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Review title: The real mystery is Patterson's popularity
Product review: OK... having said that, truth is I got hooked on Patterson a few books back when I realized how much I liked the detective he'd created, Alex Cross. But after several books with cartoon-character villains and ridiculous dialogue by his too-precious daughter, not to mention writing sorely lacking in description and procedure, I felt duped. Nevertheless, I decided to pick up the latest paperback and was stunned that such thin characters and another cartoonish villain was managing to be another bestseller. The "women's murder club" made me think of Nancy Drew and the idea that professional woman would gather that way, let alone dub themselves something that insipid, is beyond any reasonable suspension of disbelievability. Having been a crime reporter for a daily newspaper for many years, I know a little bit about what truly is ridiculous in crime fiction, and Patterson is at the top of the list.
