7th Heaven (A Women's Murder Club Thriller, 7) by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

" 7th Heaven by James Paterson and Maxine Paetro will hold you interest till the very end. Once again, Sgt. Lindsay Boxer and her partner Insp. Richard Conklin, find themselves trying to understand what is the motivation of a crazed killer, or is it killers? There have been a series of arson fires from Palo Alto to San Francisco. In all cases the people living in old Victorian homes have been left to die. Boxer and Conklin are trying to figure it out when they get a call to report to the chief's office. On arrival they find their lieutenant and the former governor of California, Connor Campion and wife. The Campion's tell Boxer and Conklin that their son, Michael, is missing. They want him found but fear that he may be dead. Boxer and Conklin are told Michael is a teenager with a bad heart. Michael was last seen entering a home of Junie Moon, a known prostitute. Moon is well known to teenagers and young adults for she is only twenty-two years old. Boxer and Conklin go to the home and talk with Junie Moon. Junie is asked about Michael and she admits he was there. She says he died in her arms. Where is the body? Moon tells them and is charged with 2nd degree murder. Yuki Castellano is assigned to try Moon for murder. Where is the body? Where is the evidence? Can she win this case? Yuki is being followed around by a writer, Jason Twilly. He tells Yuki that he is writing a new book about Junie Moon......"

연쇄방화사건 및 살인사건, 유명인의 실종, 살인의 고백들, 법정 싸움, 무죄, 도피, 정신 질환자들, 스토커, 관종, 추적, 일사부재리, 정당방위, 후회, 함정, 놀라운 반전, 자유, 거리의 여인, 의심스러운 인물들과 복선 등이 작품을 더욱 흥미롭게 한다. 일단 읽기 시작하면 멈추기 힘든 작품이다. 이전 작품들처럼 구성이나 편집도 읽기에 편하고 문장이나 표현들도 시리즈의 다른 작품들과 비슷한 수준이다.