The
12th of Never is the latest in the adventures of the
Women’s Murder Club. The story begins with the murder
of a college coed, the latest in a series of such murders.
Then, the story moves to Detective Lindsay Boxer, who has
been assigned to the case.
Lindsay
was at home, asleep, when a powerful clap of thunder and an
equally powerful pain in her belly dragged her back to consciousness.
She wondered what she could have eaten to cause that kind
of pain. She sat up and reached for her beside lamp. A brilliant
flash of lightning accompanied by a clap of thunder that shook
the building and rattled the windows slowed her actions, but
she switched on the lamp. Nothing happened so she tried it
again. The cordless phone was out and her husband, Joe Molinari,
wasn’t home. The pain had subsided by then, so she walked
to the window to see how far the power outage went. She was
encouraged to see that the entire city wasn’t in the
dark.
The pain
hit again and she quickly knew it wasn’t something she
ate. The baby was coming early; her water broke! Her only
communication was her cell phone and she only had about five
minutes of power. A call to 911 told her there were no ambulances
available to get her to the hospital. The nurse at the hospital
could only tell to get there, not how she was to travel. She
called her old friend, ME Dr. Claire Washburn. Claire said
she’d get Lindsay to the hospital. In the meantime,
Lindsay was to lie down and don’t push.
Her ride
was there shortly, a huge fire truck. They got there in time
to deliver the baby girl, Julie Molinari. Claire arrived in
time to cut the umbilical cord. It was the first living person
the medical examiner had touched in years.
Usually,
the four members of the club team up to solve the difficult
cases. This time, each woman has personal issues to distract
her. Lindsay has a very sick baby, Claire has a missing body,
Yuki’s murder trial has gone from airtight to full of
holes and Cindy’s relationship with Lindsay’s
partner is getting too hot for her.
The
12th of Never is a very busy novel. The plot is divided
between personal issues and the serial murder case. The very
end of the book solves all issues, but not until then. With
the personal issues, the characters become much more human
and realistic. The Los Angeles area always provides a wide
variety of interesting settings. Veteran narrator January
LaVoy reads the emotion into the story and brings the characters
alive. Pick up a copy of The 12th of Neverand join
the Women’s Murder Club.
Reviews
of other titles in this series
1st
to Die, 2nd Chance, 3rd Degree Boxed set [audio]
2nd Chance [book]
3rd Degree [book]
[audio]
The 4th of July [book]
[audio]
The 5th Horseman [audio]
[book]
The 6th Target [audio]
The 4th of July, The 5th Horseman, The 6th Target Boxed
set [audio]
7th Heaven [book]
[audio]
The 8th Confession [book]
[audio]
9th Judgement [audio]
10th Anniversary [amazon]
11th Hour [audio]
The 12th of Never [audio]
UnLucky 13 [audio]
14th Deadly Sin [audio]
The
15th Affair [audio]
16th Seduction [audio]
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