Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine
Paetro
Published October 2012 Young Arrow Fiction
From
the publisher:
YOU COULDN'T KILL YOUR PARENTS - COULD YOU?
TANDY ANGEL is a whip-smart fifteen-year-old detective . . .
and the last person to see her parents alive.
Is she also a murderer?
HARRISON ANGEL is her artistic twin brother and a concert pianist . . .
who was always a disappointment to their parents.
Is he also a murderer?
HUGO ANGEL is their super-strong ten-year-old brother . . .
and their parents pushed him as hard as the rest of them.
Is he also a murderer?
MATTHEW ANGEL is their famous big brother, an all-American football star
who has more than one very good reason to hate his parents.
Is he also a murderer?
From the creator of the bestselling Maximum Ride and Witch & Wizard series comes 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.
TANDY ANGEL is a whip-smart fifteen-year-old detective . . .
and the last person to see her parents alive.
Is she also a murderer?
HARRISON ANGEL is her artistic twin brother and a concert pianist . . .
who was always a disappointment to their parents.
Is he also a murderer?
HUGO ANGEL is their super-strong ten-year-old brother . . .
and their parents pushed him as hard as the rest of them.
Is he also a murderer?
MATTHEW ANGEL is their famous big brother, an all-American football star
who has more than one very good reason to hate his parents.
Is he also a murderer?
From the creator of the bestselling Maximum Ride and Witch & Wizard series comes 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.
James
Patterson is obviously a well known adult writer, who has had many of his
novels made into films. In the last few
years he has also become an extremely popular writer for teenagers, with series
like Daniel X , Maximum Ride and Witch and Wizard. I think his popularity has a lot to do with the
visual way the books read, and this book is no exception, reading it feels like
you are watching a film.
The
Angel family are unique. They are very
wealthy, and the children, Tandy, Harry Hugo and Matthew all excel in some
way. Their upbringing has been somewhat
unorthodox, with the parents dishing out extreme rewards and punishments. The rewards can be as grand as a trip to South Africa to
mine for diamonds, and the punishments (the Big Chop) could be anything from
the mundane, writing lines, to the extreme, being locked in the cupboard under
the stairs.
When
the parents, Maud and ….are found dead in their beds, with no sign of forced
entry into their apartment, the list of suspects narrows, to those in the
apartment at the time, the 4 Angel children.
As the story unfolds we learn about the upbringing these children had,
and in reality each member of the family had a motive to commit the crime.
The
story is told by Tandy (Tandoori), and she is the primes suspect. She makes it her mission to find out the
truth. The one thing that bugged me in
this story is how the police treated the family. The detectives on the case were set on the
killer being a family member, and they were rude and obnoxious to the children,
I just didn’t find that very believable.
There
is no mention that this is the first book in a series, but I have a feeling
it may be. While we do get an answer
about the murder, there are other questions and issues raised that are not
solved in this book.
Who will like this
book: Boys and girls age 14+
Read it if you like: James Patterson
Read it if you like: James Patterson
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