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Oh how I love Lindsay, Claire, Yuki and Cindy ❤ I want to be part of the women's murder club!
This book focuses on Lindsay and Yuki and really doesn't disappoint. I read it in a day, I just needed to know what happened.
Highly recommended ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Suzze I just bought this the other day. Looking forward to being back with my women! 6y

suzie.reads It's another good one only downside is it's pretty short. 6y

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I know its not September until tomorrow but I'm starting early as I can't wait to start my next book. Love love love the women's murder club series! ❤📚🙂 #womensmurderclub #jamespatterson #maxinepaetro #litsy #follow4follow #booklover #bookworm

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My books for September and @TheReadingMermaid reading challenge 📚📚📚📚

Andrew65 Some great choices. 6y

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Augusts reads! 10 books is quite a lot but its the holidays! 😍📚👍 I don't read short stories, I enjoy longer novels that I can get lost in 😁
#52booksin52weeks #readingchallenge #bookish #bookworn #tessgerritsen #johnsandford #katemoretti #patriciacornwell #harlancoben #andrewgross #jamespatterson #michaelconnelly

Andrew65 Some great books! 6y

suzie.reads Definitely! I've officially given up with Gerristen though 😔 6y

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NotLiketheRoad

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Throwback to when I went to the Providence Athenaeum in Rhode Island while attending a conference. Easily one of the most beautiful libraries I have ever seen. Where‘s your favorite library?

#books #library #reading #literature #readingchallenge #2018readingchallenge #bookshelves

BakingAndBooks Do I have to choose just one, lol! 6y

Lauram I lived near the Athaneum while completing an internship in RI. I usually had the basement to myself when I went to study. It‘s such a beautiful library! (edited) 6y

NotLiketheRoad @BakingAndBooks Never choose just one! 😀 6y

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NotLiketheRoad @Lauram I presented a paper about the Hunger Games at the National Honors Conference they held in April at the Omni. We had a couple days to adventure and I walked into this beautiful place. ❤️ 6y

tjwill Wow, that is fantastic! 6y

Libby1 My favourite is the old library in Armagh, Northern Ireland. ❤️ 6y

MaGoose The main branch of the Ocean County Library in Toms River, NJ, is where I often hang out. I definitely want to visit the library pictured the next time I'm in Rhode Island. I'd like to tour the US and visit libraries. 6y

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NotLiketheRoad

The 17th Suspect | James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

His favorite thing is to get between me and my reading. Anyone else have a very nebby animal that likes to interrupt your reading?

#reading #2018readingchallenge #books #readingchallenge #dogs #kindle #pitbulls #family #adoptdontshop

OriginalCyn620 Aw! So cute! ❤️🐶 6y

DGRachel My pittie likes to put her head in my lap, in between my face and my book, so yes. I experience your pain daily. 😂😂😍🐶😍 6y

Ruthiella Cats totally walk literally over what I‘m reading sometimes! They know when your attention is directed elsewhere! 😻🐶 6y

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Derf Yup 🤦🏻‍♂️😂 exact same position, different dog 😂 6y

KrystleTheBookSlayer My dog will lay on top of anything that will divert attention away from him; my books, the TV remote, my phone, my laptop, etc. Can't find something, check under the dog 😂 6y

NotLiketheRoad @DGRachel he loves to stand on my chest and put his face against my face, to ensure that all attention has been given to him. 6y

NotLiketheRoad @Ruthiella my cat loves to act like my book mark! 6y

NotLiketheRoad @DannyHattan #TheStruggleIsReal 6y

NotLiketheRoad @KrystleTheBookSlayer there were a couple times I couple find my glasses and car keys. He cleverly hid them under his belly. 6y

TheBookStacker My dog whines and whines and whines until I can‘t focus on the words. My cat usually just likes to come stand on my chest, strategically placing himself between my eyes and my books. 6y

RadicalReader @NotLiketheRoad what breed is this beautiful beauty?! 6y

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PlainJayne81

17th Suspect | James Patterson

Finally got my hands on a copy.. 😀😀😀

Andrew65 Enjoy! 6y

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Kappadeemom

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It‘s been a good day for reading #dogsoflitsy #dorkie

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amsu311

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I am a fan of Patterson. His books are never wrong...hihihihihi...
As usual, this book did not disappoint...
I do wonder whether this is the end of Women's Murder Club...

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Another good outing in the Women‘s Murder Club Series. This one focused around a rape trail for Yuki and the murders of homeless people for Lindsay. These books continue to be very good reads, but I still feel they have lost some of the focus of the original ones where the club got together to solve murders. Two of the four in the club hardly figured in this one. At the end we had a potential life changing event for Lindsay.

