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A very public disappearance. California’s “Boy with a Broken Heart,” the teenage son of a recent governor, has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Michael Campion, born with an incurable heart defect, has grown up under the watchful eye of an adoring public. The pressure on detective Lindsay Boxer to learn what happened to Michael is overwhelming. When she finally does get a lead, it’s devastating–and for Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano it leads to the biggest trial of her life.
A deadly rash of arsons. While working on the Campion case, Lindsay and her partner, Rich Conklin, also try to catch whoever is setting fire to some of the most beautiful homes in San Francisco, leaving their owners to perish in the flames. Lindsay enlists her friends in the Women’s Murder Club to help her find the arsonist–and suddenly the fires start raging much too close to home.
A chance at 7th heaven. These two intense cases bring Lindsay and Rich closer together than ever–and put Lindsay on the brink. Torn between two men and close to an emotional meltdown, she has to draw on every resource to keep from being pulled under.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781415947043
- File size: 223332 KB
- Duration: 07:45:16
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- English
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December 24, 2007
At the start of the gripping seventh Women’s Murder Club thriller from bestseller Patterson and Paetro (after 2007’s The 6th Target
), San Francisco is still haunted by the disappearance of Michael Campion, the much-adored teenage son of a former California governor, three months earlier. Following up on a tip that Michael was last seen entering a prostitute’s house, homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer and her new partner, Rich Conklin, are shocked when the hooker immediately confesses that Michael, who had a heart defect, died during sex and she disposed of his body. Lindsay’s ADA pal, Yuki Castellano, is sure she has a slam-dunk case, but the trial soon takes a bizarre turn. Lindsay and Rich also scramble to track down a serial arsonist responsible for murdering a string of wealthy couples. Lindsay races to put the pieces together before the fires hit too close to home. In true Patterson style, the reader is privy to Lindsay’s thoughts as well as the killers’, ratcheting up the suspense an extra notch. Fans won’t be disappointed with the twist at the end that not even Lindsay sees coming. -
The latest Women's Murder Club mystery is actually a double mystery. Where is the ex-governor's son, Michael, stricken with a heart condition and missing for months, and who is tying up wealthy couples and burning them in their homes? We know the answer to the latter--it's a nasty pair of sickos, but will they be caught and how? Carolyn McCormick, whom "Law & Order" fans may recognize as psychiatrist Elizabeth Olivet, is skilled at setting scenes and individualizing characters, like the prostitute who may hold the secret to Michael's disappearance. McCormick doesn't overdramatize, and as the story goes on, you almost forget she's there. That's a compliment! J.B.G. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine -
This installment in the Women's Murder Club series involves murder, stalking, and arson. Lindsay Boxer and her partner, Rich Conklin, investigate a series of brutal arsons in which rich couples are burned alive in their homes. Subplots include a lead on the disappearance of rich kid Michael Campion and a plot involving a psychotic journalist. Carolyn McCormick reads this chilling mystery with just the right touch of suspense. McCormick's soft-voiced narration delivers an unemotional reading of the horrific crimes perpetrated by the story's cold-blooded serial killers. In this way, McCormick keeps herself at arm's length emotionally from the events of the mystery, thereby adroitly increasing its tension and keeping the listener poised for the next piece of the puzzle. M.B.K. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
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