough without throwing in the psychology of spousal abuse. Much like the Alex Cross novels, I fear the series is beginning to rely too much on the reader's memory and forgiveness and not enough on the novelist's writing skills and imagination.

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Summary: A good book
Review: Despite the fact that the last two Alex Cross novels (Patterson's other ongoing series) have been pretty bad, all of his other non-Cross work (The Beach House, The Jester, Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas) has been very good, with his Women's Murder Club novels especially. I felt that "1st to Die" was one of his all-time best novels, and the follow-up "2nd Chance" was excellent. I don't think "3rd Degree" is as good as the 2 previous novels, but it was still enjoyable and fun to read. Some shocking plot twists, fast pacing, and ludicrous dialgoue abound! I think Patterson should retire his now horrendous Alex Cross novels and focus his energy on these ones.

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Summary: Unsettling and real
Review: 3rd Degree proves to be a decent Patterson read at all counts. San Francisco Homicide Lieutanent Lindsay Boxer's jog with friend D.A. Jill Barnhardt turns out to be an eventful one. She finds out that Jill is suffering from spousal abuse and an explosion rocks a townhouse resided by an high-profile Internet investor Lightower. The mystery deepens when Lindsay gets to save only one child from the inferno, while the other is missing from the scene. The chase is a suspenseful one, zigzagging from uncovering terrorism with the help of Home Security specialist Joe Molinari to solving the murders of an insurance CEO and one of the beloved member of the Women's Murder Club. Patterson and Gross keeps the tale at an emotional high with a final twist in the end that will have readers gasping. The Women's Murder Club gets more active in the scheme of things with tighter pacing especially with Cindy throwing baits to the mysterious e-mail sender and Claire facing the gruelling task of examining the ricin-poisoned bodies. The tale is gripping and real, with its theme of terrorism and social divide that is resonant in our times, making the convoluted plot believable and unsettling.

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Summary: It was worth the wait
Review: I'm always anxiously waiting for the new James Patterson book to be published. I love his Alex Cross series and was excited when he created the Women's Murder Club series. 3rd Degree is fast paced and action packed, with a few hidden surprises. You won't be disappointed.

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Summary: An Enjoyable Read
Review: Patterson does a pretty good job with his latest installment in the Women's Murder Club series. The story was intriguing, page turning and sad at times. Especially when the girls loose one of their own. This book is definitely my type of police procedural. Looking forward to what comes next in this series.

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Summary: Are You Kidding
Review: Between the blank pages and chapters that start on half a page and end on a third of a page is this sorry excuse of a book.
This is a hastily thrown together book with more filler pages than story. I am not sure who Andrew Gross is, but Gross certainly decribes this trash. James Patterson is cashing in on his name in this one. Stay very far from this!!!!