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1st To Die
by James Patterson
My
favorite books are the mystery/suspense fiction that will keep
me up until 4:00 in the morning because I’m dying to know what happens next. James Patterson gave me this in his 2001 New York Times
Best
Selling thriller 1st To Die (2003 TV movie). Following homicide
inspector Lindsay Boxer of the San Francisco Police Department
in first person narrative, Patterson spins a tale of a maniac
who begins hunting newlywed couples, apparently unhappy with
their wedded bliss.
Along with her official investigation, Boxer joins forces with a
medical examiner, an assistant district attorney, and a new
reporter working the crime desk of the San Francisco
Chronicle. Together, these four women combine their individual
talents and form the ‘Women’s Murder Club’ to help catch the
dangerous killer.
Patterson will leave you on the edge of your seat with 1st to
Die, but don’t be sad after you’ve read the last page;
2nd Chance and 3rd Degree turn 1st
to Die into a trilogy that will keep you biting your nails
well into the twilight hours. Lindsay Boxer and the
Women’s Murder Club make a courageous return in 4th of
July, slated to released on May 2nd, 2005.
Patterson has had other tales hit the thriller silver screen:
Kiss the Girls, (1997) with Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman
as Det. Alex Cross. A story of two serial killers who
compete and collaborate with one another from coast to coast.
2001 brought us Along Came a Spider, again with
Freeman as Det. Alex Cross, and Monica Potter as Jezzie
Flanaganis, supervisor of the Secret Service in Washington, DC. But don’t get
comfortable thinking that Patterson stays within the thriller
genre; his 1998 When the Wind Blows takes on an
almost mythical feeling and Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
exposes his sensitive side.
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