15th Affair

The name of this book should have been Beat The Hell Out of Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer. Poor Lindsay gets beaten up several times, both physically and emotionally. Her husband, Joe Molinari, also has a more significant role in the story. Readers would remember Joe was x-FBI and used to work for Homeland Security. Still, in recent books, he's been a househusband and doting father to his and Lindsay's daughter, Julie. This book's plotline profoundly delves into the secrets Joe's been keeping that could tear him and Lindsay apart—maybe forever! The 15th Affair has explosive action, crazy plot twists, and searing suspense. I loved it.

I still love this series but it's starting to go a little flat for me. The writing wasn't as smooth and I wasn't a fan of the cliffhanger at the end because we have to wait so long between books. I'm also not liking that there isn't really much of the girl power women's murder club anymore because this whole book mostly revolved around Linsey and Joe's relationships. I wanted more of the women solving crimes and less of the complicated ifs about Lindsey's relationship. This book just wasn't up to its usual standards.

I was very very close to giving this one star, but I can't do it. I love(d) Women's Murder Club. But this wasn't Women's Murder Club. It was the Lindsay Boxer soap opera and while I love Boxer, this was too much. I think we saw the Club all of three times and aside from a throwaway about Cindy trying on Julie for size, we really got no information. The high point of this series is them working together, not Linday's unraveling love life. I also seriously think the character has gone down hill since the ill-fated casting of Angie Harmon as her. I love Angie, but Boxer is blondie and that's a no. This book was so poorly written I wonder if Patterson actually wrote it since I like Maxine Paetro's writing and this one is just such a poor show more chapter in this series. It's also a horrible mish mash of British and American English. Maybe after 15 it's time for the series to go to bed as I also eventually thought Alex Cross ran out of gas.


Really? A SFPD Sergeant's husband is missing and she's not going to at least sort of look for him? Not a chance for the crusader of justice Boxer. The whole soap opera with Muller was pointless if you're not going to resolve it. The whole Four Seasons case was mostly left unresolved despite the bandaid they attempted to put over it during the girl talk in the car in Vancouver. Nope. Not buying it - and glad I didn't buy this book. show less

The latest installment in the Women’s Murder Club series finds Lindsay Boxer investigating several murders in a swank hotel. The body count rises with the death of the wife of one of the victims; a crashed airplane adds to the mayhem. But Lindsay is preoccupied with the whereabouts of her husband, Joe, and what his disappearance means to her marriage.

Plot twists and turns keep the tension building and intrigue keeps the pages turning. But readers of the series are likely to be disappointed with the unsettled ending and the all-too-brief appearance of the other ladies in the Murder Club.

So, of course I was super excited when this book showed up i could not wait to get into it, because…. Well…. Lindsay Boxer is the best.
So once I got to read the book and realized that it was also another great installment in the Women’s Murder Club series, I was a very happy reader.
Lindsay has had to deal with a lot of stuff in the past, but nothing quite like this. Being followed around by highly dangerous men makes every move she makes a risk. She has to constantly be aware of her surroundings and be ready to fight at any moment.
That, coupled with her distant husband, Lindsay has a hell of a time solving this case.
I feel like as this series goes on, we see less and less of the Women’s Murder Club actually being together and show more interacting. I miss when there were more interactions between them because the characters have such great book chemistry together. show less

A Chinese husband is murdered in the Four Seasons, in the middle of a tryst with a married blonde woman. The hotel tapes are mysteriously wiped as are some sleuths recording next door. Lindsay Boxer is called to investigate. Then there is a horrific plane crash diverting resources and attention. Then her own husband, Joe Molinari, disappears without a trace, but turns out to be involved in the two stories. Sadly, Patterson and Paestro really neglect the other members of the Women's Murder Club, and this one focuses almost solely on Lindsay, who is feeling insecure and beaten down. Even stooping to calling Joe's ex-girlfriend in Washington D.C. for help. The action was decent, but Lindsay's sappy stuff left me feeling slightly ill and show more the ending was unfulfilling and not just the cliffhanger either. show less

This may be the 15th book in this series but I do think it was kept fresh with some new ideas injected and will shake things up going into the next book, I would have to say overall it is one of my favourites in the series. The themes revolved around 4 people being murdered in a hotel and terrorism in the US. I will happily keep reading on in this series but am now fully up to date until the next book is published.