COMING 4-28-25
“Those who haven’t read any of the novels in the Women’s Murder Club series are cheating themselves”
—BookReporter
About Maxine
Maxine has collaborated with James Patterson on 35 thrillers, including the New York Times #1 bestselling Women's Murder Club series, Private series, Confessions series, as well as two stand alone novels and three novellas. In total, Maxine has 26 New York Times # 1 bestsellers. She has also written an evergreen non-fiction book for advertising creative people, three novels, a Hollywood biography, short stories, and many first-person adventure stories for top tier magazines. She lives in New York with John Duffy, her loving husband of twenty-three years.
"I once told Max that she was one of my favorite characters. She's quirky, smart and a very talented storyteller."
–James Patterson, world's bestselling author
About 25 Alive
Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, medical examiner Claire Washburn, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano, and crime reporter Cindy Thomas investigate the shocking murder of a former SFPD chief in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
Novels with James Patterson
Praise for The 24th Hour and more
The story moves like lightening.
—Cosmopolitan
The reader never (and I mean never) knows from one page to the next what might happen…
—Entertainment Weekly
Enjoyable storytelling by two masters of the craft.
—Kirkus
... the Women's Murder Club...starts with a bang and ends with a bang and ... strings 122 exploding firecrackers in between.
—Stephen King,
"The Best Books I've Read this Year"
THE 24th HOUR is another quick and relentless read from the dynamic duo of Patterson and Paetro…
—Bookreporter
It is the distinct yet complementary personalities of WMC members that make the story’s heart beat.
—Library Journal
Articles by Maxine Paetro
In 1996, I pitched a story to Betsy Carter, the editor-in-chief at New Woman. It was about a nude cruise on a sailing ship, a week in the Caribbean. She said, “That’s disgusting.” When I said, “It’s a Halloween cruise. What do nudists wear on Halloween?” She gave me the assignment, and I had my first sailing journey — in the nude. Since then, I’ve written first-person adventure stories for many magazines, including Self, Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health and New Woman.
Maxine Paetro Books
Essay: Miami ‘64
Read Maxine's essay on her summer of fun, right in the middle of a British invasion in the steamy, starstruck city of Miami.