The 8th Confession

Name: The 8th Confession
Rating: 4.19 (64792 reviews)
Author: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

Women's Murder Club • Book 8

by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

Narrated by Carolyn McCormick

4.19 ABR Score (64.8K ratings)

★ 4.08 Goodreads (62.0K) ★ 4.41 Audible (2.8K)

7h 1m Released 2009 Mystery

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Why Listen to This Audiobook?

A penthouses-and-homeless-shelters double murder with no evidence and no obvious motive — McCormick makes both cases feel like your problem.

Great if you want: ensemble procedural with tight female-friendship dynamics
Listening experience: brisk dual-plotline pacing; never overstays its 7-hour runtime
Narration: McCormick has owned this series since book one — Lindsay Boxer is hers
Skip if: you're new to the series; the ensemble payoff requires prior books

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About This Audiobook

San Francisco's most glamorous power couple is murdered in their home without a trace of evidence, and the investigation leads Detective Lindsay Boxer into the city's highest social circles while reporter Cindy Thomas pursues a seemingly unrelated case: a beloved street preacher found brutally dead, his reputation more complicated than anyone admitted. The 8th Confession runs two parallel mysteries that converge in ways neither thread telegraphs, and adds a romantic complication that tests the Women's Murder Club's bonds.

Carolyn McCormick's extended relationship with the series gives the ensemble of women a natural cohesion in her performance, the friendships feeling lived-in rather than established for plot purposes. The glamour and the grit share the same register in her delivery, neither feeling forced against the other. Winning the Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery/Thriller, this is considered one of the stronger entries in the series, and at just over seven hours it delivers full value.