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The 5th Horseman

The 5th Horseman, February 2006
Women's Murder Club
by Maxine Paetro, James Patterson

Little, Brown
Featuring: Claire and Cindy; Yuki Castellano; Lt. Lindsay Boxer
400 pages
ISBN: 0316159778
Hardcover
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"Great characters, suspenseful plot, thrilling mystery."

Fresh Fiction Review

The 5th Horseman
Maxine Paetro, James Patterson

Reviewed by Tanzey Cutter
Posted January 9, 2006

Mystery Police Procedural

The members of the Women's Murder Club are again involved in solving an unusual case of murder. This time it directly involves their newest member, lawyer Yuki Castellano. While shopping with Yuki and Lt. Lindsay Boxer, Yuki's mother, Keiko, collapses. After being rushed to San Francisco Medical Center emergency room, Keiko is doing fine following treatment and is preparing to go home. Then Yuki receives devastating news that her mother has died after being given the wrong medication. Not willing to let the matter rest, Yuki asks her friends, Lindsay, Claire and Cindy, to help her investigate. What they find is that this series of events -- healthy patients about to be released then mysteriously dying -- has happened quite a few times in the past at this medical center. In fact, the center is involved in a highly publicized multiple lawsuit case currently being tried at the local courthouse. Their investigation turns up some pretty gruesome facts and some very shady characters. Will the Women's Murder Club be able to figure out what's going on and who's playing God before more lives are lost? Patterson and Paetro have collaborated again to write a thrilling page-turner with great depth of characters and an exciting plot. This is one of the best mystery series around. Can't wait for book six!

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SUMMARY

SOMEBODY DIES. A young mother is recuperating in a San Francisco hospital when she is suddenly gasping for breath. The call button fails to bring help in time. The hospital's doctors, some of the best in the nation, are completely mystified by her death. How did this happen? APOCALYPSE NEARS. This is not the first such case at the hospital. Just as patients are about to be released with a clean bill of health, their conditions take a devastating turn for the worse. Accompanied by the newest member of the Women's Murder Club, Yuki Castellano, Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer probes deeper into the incidents. Could these cases just be appalling coincidences? Or is a maniac playing God with people's lives? When someone close to the Women's Murder Club begins to exhibit the same frightening symptoms, Lindsay fears no one is safe. THE 5TH HORSEMAN RIDES. It is a wild race against time as Lindsay's investigation reveals a hospital administration determined to shield its reputation at all costs. And while the hospital wages an explosive court battle that grips the entire nation, Lindsay and the Women's Murder Club hunt for a merciless killer among its esteemed medical staff.


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