23 ½ Lies: (A Women’s Murder Club Novella)
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The thrilling new novella in the globally bestselling series plus two gripping new stories from the master of suspense.
23 ½ Lies
When SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer is called to investigate a crime scene, nothing can prepare her for what she finds: her estranged father gunned down execution style. The case will soon reveal to Lindsay a series life-altering truths . . .
Fallen Ranger
A series of armed robberies are linked to a gang of motorcycle bandits. Rory Yates, the hero of Texas Ranger, is tasked with hunting them down.
Watch Your Back
A starving artist is paid to expose his client’s cheating wife. But no amount of money can protect him from a world of corruption . . .
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Additional information
| Publisher | Penguin (12 Oct. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 2159 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 406 pages |
| Page numbers source ISBN | 1529160189 |
by PH4844
What I started reading expecting to be a WMC novella turned out to be a collection of three novellas of very different but equally enjoyable types. A very good read throughout.
by Penelope Sylvia Allen
I really enjoyed 3 brilliant mysteries in one book. Yet again James Patterson delivers 3 very different fascinating stories with a twist. Loved it.
by A. W. Wilson
Some reviewers seem very put out that this is a “Novella” with one WMC short and 2 non WMC tales after. I normally avoid novellas as I find them always disapointing – more like a script treatment for a film. I took a chance and was surprised at how much I enjoyed the WMC story. Yes, it is short. Too short. The plot is good and would have improved with fleshing out into a full blown novel. The usual JP tricks…Very short chapters, plenty of movement, and what I felt, was a really good shock development. More would be a spoiler, and I don’t. I sdmit I haven’t read the other 2 stories. Sorry! Ican’t comment. Ithink this is worth a go, just don’t be caught out and think it is a full lemgth novel (Surely the description here makes that clear??!)
by Rob, Widnes
Good stories and fast moving, typical of James Paterson, well worth a read. Looking forward to the next women’s murder club book
by Neil T
I enjoyed all three stories but I thought the first was a bit too touchy-feely.
The others were what we have come to expect from James Patterson and his co-writers. A mix of action and intrigue.
by Peter
Always a great read ! Three great stories
by Tornado 1
Was this even written by him. Not the usual narrative . 3 short stories. The first finds Boxer finding out her father was not as dead as she thought he was then she sets out to find out who murdered him. Story far too accepting of the whole situation. If I were her I’d be furious at my sister for colluding in the deception . Then she finds out he wasn’t her father and her mother writes her a letter telling her nothing. Three cheers for that. What happened to truth has consequences. L Boxer would feel utterly betrayed I think. The second story sees a young Texan Ranger and his colleague trying to fathom out who the XYZ thieves are. He has a complicated love life. The action is good and tense but he has trouble deciding where to lay his hat and then it all goes horribly wrong (poor lad) the third story sees a struggling artist being hired to follow a suspected adulterous wife by a multimillionaire with secrets to hide. Was hard to keep up with twists and turns.
not what I was expecting so felt a bit cheated
by janeH GY
The stories are all enjoyable, however, before I got to the end of the first one, the “before you go” screen came up for me to rate the book when I hadn’t even finished the first story. It took a little bit of wangling to actually get past this.