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The 9th judgment

James Patterson

2010355 pagesabout 5–8 hours
2010
first published
  • 2010Little, Brown and Company · ENGISBN 9780316088176
  • 2010Random House Group Limited · ENGISBN 9781409069843
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  • 2011Penguin Random House · 464 pages · ENGISBN 9780099525387

The most personalA young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one shred of evidence: a cryptic message scrawled across the windshield in bloodred lipstick. The most dangerousThe same night, the wife of A-list actor Marcus Dowling is woken by a cat burglar who is about to steal millions of dollars' worth of precious jewels. In just seconds there is a nearly empty safe, a lifeless body, and another mystery that throws San Francisco into hysteria. The most exciting Women's Murder Club novel everLindsay spends every waking hour working with her partner, Rich--and her desire for him threatens to tear apart both her engagement and the Women's Murder Club. Before Lindsay and her friends can piece together either case, one of the killers forces Lindsay to put her own life on the line--but is it enough to save the city? With unparalleled danger and explosive action, The 9th Judgment is James Patterson at his compelling, unstoppable best!

How it feels

AtmosphereNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful
Character focusSmall ensemble

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Romance levelCentral

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