21st Birthday: A young mother and baby daughter go missing (Women’s Murder Club 21) (Women's Murder Club)

Not sure I understand the One star reviews, but, that's what opinions are for. This, for me, is a return to cracking form for team Patterson and Paetro. From first to last page, just twists after twist,. The tension in the final third had me so gripped I just had to read on til the end without stopping. The domestic scenes with Joe, Martha and Julie, fitted in and don't hold up the action, and the other members of the WMC all had a bigger better part than some previous novelsl; If the writing team can keep up this standard then I truly can't wait for the 22nd. (But I guess I will have to!)

This is another fast-paced instalment of the long running series, with good characters and a twisting plot. Unfortunately the ending felt rushed and abrupt with some questions left unanswered.

More of the same from the Women’s Murder Club. A woman and child are reported missing by the woman’s distraught (but perhaps slightly crazy) mother. Is the husband/father responsible? Or is the missing woman a spendthrift attention seeker who’ll be home when the money runs out?Everything procceds as usual: Lindsay investigates, Claire provides the medical detail, Yuki agonises if she’s done enough to put the guilty party away, and Cindy chases the story that will give her a best selling true crime book.There is an unusual twist that derives from the husband’s own background but to be honest I didn’t feel this was one of the best of the series. The suspect is unsympathetic; the sections on Lindsay’s home life (cute child, unbelievably supportive husband) feel like they’d been clipped from earlier books; and whilst the ending provided an explanation, it just all felt unfinished somehow.A series I normally enjoy, so hopefully better luck next time.

A cracking storyline with lots of twists and turns. Kept the pages turning into the wee small hours.I almost gave up on JP novels as many of the more recent ones felt very shallow and formulaic ,like they were part of a mass production plan to make money off his reputation but frankly, failed to deliver the goods. However, I relented with this one as I have every other title in the WMC series.21st Birthday is definitely Boxer and the team back to their best. I loved every page. Authentic JP style with a gritty story that pulled on the heart strings and kept you guessing. Top job!!

The worst of the series. It dragged on then suddenly ,despite having no evidence, they try the husband for murder. You are left wondering how this can be possible. The detectives changed their minds about his guilt despite evidence that the husband had an alibi for one of the murders and that 2 other murders which were committed the same way were conveniently forgotten about and never mentioned again. The husband had no link to these and was not charged with them despite them having the same modus operandi!Bizarre! It made no sense. A case like that would never have gone to trial. Not worth reading!

Pre-ordered this book so it arrived on release date...it arrived around12noon by bedtime I'd read it...couldn't put it down its been the same with the whole women murder club series...this story has you gripped and needing to know who committed the crime, throughly enjoyed it and awaiting book no 22, please Mr Patterson hope your writing it as I leave this review.

So I love this series and was looking forward to the usual twists and turns. This was a story that has believable context but I wasn't sure if it was real or the killer/ killers were yanking our chain so to speak!There's a change in management and Lindsay is soon finding out the hard way that knowing your new boss in one realm curries no favour in his new role. Separated from her favoured partner she follows the threads of this case but its not the perfect woolly jumper she knits as there is a few dropped stitches along the way. I think I lost my way in the story too. The relationship with the women is central to the story but I always want to slap Cindy for being such a petulant character and it always being about her drive to be the best. She treats Rich and Lindsay as her personal informants and gives precious little back. As you can guess she really annoys me haha. James has crafted the characters well and his stories usually give me the shock and awe I crave but I was a wee bit frustrated at the end to think an innocent man took his own life or was it a case of the father wouldn't let his son take credit for his own killing streak?? I might need to read this again Frustrating or what

Bought this for my mother, who loves these types of books, and she thoroughly enjoyed reading it and finished it within half a day! Highly recommend if you enjoy his previous books, the quality doesn't drop and he manages to maintain the quality over the years like no one else. A great purchase 🙂