TrishB This was the first one I was slightly disappointed in for the reasons you‘ve said! 6y

Andrew65 @TrishB Having had a bit more time to reflect on it I also felt there was a lack of tension and conflict in this one, all seemed quite gentle and felt the Court Case was a bit too transparent. Hopefully the next one will get back to better form. (edited) 6y

Liatrek I agree! I miss the actual murder club solving crimes. The last few books really seem to only focus on Lyndsey and Yuki. I miss Claire she never gets enough time in the books anymore 😞 6y

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Andrew65 @Liatrek I agree totally, Claire is such a great character but has gone AWOL! Unfortunately not as great a series as it once was. 6y

TrishB @Liatrek @Andrew65 I think to get to 17 before we‘re questioning is good. I may give it one more book! 6y

Andrew65 @TrishB @Liatrek Me too. 6y

Liatrek @Andrew65 @TrishB Yeah at this point I‘m so invested in the characters that‘s why it‘s disappointing not all characters get story time then eating lunch 😊 I saw they have book 18 tittle and summary already. 6y

Andrew65 @Liatrek @TrishB I spotted that too. 6y

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To all my American friends and Littens out there, is the second amendment the right to carry a gun, or is there more to it than that?

DGRachel “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” 6y

MelissaSue81 Essentially. “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” 6y

MelissaSue81 Keep in mind, we don‘t actually have any well regulated militias.. 6y

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Andrew65 @DGRachel Thanks 👍, I wasn‘t aware of the first part of the statement. 😊 6y

Andrew65 @MelissaSue81 Thanks, 😊 Your second point is telling. 6y

DGRachel The intent was to prevent the federal government from disbanding State militias, but it has become a rallying cry for the NRA that every citizen has a constitutional right to own and carry military grade assault rifles. Because, God forbid, we institute reasonable restrictions. 🙄 I refuse to believe “AK-47s for everybody” was the Founding Fathers goal. (edited) 6y

Andrew65 @DGRachel I think that‘s the nub of it from an outsider‘s perspective. Surely in this day and age there has to be reasonable restrictions, especially when you see the multiple shootings in schools etc. But obviously I only see what is presented in the media over here. 6y

DGRachel It‘s a really touchy subject. Americans as a general rule are VERY independent minded, and telling us we can‘t do/have something is the fastest way to piss us off. BUT, not all Americans think gun restrictions are a bad idea. I happen to think we need reasonable restrictions and the current laws need to be better enforced and loopholes need to be closed, but the NRA has a LOT of money and power. 😔 6y

Andrew65 @DGRachel That‘s certainly the way I‘ve read things from this side of the pond. 6y

EadieB @Andrew65 Another way to look at the gun problem is don‘t take the guns away but get help for the mentally ill. It‘s not guns killing people but mentally ill people are doing the killing. 6y

Andrew65 @EadieB As an outsider, in a country where there is no gun culture, I would have thought this is an issue for better mental health care (this is not good enough in the UK either) and gun restrictions to ensure guns don‘t get into these people‘s hands. 6y

EadieB @Andrew65 The baddies will always be able to get guns one way or another and it‘s best to have some people armed against them before they kill us all. 6y

Andrew65 @EadieB In general I‘d agree but that doesn‘t seem to be stopping the mass shootings. The figure I saw was 154 mass shootings in the first 177 days in 2018. Surely something has to be done further to stop that whatever it is, but I‘m not American or even in the US so not for me to say what that should or could be. 6y

EadieB @Andrew65 There are so many guns out there so I don‘t know how you can monitor them all. It‘s mostly mentally ill people who want to commit suicide and want to take people with them. I would start with doing something about the mentally ill and making sure they don‘t get access to guns. 6y

Andrew65 @EadieB That would be a start, as you say difficult to close that Pandora‘s box once they are so prevalent in society. 6y

EadieB @Andrew65 Exactly! Almost impossible! It forces normal people to want guns in order to protect themselves and their family. (edited) 6y

Andrew65 @EadieB I can definitely see that. 6y

EadieB @Andrew65 When they talk about voting on gun control the lines for people to sign up for permits to carry a gun grows and grows and most of them are women signing up for a gun. 6y

Andrew65 @EadieB Such a sad state of affairs that they obviously feel they need to. 6y

EadieB @Andrew65 the forefathers put it in the constitution the right to bear arms and a lot of people do not want that right taken away. Why should normal people have to give up their guns because of crazy people? 6y

Andrew65 @EadieB I would imagine for Americans that is the heart of the matter. 6y

Reggie @Andrew65 when the mentally ill guy shot those 15 kids back in 1996. What did your government do? Has there been mass school shootings since? Did your government place the lives of children higher than “a right.” Forgive my snarky sarcastic tone but I think it‘s funny that our government or mainly one person wants to put a justice in that will overturn RoeVWade. Like they care about the prepackaged kid only till it‘s old enough to get killed by 6y

Reggie a gun. (edited) 6y

Andrew65 @Reggie I think you‘ve hit the nail on the head. Lives of the children should be put above a right, as the saying goes if we always do what we‘ve always done we‘ll going to get what we‘ve always got. Was shocked how many mass shootings there had been this year alone. Surely people should see something needs to be done! 6y

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Yey! My hold finally came in, I know what I‘m doing for the rest of the night! Time for some more Lindsay and co...

