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The 17th Suspect
by James Patterson
When Millie Cushing stops Detective Lindsay Boxer outside the Halls of Justice, neither realises the spiralling path they are about to embark upon. Millie is concerned, there have been a spate of shootings targeting homeless people, and she feels the police aren't prioritising the cases. Lindsay promises to look into the cases, and opens a potential can of worms with another jurisdiction. Meanwhile another member of the Women's Murder Club, Yuki Castellano, is about to try the case of her career, one that could change the face of sexual harassment cases for years to come.
I've been reading this series since book 1, although I've fallen behind of late. I think that is because I haven't enjoyed the last few as much as the early ones, they've been bumped down my list. I'm not quite ready to give up yet though.
This book had a lot of good things going for it, and honestly I was actually pretty into it up until the last few chapters. We've got two main story lines running parallel here, one featuring Lindsay and the other Yuki. I've seen a few people comment that it was disappointing to not really include Claire or Cindy but I can't say that bothered me. I think Cindy really irritated me in the last book, so I was quite happy for her to take a back seat.
The trial Yuki was preparing for caught my interest. The concept of women raping men is one that doesn't gain much traction in the media, and I thought it made for a great storyline. I wasn't sure how it was going to play out until the last minute, and I thought it was well done.
Lindsay's case was also shaping up to be a good one. The turf battle between her and a cop from another jurisdiction made for good reading, and set up for a great ongoing battle during the investigation. It all sort of fizzled out though and became nothing. To be honest the investigation was very much the same, and this is where my issues with the book come from. Once Lindsay and Conklin begin to investigate everything magically falls into place. They identify their suspect, track them down and have them arrested all within a chapter or two. It was all just far too neat for my liking, and felt rushed.
I'm starting to think Patterson has very little to do with the writing of these books, other than sticking his name on them. This one did feel like a bit of a turning point though. With the events we have at the end of the book I'm intrigued to see the set up for the next kne, and I did enjoy a lot of this, so I'll read at least one more.
I've been reading this series since book 1, although I've fallen behind of late. I think that is because I haven't enjoyed the last few as much as the early ones, they've been bumped down my list. I'm not quite ready to give up yet though.
This book had a lot of good things going for it, and honestly I was actually pretty into it up until the last few chapters. We've got two main story lines running parallel here, one featuring Lindsay and the other Yuki. I've seen a few people comment that it was disappointing to not really include Claire or Cindy but I can't say that bothered me. I think Cindy really irritated me in the last book, so I was quite happy for her to take a back seat.
The trial Yuki was preparing for caught my interest. The concept of women raping men is one that doesn't gain much traction in the media, and I thought it made for a great storyline. I wasn't sure how it was going to play out until the last minute, and I thought it was well done.
Lindsay's case was also shaping up to be a good one. The turf battle between her and a cop from another jurisdiction made for good reading, and set up for a great ongoing battle during the investigation. It all sort of fizzled out though and became nothing. To be honest the investigation was very much the same, and this is where my issues with the book come from. Once Lindsay and Conklin begin to investigate everything magically falls into place. They identify their suspect, track them down and have them arrested all within a chapter or two. It was all just far too neat for my liking, and felt rushed.
I'm starting to think Patterson has very little to do with the writing of these books, other than sticking his name on them. This one did feel like a bit of a turning point though. With the events we have at the end of the book I'm intrigued to see the set up for the next kne, and I did enjoy a lot of this, so I'll read at least one more.