Compellingly Executed..
The 24th in The Women’s Murder Club series, no less, and it arrives with three intertwining situations running concurrently throughout the instalment. Another non stop, action packed thriller with a deftly drawn and credible cast, propulsive plots and edge of seat scenarios. Compellingly executed, as ever, with a firm sense of place, bags of atmosphere and constant threads of high tension from start to finish guaranteeing a pacy and page turning read.

This series is like bookish popcorn, you have to keep going back for more, and clearly plenty of people agree because we’re up to 24! I like these books a lot, I find the short chapters make it so much easier to fly through the story and after 23 books you are well invested in the characters lives. I don’t think they’re breaking any literary barriers but a good read all the same.

I am a fan of this series having read the earlier books in the series and this like the other books does not disappoint

Although the main murder club charcters are Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, Medical examiner Claire Washburn , Yuki Castellano Assistant DA and Cindy Thomas Reporter there are ably supported by male charcters which makes for a more balanced series of books.

Whilst celebrating Claire's birthday at a restaurant a scream is heard upstairs where Maria Elena is raped and badly beaten by a worker at the restaurant who says that she asked him for "rough sex". However, Maria Elena cannot remember the attack as she has Dissociative Identity Disorder also known as multiple personality disorder whereby other personalties kick in when she is under stress. Yuki is prosecuting the perpetrator but knows this will be a difficult case to prove given the DID Condition.

Lindsay is investigating the murder by shooting of a ruthless billionaire businessman James Fricke 6 months after the death of his wife Holly who also died under simular circumstances.

Joe Molinari, Lindsay's husband is investigating a cyber hacking attack on a hospital's system demanding 18 million dollars in bitcoin within 48 hours

This, as usual for this series is packed with action and is an easy and very enjoyable read.

Thanks to Netgalley UK and publishers Random House UK, Cornerstone for an ARC copy of the book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

We have 3 main storylines in this book, a murder, a trial and a cyber attack. All fast pacing and page turning.

Lyndsey and the girls are back for another fantastic read by Patterson. I can't believe we're on book 24.

An entertaining read and a fabulous series. I highly recommend for all crime thriller readers.

Thank you to Netgalley for an unbiased review.

This is my first James Patterson book and if Im being completely honest I was a little underwhelmed. There were 3 different stories running alongside each other and sometimes it was a little confusing who was who. The revealing of the murderer seemed to happen rather quick and abruptly. Things just didnt seem to flow right. There were a couple of chapters that were a tad boring too.

I was really hoping this was going to be one of those page turners but unfortunately it wasnt for me.

The girls are back!
Celebrating a wedding and a birthday at one of the finest restaurants, ends quicker than they all thought with a violent assault. Sargent Lindsay Boxer races upstairs to where the scream came from to find the victim of assault and arrests the assailant at the scene. Can the victim correctly identify the man who abused her due to her medical condition? As we all know there is usually more than one case in the WMC series so before you know it there is a hospital being hacked and Lindsay is rushed to another case, a sordid family affair ending in a double homicide.

I love the woman's murder club, however I did feel like there could of been a bit more in Joe's hospital case.
A quick, easy read for fans of the WMC or for those that fancy it as a stand alone!

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review,

James Pattersons new book the 24th hour certainly doesnt disappointment! Thought-provoking, and insightful are the first 2 words that come to mind.
While out for lunch there is a loud scream and the Womens Murder Club find a woman who had been seriously assaulted. But how do you get a conviction when the victim says she's one name to you and another to someone else and many more besides, not to mention seemingly confused about what has happened, or simply not remembering the attack!! Why is she so confused and how will the womens murder club solve the case?

Highly recommend this book, its well paced, believable and well-researched. Tackling a subject many of us know very little about.

There’s plenty going on for the Women’s Murder Club & their partners. The characters are great & have been well-developed over the previous 23 books. Trigger warning for the opening assault on a female. There’s then a Court case involving the victim who has a multiple personality disorder. There’s the murders of a celebrity couple & their rather sordid complicated family life. There’s a cruel cyber terrorism threat, with the added bonus of a drugs ring. It’s fast paced with trademark short punchy chapters, swapping between all the investigations. Resolutions are perhaps too predictable, & with abrupt confessions, rather than working through the clues to solutions. The ending does appear rushed. However, I do now want to read all the previous books in this series

The 24th hour is the 24th book in the Women's Murder club series and the 21st collaboration with Maxine Paetro and the first book in the series I have read and only the second James Patterson book I have read. It is a fast paced all action thriller that I comfortably read in a day. Recommended for lovers of this genre and I am sure the loyal following will enjoy this latest offering for the Women's Murder club.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone for an advance copy of The 24th Hour, the twenty-fourth novel to feature The Woman’s Murder Club, a group of four friends from San Francisco.

The women are out celebrating a birthday when they hear a scream. Sergeant Lindsay Boxer rushes to the scene and finds a young woman brutally assaulted and the perpetrator still there. He is promptly arrested and six months later Yuki Castellano is about to prosecute him, but the case has become very complicated. While Yuki is in court Lindsay is investigating the puzzling murder of a very rich man.