JoScho Enjoy!!! Man that took forever! 6y

TrishB Enjoy 👍🏻 6y

Andrew65 @JoScho Thanks It did! A big queue and still hadn‘t bought the ebook! (edited) 6y

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Andrew65 @TrishB Thanks, I intend to. 😊 (edited) 6y

Pamwurtzler I thought that was a good one. Enjoy! 6y

LibraryCin Is this the newest? I believe im at 9. 6y

Andrew65 @LibraryCin Yes this is the latest one, published in April this year. 6y

Andrew65 @Pamwurtzler Thanks, enjoying it so far. 😊 6y

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KayJaysReads

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I loved the camaraderie of the women‘s murder club and how it brings the legal process forward in their professions. However, throughout you were following multiple character stories and never really digging deep into one. What did you think? It‘s not my favorite style but I will keep an open mind and read the next one to see how the characters life progress.

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TheBookbabeblog84

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I read several books during the month but only finished to. I blame my vacation. #books #booklover #jamespatterson #thebelles

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MVD1968

17th Suspect | James Patterson

It's been a good book so far. But I have been in a reading slump for the past few days and I feel like I'm so far behind. But I have been busy also.

rather_be_reading welcome to litsy!! 📚🎉📚 @litsywelcomewagon 6y

MVD1968 Thank you so much. I'm really enjoying it 6y

RaimeyGallant And welcome to Litsy from me too! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y

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Ingerella Hi and Welcome to Litsy! 6y

Jess7 Welcome! 6y

CarolynM Welcome to Litsy🌼 6y

Bronte_Chintz Welcome to litsy! Hope you love it here! 6y

Eggs Welcome to Litsy 👋🏻🌸 6y

MVD1968 Thank you all. I just don't know how to tag yet 6y

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TheBookbabeblog84

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I added this book to my Longest Day Read-a-Thon and have spent the entire day reading it. I have less than 10% of the book left. (also, don‘t you just love the image i used......) #books
#jamespatterson #thelongestday #alzheimersassociation

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mimi07abdi

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MVD1968 I'm reading this to now. 6y

mimi07abdi Nice hope you enjoy as much as I did... @MVD1968 6y

MVD1968 I'm enjoying it very much 6y

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MVD1968 Hey how are you doing? I have been busy but now getting back to this book. Gonna try and get a good bit hopefully in tonight. 6y

mimi07abdi Hi am doing well.. hope you are doing good... I can imagine am having one of this busy weeks already can‘t seem to finish mr Wodehouse‘s ‘jeeves in the offing‘ @MVD1968 6y

MVD1968 I finished reading The husband's secret yesterday and it was a really good book. If you haven't read it I recommend it to you. I'm reading 17th suspect. 6y

mimi07abdi No I haven‘t gotten a chance to read ‘the husband secret‘ I will add it to my ever growing TBR... @MVD1968 6y

MVD1968 I picked back up on 17th suspect today and I'm on chapter 23 now. Been a busy day 6y

mimi07abdi Good luck just starting my day @MVD1968 6y

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MonicaLoves2Read

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Love James Patterson. Another great book from Women's Murder Club Series. Centerd on a case for Yuki and a series of murders for Lindsey.

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MonicaLoves2Read

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Have other books from library that are due before this one, but I love the Women's Murder Club Series. I just have to start it before I read the other books I have.☺☺☺📚📚📚

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ephemeralwaltz, Weaponxgirl

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#ANumberInTheTitle #ReadingWomenMonth
Just had to showcase Maxine Paetro, James Patterson‘s co author in the wonderful Women‘s Murder Club Series. She has co-written every one since book 4 and I don‘t think she gets the credit she deserves! I‘m sure I‘m not the only one that thinks she does the bulk of writing for these. Simply love this series and still trying to get hold of the latest!

ephemeralwaltz Why that's a shame how her name is in smaller lettering. There's the tragic truth of marketing right there. Thanks so much for pointing this out - I had no idea!! 7y

Andrew65 @ephemeralwaltz Yes in all his co-authored book the other name is almost invisible. Bet Bill Clinton‘s name won‘t be in small print. As well as a female author in there, good to see books where the four central characters are all women. Should make a tv series of it. (edited) 7y

Pamwurtzler @Andrew65 I love these too. There was a brief Tv series starring Angie Harmon. I don‘t know if you can find it anywhere. 7y

