Palm beach murders by James Patterson - 3 in 1

"Palm beach murders" by James Patterson - 3 in 1!

This book is published by Grand central publishing in 2021 and had 384 pages. 

This book is a collection of three thrillers. 

Let's play make believe. 

Christie Moore, a beautiful lady undergoing divorce, meets Warren Hawking, also a divorcee and an architect, and they hit off. Warren executes crazy stuff for fun like Dine-n-Dash, Pharmaceutically induced orgie, Trespassing, Thievery etc.

How far will he go? Will Christie be in trouble? Who is murdered?

Nooners

Tim McGhee is an ex marine and now senior ad agency executive. He is loved by all and is about to hop jobs. Then there is a murder at his ad agency. Then there are two more.

Who is murdered? Are the murders connected? Who is the murderer?

Stingrays

Matthew Quinn assembles his team (Stingrays) of Jenna (an actress), Kate (ex army), Theo (an ex grifter) and Otto to investigate disappearance of beautiful and lovely Page Rairson and either find her or her body. There are many suspects; a trust fund kid, a captain of a yacht, a life guard, victim's twin friends and a cop.

Who engages Stingrays? Is Page dead? Can the Stingrays solve the case?

First story is interesting and has surprise element. Second story is very predictable. It was so predictable that I was hoping against hope that I would get a surprise. It never came. Third story has a mild surprise at the end. 

First two stories are narrated in first person singular. Third story is narrated in first person singular when it comes to the team. Only Matthew's portion is delivered in third person. 

Since this book had three distinct stories, each story can be read with interval in between. The stories are ok, you don't dislike them. 

Why did I read this book? It was available.

What did I like? First story.

What I didn't like? Second story.

Ok to read while travelling.