I enjoyed The 24th Hour, which follows three distinct plot lines, the two mentioned above and Lindsay’s husband, Joe Molinari’s investigation into a cyber attack. I’ll be honest and say that I do not think that this novel is anywhere close to being the best in the series. It lacks tension and, in Lindsay’s case, feels rather circular. Joe’s case is a whimper so the best is Yuki in court with well drawn characters, a genuine dilemma and a lot of uncertainty about the outcome. I found it riveting.

The novel switches between the three plot lines on a regular basis and while it might seem a lot to keep up with each plot is easy to follow. Ok, I got lost in the geek speak in Joe’s case, but as it’s such a filler story it hardly mattered. Lindsay’s case has a good premise, but it gets tangled up in extraneities and has little forward momentum until something happens to solve the case.

The 24th Hour is a good read that I can recommend.

As usual with the Womens Murder Club, this book follows three concurrent stories. Ordinarily Lindsey’s takes centre stage but I really struggled to engage with and follow this story and found I was more invested in Yuki and Joe’s narratives. These were generally easier to follow and had fewer but really well developed characters. In contrast, Lindsey’s story was unusually convoluted and I found it hard to stay focused.

Having also recently read 23.5 Lies, I was really disappointed to see this story not being picked up on or developed further.

For fans of the Womens Murder Club series, it’s a good follow on and has all the great characters from the previous books in the series!

This is a busy, fast paced story with three storylines – a trial, a murder investigation and a cyber attack threat – and whilst I didn’t completely understand everything going on with Joe's cyber case, it was nonetheless interesting and exciting. As ever, the storylines and character interactions draw the reader in and you get invested in the outcomes of the various threads of the story along with the personal lives of the main characters. I really like the friendships between the four women as well as their relationships with their men. What else can you say but brilliant story.

Six months previously the ladies were meeting in a posh restaurant to celebrate Claires birthday when they heard a yell and discovered a woman who had been assaulted and raped.
Six months later, Yuki is preparing to prosecute the case and Lindsay has been called to the scene of a murder. The odd thing is that the wife of the murdered man was killed in exactly the same place six months before. Meanwhile Joe has been called in to consult on a Cybercrime with the FBI.
As normal with this series, all the story arcs are solved and there is a happy ending.

Thanks to NetGalley and The Publisher for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

2.5 stars Rounded up.

Unfortunately this installment just didn't deliver in my opinion. The three threads seemed unnecessary, like 3 short stories put together to make a novel without any attempt to connect them. While there was some attempt to build tension, the resolutions were very anti-climatic, very rushed and felt like cop-outs rather than a-ha moments. Unfortunately the small cliff-hanger at the end isn't enough to to convince me that the next book in the series is worth reading.

Top rate as usual from Patterson. I have read the whole series of novels involving Lindsay and the gang. Patterson has been very clever in providing the background to their lives alongside the homicides which adds extra interest to the read. His plots are well constructed and keep you wanting to carry on reading til the end. I managed to read this in 2 days!

The usual high quality, high octane mix of stories for the women’s murder club to solve. The authors ability to move between cyber security, billionaire murders and a rapist keeps the pages turning. I did however solve the murder before the cops!

It is one of those couldn't put it down books. It went everywhere with me.
What a pacy action packed ride i have been on.... complicated mental health issues put Yuki to the test of bringing a case to court..
At the same time Lyndsey Boxer is chasing a serial killer.
The womens murder club is stretched to the limit but they are all good in their own field and a force to be reckoned with. This is the 24th Hour

Having breakfast and finishing "The 24th Hour" wow a brilliant read and a recommendation to have this on your TBR pile, cant wait for the next one. James Patterson is king of crime

I love the women's murder club. Having read them all, I always worry that one book will disappoint but so far that's not the case. The books are really good and this one is no exception. The characters are brilliant and the dynamic between them is great. Typically for these books, there are several stories in one involving all the characters to some degree. Although I guessed the identity of one of the perps early on in the book it didn't spoil the enjoyment for me. I can guarantee you'll like this book which can be easily read as a stand alone novel if you've not read any of the previous ones.

Wow. James Patterson does it again with The Womans murder Club. This book had me gripped right from the beginning. A brutal crime and then the court case which you just don’t know how it will play out. If that wasn’t enough there was two more crimes that needed solving and stretched the ladies and their partners to their limits. A fast paced book that I couldn’t put down. Would highly recommend this book and you can read it without having read the rest of his books. Although I would highly advise to read them all.

Thanks first must go to Netgalley, the publisher and James Patterson for the ARC of ‘The 24th Hour’.

As the title suggests this is the 24th instalment into the Women’s Murder Club series following Lindsey, Claire, Cindy & Yuki. I have been an avid James Patterson fan and have read the majority of his series in their entirety.

Unfortunately this is the first time I’ve struggled with one of his books. I found it slow to start, I struggled to engage with the characters and despite the happy ending the book didn’t grab me.

Unfortunately for me this may be the end of the Women’s Murder Club