Confessions of a Murder Suspect
(Confessions 1)
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4.1 • 51 Ratings
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- £4.99
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
Your parents have been murdered . . . and you're the number one suspect.
On the night Malcolm and Maud Angel are murdered, their daughter, Tandy, knows just three things: 1. She was one of the last people to see her parents alive. 2. She and her brothers are the only suspects. 3. She can’t trust anyone – maybe not even herself. Having grown up under their parents’ intense perfectionist demands, none of the Angel children have come away undamaged.
Tandy decides that she will have to solve the crime on her own, but digging deeper into her powerful parents’ affairs is a dangerous game. As she uncovers haunting secrets and slowly begins to remember flashes of disturbing past events buried in her memory, Tandy is forced to ask: What is the Angel family truly capable of?
Returning to the genre that made him the world’s bestselling author, James Patterson introduces a teen detective on a mission to bring her parents’ killer to justice, even if it means uncovering her family’s darkest secrets – and confessing some of her own.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestsellers Patterson and Paetro, the team behind the Women's Murder Club series for adults, launch a YA mystery series with an implausible story with no moral center and multiple ludicrous plot twists. When the parents of four hypertalented children are murdered, emotionless 16-year-old Tandy; her musical prodigy twin, Harrison; angry 10-year-old Hugo; and 20-something NFL star Matthew become both suspects and detectives. Their abusive, manipulative parents are hardly sympathetic victims (they feed their children experimental pharmaceutical drugs and dole out draconian punishments), but the locked door to their New York City penthouse suggests that only the children or their mother's live-in personal assistant could be the killers. The intriguing setup loses cohesion amid bumbling cops (key scenes revolve around their inability to find evidence right in front of them), preposterous twists, inexplicable motivations (including characters who keep secrets for their own sake), and a final revelation that cements the police officers' incompetence. For writers with their crime-writing experience, Patterson and Paetro show little interest in common sense, motivation, or believable storytelling. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Confessions of a Murder Suspect
Having read most of James Patterson's crime thrillers, this is by far the best read! I really couldn't put it down. Shocking, funny, sad and a brilliant page turner to the end.
Leads to nothing
Really good book that has a lot of twists but a very bad ending. Feel let down for such a anti climax
Mysteries solved, case closed.
I really enjoyed reading Confessions. It was fast -paced and definitely a page turner. I can't wait to see what's in store for Confessions 2 (private school murders). I hope we find out more about J.R as the series continues, as it would be a shame to abruptly end that storyline.
I would recommend this book to readers who like intrigue,murder mysteries and suspense.