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Review title: 1st Nail In the Coffin for Crime Fiction
Product review: This book came so highly recommended that I was eager to begin reading it. The book starts off with promising introductions to the heroine and villain, but quickly dissolves into a canned murder plot that is best left for low-budget Hollywood films. I'm not sure if the time-line for the plot was thought out, but most police officers don't solve murders in four weeks, especially while undergoing blood transfusions, but Patterson doesn't seem to be too worried about authenticity with this one. Furthermore, his characterization of women is horrendous. This book illustrates a point all authors should follow - only write what you know. Patterson is not a woman and therefore should stop trying to pretend he knows what it's like to be one.In short, I had expected this to be a knock out. What I got was proof that good crime fiction is dead.
