Just finished Patterson's 4th of July, one of his famous women murder club series. Not very attractive but fun to read. Boxer was accused of killing tow teenagers when she was off duty and had a couple drinks with friends. However, her deed was for self-defense. Of course, the novel described how her attorneys managed to win the case. Another storyline was a serial murder of seemingly unrelated couples. The specific feature of all murders were the victims were whipped and slashed badly. It turned out that Boxer's sister's friend did it for the sake of innocent students and kids, who was abused physically and psychologically. This book was written by Patterson and another author. Though it follows Patterson's style, it is not as riveting as the first two books in this series. Now switch to Sheldon and read "Rage of angles".