20th Victim by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

A Mystery/Thriller, 2020 by Little Brown, 432 Pages

What I Didn’t Like:

A few grammatical errors and continuity errors jumped out at me while I was reading. Nothing big or story altering, but errors nonetheless.
The 20th book in this series recycles things from the previous 19. There were moments where I wondered if I’d already read this one (I hadn’t) because things felt so similar to previous books. It doesn’t feel as climactic and terrifying when it’s been done so much.
CW: Cancer. Don’t come at me saying that’s something that doesn’t need a content warning. I was blindsided by this being thrown in and the way it was handled. A little warning might have been nice. I’m trying to help others.

The core group felt a little more like themselves this time. I think I mentioned in some previous books that they went too far away from the core ideals they’d started with. That felt fixed in this one.
Cindy. There seemed to be more of a focus on Cindy’s job and her importance to the story/group than in previous books. I liked that. She’s never been my favorite character but she’s stronger after this book, for sure.

Honestly if you’re invested in the series you’re going to keep reading it just like I do even if it’s a random pickup of a title that’s been out for 2 years. I actually DIDN’T put this one on my TBR because I said I was quitting the series after the last one. Then I forgot I said that I picked this up on impulse. I’ll try to remember this time.
If you’re looking for something new in this genre, I’d recommend something else first.

If I’m being completely honest the redundancy of some plot points and the typographical errors made this one problematic for me.