a novel
586 pages
English language
Published July 31, 2001 by Little, Brown and Co., Little, Brown and Company.
Four women friends--a homicide detective, a medical examiner, an assistant DA, and a crime desk reporter--share a determination to stop a killer who has been targeting newlyweds in San Francisco.
Yuck.
Mediocre writing, predictable plot, flat characters, and I don't think I need to read any more female characters written by Patterson. I also don't think Patterson should write any more female characters.
Lastly, the final post-twist twist must be the most tacked-on two pages in literary history. Just terrible.
Formulaic, easy reading detective/serial killer story featuring a female cop with a fatal disease as the main protagonist. The kind of light, no-brain book that's good for long airplane trips or the beach, and that's probably the highest praise I can come up with. I did like that the main characters are women, even though their characterization is fairly shallow and stereotyped. Still, good effort, good to see more authors trying to include more women in interesting roles.
I enjoyed the story and the nice twist
Spoileralthough the twist in the twist seemed too much and obvious to see coming but the final twist bumped up gave it an extra 1/2 star. Nice!
I didn't care for the narrator. She sounded too harsh and gave nearly all the characters a very gruff, hard edge. Some aspects of her reading were very good but she could have softened the tones and voices in many places.
