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The 18th Abduction

By: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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Publisher's summary

The number one best-selling female detective of the past 50 years is back.

Detective Lindsay Boxer's investigation into the disappearance of three women teachers quickly escalates from missing persons to murder in the newest Women's Murder Club thriller.

For a trio of colleagues, an innocent night out after class ends in a deadly torture session. They vanish without a clue - until a body turns up. With the safety of San Francisco's entire school system at stake, Lindsay has never been under more pressure. As the chief of police and the press clamor for an arrest in the "school night" case, Lindsay turns to her best friend, investigative journalist Cindy Thomas. Together, Lindsay and Cindy take a new approach to the case, and unexpected facts about the victims leave them stunned.

While Lindsay is engrossed in her investigation, her husband, Joe Molinari, meets an Eastern European woman who claims to have seen a notorious war criminal - long presumed dead - from her home country. Before Lindsay can verify the woman's statement, Joe's mystery informant joins the ranks of the missing women. Lindsay, Joe, and the entire Women's Murder Club must pull together to protect their city and one another - not from a ghost, but from a true monster.

©2019 James Patterson (P)2019 Hachette Audio
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Critic reviews

"Everything you love about Patterson and the Women's Murder Club - smart characters, shocking twists, and a villain so evil you count down to the very last page to discover what will happen next." (Lisa Gardner, number one New York Times best-selling author of the D.D. Warren series)

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Great story and performance, as usual

This narrator always gets you involved in the story. You see and feel what is happening. And, this was a good story.

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Great

Loved it. Great read. A lot now you got him now you don't . WMC one of our Dave's series.

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excellent

love the narrator, kept you wanting more. looking forward to next book. another adventure thank you

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Disturbing description , but great book!:)

I was engulfed in this novel beginning to end..
Although as a woman, it did have some very hard to listen to descriptive parts (rape, child murders,)but very briefly mentioned .. overall this book was good, and because of these dark areas, you wanted the bad guy caught so badly by the detectives!
So much so that I became frustrated when they were close and missed!! Ha!.....
worth while read I thought!..
Two thumbs up!:)

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Entertaining

It was nice to revisit familiar caricatures and kind of feel like they kept developing as time passes. The story made you feel involved.
I did a little research about the real conflict .

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Good read by Patterson, as always :-)

story keeps you on the edge of your seat, some parts are unbelievable but others you are so glad to hear.

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loved it

i love every one of the women's murder club books. please keep them coming! i can't wait to get to the next one!

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As always...

Great book! I've read all 19, can't recall a "bad" one? Love January as well.

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Good book

Good book. Nice read good people. Leader is the best time for us all grown.

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Disappointed

I'm confused with this story in. Book 17 Jacoby was forced to retire and Brady was lieutenant Lindsay and Joe had a daughter named Julie. Book 18 just didn't follow book 17.

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