Short & Sweet Review: The Trial by James Patterson

Title: The Trial

Author: James Patterson

Series: Women’s Murder Club, #15.5

Published: July 2016, BookShots

Format: Paperback, 110 pages

Source: Personal copy

Summary: 

“I’m not on trial. San Francisco is.”

An
accused murderer called Kingfisher is about to go on trial for his
life. Or is he? By unleashing unexpected violence on the lawyers,
jurors, and police involved in the case, he has paralyzed the city.
Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club are caught in the
eye of the storm.

Now comes a courtroom shocker you will never see coming.

***Short & Sweet Reviews are
short, quick reviews. These will mainly be used for series books where I
have already done full reviews on some of the earlier books or for
books that I feel will suffice with a quick review. These will not be
used for review requests or blog tours.

My thoughts:  This is the first BookShots to be part of the Women’s Murder series and it was a good novella to feature my favorite ladies – and with the nature of the Bookshots being what it is, that of a fast-paced story – there is not a whole lot of room for any character development here. We jump right into the action and there is little room for anything else. 

I liked this little novella – it’s like having a little teaser in-between the regular full-length novels. It’s quite an intense read and it focuses on one case, which I happened to like. This book grabs you by the throat and pulls you right in and doesn’t let up until the end, which a great ending. I like how this was incorporated into the series and will be curious to see how the next one is worked in…

Books in this series:

     1.   1st to Die                                    13.   Unlucky 13

     2.   2nd Chance                               14.   14th Deadly Sin

     3.   3rd Degree                                15.    15th Affair

     4.   4th of July                                 15.5   The Trial

     5.   The 5th Horseman                   16.    16th Seduction

     6.   The 6th Target                          16.5   The Medical Examiner

     7.   7th Heaven                                 17.    The 17th Suspect   

     8.   The 8th Confession                  18.   The 18th Abduction – due out April 2019

     9.   The 9th Judgment

    10.  10th Anniversary

    11.   11th Hour

    12.   12th of Never