A review by kera_cudmore
The 24th Hour by James Patterson

3.0

This book follows James Pattersons tried and true recipe of small chapters that you can't help but find yourself saying '"I'll just read one more chapter ..."

I really enjoy reading the Women's Murder Club series however for some reason I felt that this book didn't dive into the sub-plots enough, with their endings fizzling out rather than ending with a bang like previous books.

It would have been great to have had a bit more depth in each of the sub-plots - for example, Joe's case with the hospital hackers seemed to plod along in the background for most of the book, without much detail and then seemed to be wrapped up a bit too neat (and slightly far-fetched) for me. Yuki's trial case felt a bit rushed in between the other plots, which was a real shame as this sub-plot started off strong and drew you into the book, and Lindsey's case was very similar, a lot of build up, but the finale lacked that shock/surprise factor that I usually love in the Women's Murder Club series.