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When a horrifying attack leaves one of the four members of the Women's Murder Club struggling for her life, the others fight to keep a madman behind bars before anyone else is hurt.
And Lindsay Boxer and her new partner in the San Francisco police department run flat-out to stop a series of kidnappings that has electrified the city: children are being plucked off the streets together with their nannies—but the kidnappers aren't demanding ransom. Amid uncertainty and rising panic, Lindsay juggles the possibility of a new love with an unsolvable investigation, and the knowledge that one member of the club could be on the brink of death.
And just when everything appears momentarily under control, the case takes a terrifying turn, putting an entire city in lethal danger. Lindsay must make a choice she never dreamed she'd face—with no certainty that either outcome has more than a prayer of success.
James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 240 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. Mr. Patterson also writes the bestselling Women's Murder Club novels, set in San Francisco, and the top-selling New York detective series of all time, featuring Detective Michael Bennett. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.
A string of gripping standalone mysteries followed, but it was the 1992 release of Along Came a Spider that elevated Patterson to superstar status. Introducing Alex Cross, a brilliant black police detective/forensic psychologist, the novel was the first installment in a series of bestselling thrillers that has proved to be a cash cow for the author and his publisher.
Examining Patterson's track record, it's obvious that he believes one good series deserves another…maybe even a third! In 2001, he debuted the Women's Murder Club with 1st to Die, a fast-paced thriller featuring four female crime fighters living in San Francisco—a homicide detective, a medical examiner, an assistant D.A., and a cub reporter. The successful series has continued with other numerically titled installments. Then, spinning off a set of characters from a previous novel (1998's When the Wind Blows), in 2005 he published Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. Featuring a "flock" of genetically engineered flying children, the novel was a huge hit, especially with teen readers, and spawned a series of vastly popular fantasy adventures.
In addition to continuing his bestselling literary franchises, Patterson has also found time to co-author thrillers with other writers—including Peter de Jonge, Andrew Gross, Maxine Paetro, and Howard Roughan—and has even ventured into romance (Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, Sam's Letters to Jennifer) and children's literature (santaKid). Writing at an astonishing pace, this prolific author has turned himself into a one-man publishing juggernaut, fulfilling his clearly stated ambition to become "the king of the page-turners."
Two of Patterson's Alex Cross mysteries (Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls) have been turned into films starring Morgan Freeman; in 2007, a weekly television series premiered, based on the bestselling Women's Murder Club novels.
A shadow falls across him, a kid's voice asking, "Mister, could you take our picture?"
Fred shakes his head - no, no, no - anger winding him up like a watch spring, like a wire tightening around his head.
He wants to smash the kid like a bug.
Fred averts his eyes, sings inside his head, Ay, ay, ay, ay, Sau-sa-lito-lindo, trying to shut down the voices. He puts his hand on Bucky to comfort himself, feeling him through his blue nylon Windbreaker, but still the voices pound in his brain like a jackhammer.
Loser. Dog shit.
Gulls call out, screaming like children. Overhead, the sun burns through the overcast sky and turns him as transparent as glass. They know what he's done.
Passengers in shorts and visors line the rails, taking pictures of Angel Island, of Alcatraz, of the Golden Gate Bridge.
A sailboat flies by, mainsail double-reefed, foam flecking the rails, and Fred doubles over as the bad thing whips into his mind. He sees the boom swing. Hears the loud crack. Oh, God! The sailboat!
Someone has topay for this!
Startling him, the ferry's engines grind into reverse and the deck vibrates as the ferry comes into dock.
Fred stands, works his way through the crowd, passing eight white tables, lines of scuffed blue chairs, his fellow ferry riders giving him the eye.
He enters the open compartment at the bow, sees a mother berating her son, a boy of nine or ten with light-brown hair. "You're driving me crazy!" the woman shouts.
Fred feels the wire snap. Someone has to pay.
His right hand slips into his jacket pocket - finds Bucky.
He slips his finger into the trigger loop.
The ferry lurches as it bumps the mooring. People grab on to one another, laughing. Lines snake out from the boat, bow and aft.
Fred's eyes shoot to the woman who is still belittling her son. She's small, wearing tan clam diggers, her breasts outlined in the soft skin of her white blouse, nipples pointing straight out.
"What's wrong with you, anyway?" she yells over the engines' roar. "You really piss me off, buster."
Bucky is in Fred's hand, the Smith & Wesson Model 10, pulsing with a life of its own.
The voice booms, Kill her. Kill her. She's out of control!
Bucky points between the woman's breasts.
BLAM.
Fred feels the jolt of the gun's recoil, sees the woman jump back with a little hurt yelp, a red stain blooming on her white blouse.
Good!
The little boy follows his mother's fall to the deck with his big round eyes, strawberry ice cream plopping out of his cone, pee spreading across the front of his pants.
The boy did a bad thing, too.
BLAM.
(Continues...)
Excerpted from The 6th Target by James Patterson Maxine Paetro Copyright © 2007 by James Patterson. Excerpted by permission.
