The 8th Confession is the latest in the James Patterson Women’s Murder Club Series. I have been a fan of this series since it first started. I love the characters and their diversity. I love that each new book can focus on a different character. I have had issues lately with some of Patterson’s books because they have become predictable. This book definitely doesn’t fall in to that category.
In The 8th Confession the members of the Women’s Murder Club are faced with several different murders. The first is a local street hero named Bagman Jesus who is found murdered on a city sidewalk. Cindy is determined to do a series of stories on how he changed the lives of neighborhood people and help to find his murderer. In the end though Bagman Jesus isn’t who he seems to be and Cindy has to help find the murderer even though she thinks he may have deserved it. The other murders are all connected and are all rich or famous people who run in the high society circles. Claire is faced with major issues when she can find no apparent cause of death. Some of these people die simultaneously but there are no signs of poisoning and no medical signs that they should have died. It takes some major investigative skills for Lindsey and Claire to realize that they are being killed by the bites of poisonous snakes.
In the end this book was much more interesting and suspenseful than any of Patterson’s other recent books. As a matter of fact I just finished reading Run For Your Life before reading this one. I find it funny that these books are strangely similar but very different in their ability to catch and hold interest. Both are about people who are trying to teach society a lesson and are killing rich people as the means to do it. Run For Your Life has characters that aren’t very interesting. Even though Pet Girl from The 8th Confession is a killer she is interesting. The Teacher from Run For Your Life comes off as arrogant and ridiculous and someone you really couldn’t care about. There is a sense of pity for Pet Girl and the circumstances that led her to become a murderer. The teacher doesn’t invoke those same feelings.
I am not sure I will continue with any of the other series that includes Run For Your Life but I will most assuredly continue with the Women’s Murder Club series. I think that The 8th Confession does a much better job of discussing social issues and the people who try to avenge them. Enjoy!
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I came over from J. Kaye’s Book Blog where your blog was recommended. Will definitely drop by again.
I’ll have to give this one a go. I too have all but given up on his books, they were becoming far too predictable. Another trend I noticed was that when he was collaborating on a book….it was flat out terrible. Definitely NOT a fan when he writes with another author.