22 Seconds

James Patterson · Maxine Paetro

May 2022 · Women's Murder Club Book 22 · Sold by Little, Brown

About this ebook

In this thriller from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind and only twenty-two seconds until she loses her badge—or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind.
 
There’s buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly close to home.
 
Former cops. Professional hits. All with the same warning scrawled on their bodies:
 
You talk, you die.
 
Now it’s Lindsay’s turn to choose.
 

Ratings and reviews

This series, one I used to love, has gone completely down the drain. The last book was circling the drain now this one went right down. It starts out dull and trite and stays that way. As for Cindy early on, you see a guy with a gun pointed at you and you hesitate? Yell FIRE FIRE CALL 911! That'll stop them. Everyone will be looking straight at you and them. Can you make the spaces any bigger to drag it out? Condensed type, the book would have 200 pages. Maxine, if you don't feel the zest for writing these Boxer and pals books anymore then let someone who feels it write it. A former fan. PS Read any Elizabeth George Inspector Lynley book or CB Strike and then compare with this drivel. $14.99? No way.

The story line didn't have enough of the serial killer theme that the Murder Club usually has. It was a typical cop story and the ending lacked umph. The book, overall, was a disappointment.

Too much Molinari involvement in the plot. The essence of the Women's Murder Club was lost in this book. The ending was too abrupt and not well written. This was the first disappointing book of the series.

About the author

James Patterson is the world's bestselling author. The creator of Alex Cross, he has produced more enduring fictional heroes than any other novelist alive. He lives in Florida with his family.

Maxine Paetro is a novelist who has collaborated with James Patterson on the bestselling Women’s Murder Club, Private, and Confessions series; Woman of God; and other stand-alone novels. She lives with her husband, John, in New York.