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Andrew65 @Pamwurtzler Thanks, will do some research. 👍 7y

Traci1 I agree. I think she's brilliant. He's had tons of co-authors, but none as consistently good. 7y

Andrew65 @Traci1 👍 7y

Karkar I think I read somewhere that when he “co-authors “ his book that it is mostly just guidance he provides and sometimes the story idea. 7y

Andrew65 @Karkar That‘s what I imagined, but then his is the most dominant name on the cover. (edited) 7y

Weaponxgirl I had no idea! Thanks for letting me know as otherwise I'd have just passed over these 7y

Andrew65 @Weaponxgirl It is a Series I enjoy. They are really the only James Patterson books I still read. 7y

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actualdisneyprincess

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I was going to go for a walk, but as I leaned down to put my shoes on, a downpour started. So, time to finally dive into the world of the Women‘s Murder Club again while sitting on my porch in the midst of a rainstorm. :D #17thsuspect #womensmurderclub #jamespatterson #maxinepaetro

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Booknerd2

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I‘ve been busy outside with the nice weather. My books and Litsy are suffering. I have managed to finish a couple. It was disappointing. Felt rushed.

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JoScho

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If you are a fan of the Women‘s Murder Club then I think you will enjoy this installment. It is a quick read and a visit with old friends. The focus is more on Yuki and Lindsay-we see very little of Claire and Cindy in this one. Yuki is trying a rape case in which a woman is accused of raping a man and Boxer is involved in a serial killer focused on homeless people. It wasn‘t the most gripping book in the series but all in all a solid read.

tammysue I put this on library hold-is my first book in reading this series.🤞🏻 7y

JoScho @whatshesreadingnow well that is exciting! You should definitely read some the earlier ones. They are really good. It is a fun series. 7y

tammysue I‘m trying to find a good series! 7y

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JoScho @whatshesreadingnow for sure this one and 17 books yay!! I also really enjoy the Tess Gerritsen Rizzoli and Isles series-it is not like the show-much grittier. And I think there are only 5 but the Robert Dugoni Tracy Crosswhite series is good too. I love a good series. 7y

tammysue Thanks Jody! Will look them up here in a bit 😁 7y

JoScho Of course 😊 7y

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Pamwurtzler

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These books are fun to read, and super quick. I‘ve liked them all!

Andrew65 Still to lay my hands on this one! 7y

Pamwurtzler @andrew65 It was a long wait in the library hold line for me!! 7y

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JoScho

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Another day of state testing means a couple of hours to really get into this book. Hallway monitor=best testing assignment ever ❤️

Johanna414 I love when I get those assignments! I usually end up having to read tests to those with accommodations, but hall duty is the best! 7y

JoScho @Johanna414 right?! I have always had to give or monitor in the past. This is awesome. 7y

Reviewsbylola Adorable kindle skin and cover!! 7y

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JoScho @Reviewsbylola thanks so much 💕 7y

Pamwurtzler My library hold on that book just came through. I‘m excited to read it! 7y

JoScho @Pamwurtzler so far so good. It is like visiting old friends 😊 7y

CBee I love your Kindle cover! 7y

JoScho @CBee thank you 😊 7y

MVD1968 Kindle cover is beautiful. 6y

JoScho @MVD1968 thanks so much 💕 6y

MVD1968 Your welcome 6y

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NikkiKey94

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I loved this book and this series! The Women‘s Murder Club never disappoints with their cases and always manage to fight their way back after hitting bottom. I‘ll admit at a few points this book had me tearing up. I‘m so ready for the next one!

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Traci1

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A fast paced and fun read like all the other WMC books. This one involves 2 cases, both resolved rather abruptly. These aren't books to make you think. But that's kind of the beauty of them.

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This was a quick ok read. I really wish they would do more with Claire‘s character and show the murder club group working together to solve crimes more.

Andrew65 I agree they‘ve lost the murder club aspect and them working together in recent books, although yet to read 17. More Claire would be good! (edited) 7y

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Two words I never want to see together while I‘m reading “fake news”

tracey38 Agreed. 7y

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Morning reading in bed with my favorite Star Wars mug❤️

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Garabrandtreviews

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Lindsay is pulled into a group of homicides outside her jurisdiction when an informant seeks her out. Someone has been murdering the homeless and no one seems to care. While getting backlash for venturing into another's jurisdiction, she also has health issues that are starting to worry her.
Meanwhile Yuki has a huge case. A man is crying rape, and she's defending him in court. Both sides are believable. Who is telling the truth? 4☆

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Am I the only one that gets annoyed when a character is recapped in a series after several books? It‘s like if you don‘t know Lyndsey and Richie are like siblings at this point why are you reading. It‘s like that is lazy space filler 😡

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