The Women's Murder Club books 3 & 6

2 people at work recommended the Women's Murder Club series by James Patterson and various co-authors. I think Maxine Paetro is my favorite of the co-authors. Anyway, now I'm hooked on the series. Lindsey Boxer is a cop in San Francisco, she and 3 friends are the Women's Murder Club. Claire the medical examiner is my favorite of the friends.

Starting with quotes from book 3 "The 3rd Degree". Page 13

"A house without music," her mother used to say, "is a house without life."

From '6th Target' at the beginning of chapter 55, page.139

I drove toward San Francisco General, my mind swirling with terrible, sinking
thoughts. Claire once told me this thing about brain chemistry, the nub of
it being that when you're feeling good, you can't ever imagine feeling bad
again. And when you're feeling bad, it's impossible to imagine a time when
you won't be circling the drain.

I'm not sure about the first part because I know what it's like to be laughing and yet still have a black pit inside of you. The second part makes sense to me though. When you are feeling down what really gets you is when you have no hope of the situation getting better.

Hidden Prey by J. Sandford

'Hidden Prey' another good entry in the John Sandford 'prey' series. 4 stars.

First quote is a long one on page 18. The capitals are the authors.

Weather rarely cried. She considered crying an insult to the feminie
mystique. But her lip trembled: "The door went up too
slow."
Lucas had been married only a short time, but his history with women had
been
intense. He know exactly what to say. He said, "Maybe
there's a
brownout or something, and there wasn't enough power. I was
afraid you'd
decapitated yourself. That you were hurt."
This
instead of screaming, "THAT'S BECAUSE YOU DROVE INTO THE DRIVEWAY AT
FIFTY
MILES AN HOUR, YOU FUCKIN' MORON."

Next one on page 38.

Flattery, Lucas thought; makes you feel warm and fuzzy, unless it makes you
feel manipulated and used.

Kind of reminds me of someone who shall remain nameless, that has been sucking up to me lately.