Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Author: James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
Publisher: jimmy patterson
Date of publication: September 2012

On the night Malcolm and Maud Angel are murdered, Tandy Angel knows just three things: She was the last person to see her parents alive. The police have no suspects besides Tandy and her three siblings. She can't trust anyone -— maybe not even herself. 

Having grown up under Malcolm and Maud's intense perfectionist demands, no child comes away undamaged. Tandy decides that she will have to clear the family name, but digging deeper into her powerful parents' affairs is a dangerous -- and revealing -- game. Who knows what the Angels are truly capable of?

I have had Confessions of a Murder Suspect in my TBR for quite a while.  I was looking for something quick to read and this fit the bill.  The story is narrated by Tandy Angel who is awakened  in the night to find her parents have been murdered. All of her siblings including herself are suspects.  Their parents weren't the most liked couple, especially by their own children.  Everyone had a motive and  Tandy decides to crack the case herself.

I thought this was fairly entertaining book.  Was it the best YA mystery that I have read?  No, but it was good enough to keep me listening.  I liked all of the characters, especially Tandy.  I also enjoyed the way the story was written.  She speaks directly to the reader as if she is telling you her story. Only getting her point of view kept me guessing the solution to the mystery.  Speaking of which, I have read some reviews that said the ending was kind of a let down.  Personally, I thought it was a kind of predictable twist, but one I didn't mind.  

This is the first in a series.  I am going to seek out The Private School Murders next.  I want to see what really happened to the pregnant girlfriend.

10th Anniversay (Women's Murder Mystery Club #10)

Author(s): James PAtterson and Maxine Paetro
Publisher: Audiobooks (March 2011)

For every secret
Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals--but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well.

For every lie
At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her life--a woman who has been accused of murdering her husband in front of her two young children. Yuki's career rests on a guilty verdict, so when Lindsay finds evidence that could save the defendant, she is forced to choose. Should she trust her best friend or follow her instinct?

There's a different way to die
Lindsay's every move is watched by her new boss, Lieutenant Jackson Brady, and when the pressure to find the baby begins interfering with her new marriage to Joe, she wonders if she'll ever be able to start a family.


This latest in the series was pretty uneventful. It was pleasent, but there was no real suspense. Most of the book was taken up by Yuki's trial and that was a tad boring. I really didn't care who did it by the end. For once Lindsey isn't put in grave danger and doesn't have any turmoil over her relationship with Joe. Cindy is the only one who seems to come close to any danger. I liked the series better when the 4 girls got together on the same mystery. They were barely together in this one. I felt like the book went into too many directions. The ending was sweet and makes me wonder where he will take the series from here.

--Kari