Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Confessions, 1)

James Patterson returns to the genre that made him famous with a #1 New York Times bestselling teen detective novel about the mysterious Angel family . . . and the dark secrets they're keeping from one another.
On the night Malcolm and Maud Angel are murdered, Tandy Angel knows just three things: 1) She was the last person to see her parents alive. 2) The police have no suspects besides Tandy and her three siblings. 3) She can't trust anyone-maybe not even herself.
As Tandy sets out to clear the family name, she begins to recall flashes of experiences long buried in her vulnerable psyche. These memories shed light on her family's dark secrets, and digging deeper into her powerful parents' affairs proves to be a disturbing and dangerous game. Who knows what any of the Angels are truly capable of?

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Published Sep 24, 2012

400 pages

Average rating: 7.1

10 RATINGS

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Barbara ~
Dec 11, 2024
8/10 stars
I love the Angel experiment series with Max and the rest of her "family". It reads oddly similar to that series where Tandori is similar to Max. It's also about a series of children who have super enhanced Powers. Let's hope that this series doesn't pan out to be as disappointing as the Angel experiment series. So far I enjoyed it.
Jody Joy
Nov 07, 2024
8/10 stars
Not quite the normal James Patterson book, but I really did enjoy it. Yes if you don't follow along it can be confusing, but it was not that hard to figure out what and why Tandy was writing how and what she wrote, wow was that not confusing!? lol!.

For those who enjoy mystery, suspense, thrillers, and YA you will enjoy this book. A very fast read as the chapters are short, which I did enjoy. I do not like when you read a book that has chapters that are as long as an entire book. Therefore, I did enjoy the short chapters.

This book is about the Angel family and how they deal with the tragedy of their parent’s demise. They also have their personal demons to deal with as well, while determined to find out whom, why and how their parents were murdered.

Tandy was an intriguing character; I really liked her strong personality and admired how well she could hold herself together through the ordeal of being a suspect, her parent’s murder, while trying to be strong for her siblings. They all put their heads together and go to work to find out why their mother had so many secrets and why Hugo seen their father coming out of a secret room. They find out their father was not forthcoming about the financial devastation the family was going to endure. Their parents were not as rich as they were living, they begin to wonder how they are going to live, will they be separated from one another, and what will happen to Matthew?

This is going to be the first book in a series for YA mystery/suspense readers. I cannot wait to find out what will come of the Angel family. If you are a James Patterson fan I recommend this book weather you are a teen or an adult, I believe you will enjoy this book as I did.

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