
My own very unscientific research (which consists primarily of
asking everyone from soul mates to total strangers, “So what
do you like to read?”) demonstrates that the
Women’s Murder Club books by James Patterson and
Maxine Paetro is wildly popular. Each of the novels in this
entertaining series contains a number of appealing elements.
The first is a primary cast of four likable, professional women
whose careers intersect occasionally with a stretch. Then you have
the setting. The stories take place mainly