Maxine Paetro

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The 24th Hour: Is This The End?

Sep 2, 2024 | jamespatterson.com | Maxine Paetro |James Patterson

Sergeant Lindsay Boxer’s friend and former partner is brutally murdered in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. SFPD homicide detective Lindsay Boxer knows her way around a crime scene. But nothing can prepare her for the shock of recognition: the victim is Warren Jacobi, Lindsay’s onetime partner who rose to chief of police. A top investigator until the end, Jacobi managed to leave Lindsay a clue.

May 18, 2024 | bookreporter.com | James Patterson |Maxine Paetro

As I was reading THE 24th HOUR, I had the strangest feeling that I was holding two books in my hand. In today’s tough economy, two books for the price of one is a pretty good deal. Then I surmised that James Patterson and Maxine Paetro must have spun their own separate stories and merged them in this highly unique mashup. THE 24th HOUR is indeed the 24th entry in the Women’s Murder Club series.

Sep 4, 2023 | jamespatterson.com | Maxine Paetro |James Patterson

Prologue: Six Months EarlierONEI WAS LATE getting back from the men’s jail in San Bruno. I braked the squad car in front of the Hall of Justice, where my good friend Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano was waiting at the curb. She got into the car and asked, “How’d it go?” Yuki is a prosecutor. Interrogation is her thing. I said, “An inmate called Brandt got word to me that he knew who shot Holly Fricke and wanted to make a deal.

Aug 24, 2023 | aarp.org | James Patterson |Maxine Paetro

Watch this special message from James Patterson, made just for AARP members. Chapter 1OVER THE LAST three months, the SFPD homicide squad had been swamped by nightmarish murders of all types. Robbery-homicides, murder-suicides, and a kidnapping where the victim was locked in a car trunk and the drugged-up abductor, the victim’s nephew, turned himself in. But he had no idea where he’d parked the car. The car was found, but too late for Uncle Dave.