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Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Confessions, Bk 1)
Confessions of a Murder Suspect - Confessions, Bk 1
Author: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
I'M NOT SURE I LOVED MY PARENTS. — On the night Malcolm and Maud Angel are murdered, their daughter, Tandy, is one of the last people to see her powerful parents alive. — I'M NOT SURE THEY LOVED ME. — Tandy and her brothers are the only suspects, and as she begins to remember flashes of disturbing past events, she's for...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780316206983
ISBN-10: 0316206989
Publication Date: 9/24/2012
Pages: 372
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  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 52 ratings
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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reviewed Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Confessions, Bk 1) on + 37 more book reviews
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As a huge Patterson fan I was very let down by this book. Initially, I had a hard time getting on board with the story line but got over that and found the book to be OK. However I found the ending very predictable and I was left feeling that this author surly could have come up with far better conclusions. Most of the Patterson series books leave me wanting more and anxious for the next novel; not, sure I'll continue with this series.
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reviewed Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Confessions, Bk 1) on + 51 more book reviews
Not as great as the James Patterson alone as an author book. I did like the main character and had hoped to see her continued in a series or something to wrap up the story of her "missing years and the vanished boyfriend" I would also like to know the grandmother's inheritance. I feel like it was intending to be picked up in another story somewhere. I do read a lot of James Patterson, including his novels for younger folks. As a teacher I always wanted to find something to grab the attention of the reluctant reader and his books often worked, this could also be one for your reluctant reader to try.
The writing style allows me to just keep going and before I know it the dishes are piled up with the laundry and I have forgotten to go to the post office or anything I had planned. Take this book for what it is, a made-up story about a family tragedy.
The ending surprised me, I can often call it early but not this time!
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Okay, I didn't realize this was a YA novel until I started reading it -- it just didn't have the usual Patterson blood and gore... That said, even being a YA novel, I didn't feel this was on par with others I have read for younger readers. The book was narrated by Tandy Angel who wakes up one morning to find that her parents have been murdered in their upscale apartment in the Dakota building in NYC. But how could anyone have made it into the secure building to do the deed unless it was one of Tandy's siblings who lived there with the parents. The family is rich from a pharmaceutical company and apparently the parents had been giving enhancement drugs to their children for years. The oldest is a star football player and then there is Harry, a musical prodigy, and Hugo, a 10-year old strongman. Well Tandy sets out to solve who killed her parents and the end of the story is very anticlimactic with a lot of loose ends. I assume this is because this will be an ongoing YA series from Patterson and his writing team. I think I will steer clear of the subsequent volumes.


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