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À l’hôpital municipal de San Francisco, les décès se succèdent de façon suspecte. Des malades sont soudain retrouvés morts alors que rien ne laissait prévoir une fin aussi brutale. Les parents des victimes mettent en cause l’établissement hospitalier. Pendant le procès, la mère d’une des membres du Women Murder Club succombe à son tour. Lindsay Baker, qui est pourtant sur une autre enquête assez compliquée – de jeunes prostituées sont assassinées et leurs corps abandonnés dans des voitures de luxe –, va s’intéresser à ces étranges disparitions. Tout en menant les deux affaires de front, Lindsay, aidée par ses amies – Claire, la légiste, Yuki, l’avocate, et Cindy, la journaliste –, finira après une série de coups de théâtre stupéfiants, par découvrir la vérité…

À San Francisco, trois enseignantes disparaissent après un dîner. Le sergent Lindsay Boxer, sous pression médiatique, enquête avec le Women's murder club sur le cadavre retrouvé dans un hôtel. Parallèlement, son mari Joe découvre qu'un criminel de guerre serbe se cache en ville grâce à une Bosniaque.

Lors d'une séance photo à Hawaï, une top-modèle à la beauté renversante disparaît. Alarmés par un étrange coup de fil nocturne, ses parents prennent le premier avion, sans imaginer une seule seconde le spectacle effroyable qui les attend. Ben Hawkins, reporter au Los Angeles Times, chargé de couvrir l'affaire, leur propose de mener l'enquête avec eux. Très vite, le décor paradisiaque se transforme en enfer, et quand ils comprennent qu'ils sont face à un pervers psychopathe à l'appétit insatiable, il est trop tard pour faire marche arrière.

Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's friend and former partner is brutally murdered in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. SFPD homicide detective Lindsay Boxer knows her way around a crime scene. But nothing can prepare her for the shock of recognition: the victim is Warren Jacobi, Lindsay's former partner who rose to chief of police. A top detective until the end, Jacobi managed to leave Lindsay a clue. Following a trail of evidence along the west coast, the Women's Murder Club pledges to avenge Jacobi's death before the killer can take another one of their own. ______________________________________________________ PRAISE FOR THE WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB 'Packed with action... a compelling read with great set pieces and, most of all, that charismatic cast of characters' SUN 'I couldn't turn the pages quick enough. Great plot, fantastic storytelling and characters that spring off the page - all the right ingredients for a thriller!' HEIDI PERKS 'Fast-moving, intricately plotted... Boxer steals the show as the tough cop with a good heart.' MIRROR 'Terrific, high-octane, really pacy... every scene is a film, every character real, and every plot point leaves us breathless.' JO SPAIN

The Sunday Times bestseller A honeymoon interrupted. . . Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime- a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the case of her life- a renowned heart surgeon accused of murdering her husband in front of their young children. But when Lindsay finds evidence that could destroy Yuki's case, she's forced to make a terrible choice.

A baby on the way and two killers on the loose. Will Detective Lindsay Boxer be pushed to breaking point? An eccentric professor walks into Lindsay's homicide department to report a murder that hasn't yet happened. A convicted serial killer wakes from a two-year coma. He says he's ready to tell where the bodies are buried, but does he have a much more sinister plan in mind? Lindsay doesn't have much time to stop a terrifying future from unfolding. But all the crimes in the world seem like nothing when she is suddenly faced with the possibility of the most devastating loss of her life. Praise for the Women's Murder Club novels 'A romp of a thriller ... packed with action ... it is a compelling read with great set pieces and, most of all, that charismatic cast of characters' Sun

The most personalA young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one shred of evidence: a cryptic message scrawled across the windshield in bloodred lipstick. The most dangerous The same night, the wife of A-list actor Marcus Dowling is woken by a cat burglar who is about to steal millions of dollars' worth of precious jewels. In just seconds there is a nearly empty safe, a lifeless body, and another mystery that throws San Francisco into hysteria. The most exciting Women's Murder Club novel ever Lindsay spends every waking hour working with her partner, Rich--and her desire for him threatens to tear apart both her engagement and the Women's Murder Club. Before Lindsay and her friends can piece together either case, one of the killers forces Lindsay to put her own life on the line--but is it enough to save the city? With unparalleled danger and explosive action, The 9th Judgment is James Patterson at his compelling, unstoppable best!

In this #1 New York Times bestseller,an attention-seeking copycat from the Women's Murder Club's past is recreating murders by a famous killer--with devastating new twists. Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke in jail. Reporter Cindy Thomas wrote a book that put him on the bestseller list. An obsessed maniac has turned Burke's true-crime story into a playbook. And is embellishing it with gruesome touches all his own. Now Lindsay's tracking an elusive suspect, and the entire Murder Club is facing destruction.

Investigating the arson deaths of a wealthy couple, San Francisco detective Lindsay Boxer and Assistant DA Yuki Castellano find the case further complicated by the disappearance of a former governor's son, internal pressure, and the media.

The bestselling 11th novel in the Women's Murder Club series A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING When a weapon stolen from her department's evidence locker is used in a series of vigilante murders, Detective Lindsay Boxer must confront the unthinkable.