The 5th Horseman (Women's Murder Club)
by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
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Book Reviews of The 5th Horseman (Women's Murder Club)
Book Review: Read 410 of these pages and call me in the morning
Summary: 4 Stars
To a degree this is what the doctor ordered. Out of the five installments of this series, I believe this to be the second best - only bettered by 1st to die.
I respect JP in that he sticks with the one field he has proven a master in: entertainment. Why on earth would he write a 'literate' novel and be shelved in a huge section of Borders? He knows entertainment, he knows how to fast-pace; he drives a ferrarri rather than a Bentley.
The 5th Horseman is a scary novel. How many times have YOU gone to the hospital? Good thing you've come out alive, huh? But what if the person in the bed next to you was given YOUR medicine - once you'd been discharged - and died because of this? This is what this novel is about. Patterson gets to your marrow with this plausible idea.
Two things bother me about the story, though. **Spoiler alert**
**Spoiler Alert**
**Spoiler Alert** On solving the call-girl murders: When Boxer visits the escort service manager, she is told that the 'purchaser' one Alex Logan, had been screened using anywho.com. Wouldn't anywho.com indicate the sex of the subject? If the site does then the case would have been solved sooner. I'm not familiarized with the site, but ... it's just a question.
Second: the ending. Boxer has a 'lead.' That's it. The
murderer gets caught, but why? What made Boxer truly believe her suspect was the perp?
All in all, a good read.
Book Review: MY FAVORITE WRITING TEAM DOES IT AGAIN! GO, JAMES! GO, MAXINE!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always been hooked on James Patterson's writing style. The way he draws his readers immediately into the story, then plunges on with all kinds of exciting twists and turns is nothing short of inspired. I can just picture the Muse sitting on his shoulder as he writes.
But when he teamed with Maxine Paetro for The Fourth of July, I found another new author I respect highly. I think she added a distinct new flavor to the FOURTH OF JULY--a flavor that blended to perfection--and I stand by that opinion with this book.
I, personally, think this clever collaboration is the best thing to come along since the mating of "peanut butter and chocolate," to be a bit corny. They enhance each other's writing, bringing out the best in each other. I also know that each can stand alone, and I would love to see Paetro write a thriller of her own ... or even a great love story. Are you listening, New York???
THE FIFTH HORSEMAN continues with the Women's Murder Club, with Lindsay and her pals proving up to the task of solving the mysterious deaths occurring in a San Francisco Hospital.
Wow--what a wild journey; the twists and turns kept me guessing to the very end.
This is my kind of book. And Patterson is my kind of guy! Paetro, my kind of woman! And, as much as I would like to see Paetro write a mystery/thriller of her own, I hope these two pair again for many more books.
Go, team.
Book Review: terrific suspense chiller
Summary: 5 Stars
Keiko, the mother of the newest member of the Women's Murder Club, Attorney Yuki Castellano collapses and is rushed to San Francisco Municipal Hospital. Apparently, Keiko has had a Transient Ischemic Attack, but seems to be recovering. After accompanying Yuki to the hospital, Police detective Lindsay Boxer goes home only to learn later that Keiko suddenly and unexpectedly died.
A stunned Lindsay soon learns that the municipal hospital has been a place where too many recent deaths have occurred due to incorrect medication given to patients. Keiko apparently is the latest lethal mistake. Lindsay thinks a warped "angel" of not mercy is killing people just prior to their leaving the hospital. Though her plate is filled with an investigation into the "Car Girls" serial murders, she vows with the help of her Women's Murder Club members to take down the hospital killer.
THE 5TH HORSEMAN is a terrific suspense chiller that starts off at hyperspeed with Keiko's collapse and subsequent death and picks up speed as beleaguered cop Lindsay struggles to stop two apparent serial killers. The story line is action packed as is the trademark of the series (and any work including collaborations that James Paterson writes) while the female members of the Women's Murder Club retain their individual personalities that make them seem genuine even while being super crime stoppers.
Harriet Klausner
Book Review: Best yet in the Women's Murder Club series
Summary: 5 Stars
The latest installment in the Women's Murder Club series focuses on the San Francisco Municipal Hospital. Yuki Castellano's mother, Keiko, goes to the Emergency Room after a mini-stroke. Her ER doctor, Dr. Dennis Garza, informs Yuki and Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer that Keiko should be fine- but she dies due to an incorrect medication. To some, this would seem to be merely an unfortunate human error but the hospital is currently involved in a lawsuit in which attorney Maureen O'Mara is representing other victims who died at that hospital in exactly the same way- an incorrect medication was given resulting in the death of the patient. Most of the deaths also have one other thing in common-Dr. Dennis Garza was the ER doctor. Lindsay begins an informal investigation when one of the nurses tells her in confidence that buttons are being found on the eyes of the deceased patients. Meanwhile, Lindsay, Warren Jacobi, and Rich Conklin are investigating a case in which dead women are being elaborately dressed and posed in expensive cars such as Cadillacs, Jaguars, and Ferraris. Lindsay and the other members of the Women's Murder Club have their hands full in Patterson's latest thriller. I won't spoil the ending of the novel but will hint that that there are numerous twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat. This is Patterson's best in this particular series!Book Review: Warp speed
Summary: 3 Stars
James Patterson's plots move so fast that everything becomes a blur. There's no time for character development, no time to create an atmosphere. Let's just draw an outline and get on with it. Certainly a great many readers like him for that very reason, but I hope for a little more in a mystery/thriller.
This is probably the best in the Women's Murder Club series. The Club has almost disappeared, however. There are two main plots: (1) the murders of pretty young call girls who are then arranged in fancy clothes and expensive cars. Patterson disposes of this plot rather quickly. (2) the mysterious deaths of a hospital's patients. Neither story ends satisfactorily, in my view, especially the latter. As an aside, the reader would do well to read the book about Dr. Michael Swango who murdered patients in Ohio, Illinois, New York and even Africa. He is now in prison. His story is twice (nay, thrice) as scary as Patterson's fiction. The Swango book is "Blind Eye" by James W. Stewart.
Still, I read Patterson novels when I don't feel up to a book that will require my full attention. He seems to be able to crank them out in a constant flow. An important writer? No. He doesn't try to be. And sometimes that is exactly what I want to waste an evening