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CMCBoston
Posted February 24, 2011
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If you are into this series of books this particular selection is one of the best. I would definitely recommend it to James Patterson fans, as this book is classic Patterson. Essentially it follows the exploits of the Woman's Murder Club in a series of new cases that are both disturbing and complex. A psychopath murders people, children are kidnapped, an apartment complex is terrorized by brutal slayings that sort of a thing. Without giving too much away that summarizes the plot nicely. It should also be mentioned that there are elements of romance and some racy sections in the book so I would not recommend this book to children below high school age. As it is a thriller and not a deep societal examination the major themes include triumph over evil, crime does not pay, and follow your heart. This book is not a fable. However I definitely liked the book it kept me entertained to the very end. The characters were extremely well written and thought out; I especially liked Fred Brinkley. Not in the sense that I liked him as a person but that it was difficult to determine what drove him, what really was going on in his head. That is the kind of character that I look for in a book, one that you cannot really assess with just one look so to speak. I have to say I did not like the romance in the book. It just did not fit with the plot it seemed detached from the rest of the story. Additionally I am not a fan of romance in general. In short The 6th Target was good but not great entertaining but not enthralling well written but not superb. Oh and let me tell you the ending was a doozy. Peaked your curiosity have I; well you will just have to read the book.
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted February 9, 2009
James Patterson does not deserve the condescendance he receives from the literary glitterati, all those critics and/or writers for whom he is not a writer and his style not "great" literature.<BR/>He does not claim to be.<BR/>He is entertaining, with a scary touch that keeps you wanting for more. I first discovered him with "Jack and Jill" as a newcomer to Washington DC and it was fascinating to read about DC in such thriller style. I have become an afficionado since then and have read all his Alex Cross, all his Women's Murder Club and probably most of everything else he has written, including the more recent "romantic" vein and the toher books co-authored with new rising voices. The opnly "vein" I have not taken to so much is the one geared to teenagers and young adults, with the flying creatures. (Maximum Ride, etc).<BR/>In general I wait until his books are released in paperback.<BR/>I find it relaxing (even if the plot is, at times, very violent) to read a Patterson book, especially after a "serious-I-carry-a-message-within-my-pages" or worse "a-between=the-lines-message" type of book.
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.The gang is back to solve another case, except that this time, there are numerous parallel mysteries running amok in Patterson's THE 6TH TARGET. <BR/><BR/>Fred Brinkley, a man who hears voices inside his head, is videotaped murdering four innocent people aboard a ferry. He's charged with attempting to kill two others, one of whom happens to be a now critically injured Claire Washburn. <BR/><BR/>A five-year-old piano playing prodigy by the name of Madison Tyler is snatched off the street along with her nanny, and with no ransom note coming in to the family, things aren't looking good. <BR/><BR/>At Blakely Arms, an apartment complex, things are going from bad to worse as a dog is viciously murdered, residents are attacked, and people are beginning to suspect a neighbor in the building. <BR/><BR/>Demotions, pregnancies, relationship break-ups, life-altering decisons -- all of these plot lines vie for space within THE 6TH TARGET. As the four players of The Women's Murder Club set out to get their lives together while solving a series of mysteries, you'll be glad that you're along for this fast-paced, thrilling ride.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 20, 2013
THIS IS A WELL WRITTEN BOOK. THE AUTHOR DID A GREAT JOB. YOU WILL ENJOY THIS READ. I WOULD READ MORE FROM THIS
AUTHOR. KEEP THE GOOD WORK UP.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted June 19, 2012
I started reading the series when number 11 came out. I read a review about number 11 and the writer mentioned reading the whole series. I thought what can it hurt to start at 1. I have read 6 books in 4 weeks......can not put this series down. My 4 th grader likes reading so we are completing who can read more books by the end of the summer....win win for all. I love this series would revommend any of the books. They all flow very nice from chapter 2 chapter and book 2 book. Give them a try!
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted May 3, 2013
I LOVE James Patterson AND I love this series!!!
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Anonymous
Posted March 11, 2013
THE WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB NOVELS ARE GREAT READING, AND I HOPE THE SERIES CONTINUES.
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Posted March 8, 2013
Another great installment in the WMC series.
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Posted February 27, 2013
How could you not like this book.Maybe I didn't read it,but i want o amd anything by James Patterson is amazing.I do wish i could get my money back for anyy book even if the book is good.A person c always use more money.
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Posted February 24, 2013
awsome, couldn,t put it down
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Posted February 8, 2013
Good book!
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Posted January 4, 2013
Boring and i wish i could get my money back
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Fantastic!!
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.After I finish one of James Patterson's books I can't wait to start the next one.
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Posted December 12, 2012
Had a hard time getting into this book but overall a good read!
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Posted October 18, 2012
I love his women murder mysteries, they are just awesome, plan to buy them all . Would recommend this author to anyone who loves a good mystery.
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Posted August 29, 2012
Just finished reading this book and am ready to start rhe next one; thanks authors!!
Margo B
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Posted June 12, 2012
If your a Patterson junkie and have been reading this series then you will enjoy this edition to the series. As with others in the series it flows and you feel like you are going on the next investigation with the women.
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Posted June 4, 2012
Am now hooked
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Posted April 21, 2012
This book, as well as the series, is fun to read. It is hard to stop reading, but chapters are short. It is easy to pick up and put down in between chapters, if you can!
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Overview
When a horrifying attack leaves one of the four members of the Women's Murder Club struggling for her life, the others fight to keep a madman behind bars before anyone else is hurt.
And Lindsay Boxer and her new partner in the San Francisco police department run flat-out to stop a series of kidnappings that has electrified the city: children are being plucked off the streets together with their nannies—but ...