would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this book

patterson does it again..the womens murder club are all meeting again after the health scare of claire, she is back to work and her first job is awful

a young child is found dead but not drowned she was suffocated before she entered the water, the mom isnt anywhere to be found, she is missing and has been ever since the argument with her husband and his subsequent arrest for their murder

several other bodies are found and it put the husband in the frame for all of them...

brilliantly paced and well written it was great to get back with the womans murder club, cant fault this book or the friendships they maintain, which cant be easy considering their diverse jobs

A distraught mother pleads with reporter Cindy Thomas to investigate the appearance of her daughter and baby granddaughter. Cindy loops in SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer. Lucas Burke is the prime suspect but he tells a conflicting story. Chief medical examiner Claire Washburn has different theories, and Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is also involved. The case soon grows bigger than any of them could have imagined and everyone will need to help each other to solve it... A thrilling tale that all comes together, not a bad read. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of the book in return for my honest feedback.

Addictive Reading... With A Twist, Wanted To Read More 🤓

21st Birthday is part of the Women's Murder Club series, great reads, if you haven't read any in this series it won't affect your reading of this book but definitely worth reading others in it too.

It starts where Cindy ends up, then... It's told over two parts, five months earlier, a lady finds her way into see Cindy at her office, desperate for someone to help look for her daughter and granddaughter, who she claims has been murdered by her son-in-law. Cindy calls in the help of good friend Detective Lindsey Boxer. Who looks into, initially at the annoyance of her new boss, as not her department, then things take a turn for the worse.

From the ongoing investigation, Fast forward, two months and we're taken through the court trial and more...

Easy read, difficult to write too much without putting in any potential spoilers. The ladies in the women's Murder club work well together with their close friendships covering most areas. Just wanted to sit down and read this book in one sitting, but wanted more at the end. A follow on would be great to see how this story pans out with Cindys new project.