Title: Unlucky 13
Author: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Series: Women’s Murder Club, #13
Published: May 2014, Little, Brown & Company
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Source: Personal copy
Summary:
When two dead bodies are
found inside a wrecked car on the Golden Gate Bridge, Detective Lindsay
Boxer doubts that it will be anything as simple as a traffic accident.
The scene is more gruesome than anything she has seen before. It definitely wasn’t the crash that killed these people.
While
Lindsay starts to piece this case together, she gets a call she wasn’t
expecting. Sightings of her ex-colleague-turned-ruthless-killer Mackie
Morales have been reported.
Wanted for three murders, Mackie has
been in hiding since she escaped from custody. But now she’s ready to
return to San Francisco and pay a visit to some old friends.
***Short & Sweet Reviews are
short, quick reviews. These will mainly be used for series books where I
have already done full reviews on some of the earlier books or for
books that I feel will suffice with a quick review. These will not be
used for review requests or blog tours.
My thoughts: While I have enjoyed all the books so far in this series, I have to say this one might be my favorite one yet! It was filled with so many gripping and tension-filled moments that had my heart pounding for my favorite ladies.
This book picks up pretty much right after the previous book left off. And the action is non-stop. There is quite a bit going on, but not so much that you are spinning your head trying to keep up. There are two main cases – a bomber targeting a fast-food chain and the ship hijacking – as well as the crazy, vengeful nut job from the past who has her eyes set on taking Lindsay down.
Of course, what was most frustrating is that as the story moves along, it would switch back and forth just as things got good…we would just be getting somewhere, just be finding out something…and BAM!…a new chapter, and therefore a different story line, especially towards the end! That’s the only complaint I have about this book. It just made me read faster because I desperately wanted to get back to the other part to figure things out!
This was a really good installment in this series and I’m looking forward to seeing what comes next!
Books in this series:
1. 1st to Die 13. Unlucky 13
2. 2nd Chance 14. 14th Deadly Sin
3. 3rd Degree 15. 15th Affair
4. 4th of July 15.5 The Trial
5. The 5th Horseman 16. 16th Seduction
6. The 6th Target 16.5 The Medical Examiner
7. 7th Heaven 17. The 17th Suspect
8. The 8th Confession 18. The 18th Abduction – due out April 2019
10. 10th Anniversary
11. 11th Hour
12. 12th of Never
