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Women's Murder Club Series

26 primary works • 31 total works
The Women's Murder Club features four members: Lindsay Boxer, a homicide detective for the San Francisco Police Department; Cindy Thomas, a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle; Claire Washburn, the Chief Medical Examiner for San Francisco; and Yuki Castellano, a San Francisco district attorney.

Series known in Italian as:
* Donne del Club Omicid…

Book 1

1st to Die
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4.10 · 358031 Ratings · 8944 Reviews · published 2001 · 172 editions
Four crime-solving friends face off against a kill…

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    Book 2

    2nd Chance
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    4.08     · 124065 Ratings · 3688 Reviews · published 2002 · 7 editions
    The Women's Murder Club returns for another thrill…

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    Book 3

    3rd Degree
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    4.08     · 102498 Ratings · 3006 Reviews · published 2004 · 111 editions
    3rd Degree <> Mass Market Paperback <> JamesPatter…

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    Book 4

    4th of July
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    4.11     · 98559 Ratings · 2935 Reviews · published 2005 · 5 editions
    The world's bestselling detective series has never…

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    Book 5

    5th Horseman
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    4.10     · 83222 Ratings · 2526 Reviews · published 2006 · 5 editions
    It is a wild race against time as Lieutenant Linds…

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    Book 6

    The 6th Target
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    4.07     · 76054 Ratings · 2363 Reviews · published 2007 · 102 editions
    When a horrifying attack leaves one of the four me…

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    Book 7

    7th Heaven
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    4.12     · 72018 Ratings · 2464 Reviews · published 2008 · 81 editions
    A terrible fire in a wealthy suburban home leaves …

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    Book 8

    8th Confession
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    4.08     · 61027 Ratings · 2181 Reviews · published 2009 · 90 editions
    Behind the doors of San Francisco's grandest mansi…

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    Book 9

    The 9th Judgment
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    4.15     · 59867 Ratings · 2331 Reviews · published 2010 · 70 editions
    The most personal

    A young mother and her infant chi…

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    Book 10

    10th Anniversary
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    4.13     · 57384 Ratings · 2411 Reviews · published 2011 · 71 editions
    Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding cel…

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    Book 11

    11th Hour
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    4.10     · 53067 Ratings · 2456 Reviews · published 2012 · 68 editions
    Lindsay Boxer is pregnant at last! But her work do…

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    Book 12

    12th of Never
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    4.09     · 50459 Ratings · 2629 Reviews · published 2013 · 63 editions
    It's finally time! Detective Lindsay Boxer is in l…

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    Book 13

    Unlucky 13
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    4.08     · 48235 Ratings · 2762 Reviews · published 2014 · 61 editions
    When two dead bodies are found inside a wrecked ca…

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    Book 14

    14th Deadly Sin
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    4.10     · 45170 Ratings · 2447 Reviews · published 2015 · 63 editions
    Detective Lindsay Boxer and her three best friends…

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    Book 15

    15th Affair
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    4.14     · 43443 Ratings · 2523 Reviews · published 2016 · 61 editions
    Detective Lindsay Boxer has everything she could p…

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    Book 15.5

    The Trial
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    3.97     · 13362 Ratings · 849 Reviews · published 2016 · 28 editions
    "I'm not on trial. San Francisco is."

    An accused mu…

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    Book 16

    16th Seduction
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    4.12     · 43714 Ratings · 2129 Reviews · published 2017 · 50 editions
    Fifteen months ago, Detective Lindsay Boxer's life…

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    Book 16.5

    The Medical Examiner
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    3.83     · 17825 Ratings · 1024 Reviews · published 2017 · 24 editions
    Two bodies arrived at the morgue. One was still br…

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    Book 16.5 - The Medical Examiner

    Triple Homicide
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    3.94     · 5793 Ratings · 319 Reviews · published 2018 · 15 editions
    Alex Cross faces a D. C. bomb threat, the Women's …

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    Book 17

    17th Suspect
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    4.03     · 39624 Ratings · 2093 Reviews · published 2018 · 50 editions
    In this #1 NYT bestseller, Sergeant Lindsay Boxer …

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    Book 18

    The 18th Abduction
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    4.12     · 37878 Ratings · 2245 Reviews · published 2019 · 44 editions
    Detective Lindsay Boxer and her husband Joe Molina…

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    Book 19

    The 19th Christmas
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    3.95     · 40351 Ratings · 2225 Reviews · published 2019 · 39 editions
    It's not sleigh bells that are ringing this Chr…

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    Book 20

    20th Victim
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    4.07     · 35932 Ratings · 1914 Reviews · published 2020 · 36 editions
    The Women's Murder Club face the fight of their li…

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    Book 21

    21st Birthday
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    4.17     · 41255 Ratings · 2119 Reviews · published 2021 · 23 editions
    Detective Lindsay Boxer vows to protect a young wo…

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    Book 22

    22 Seconds
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    4.10     · 37869 Ratings · 1835 Reviews · published 2022 · 27 editions
    22 seconds... until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge—…

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    Book 23

    23rd Midnight
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    4.35     · 37196 Ratings · 1693 Reviews · published 2023 · 19 editions
    The latest in this "successful and suspenseful" ( …

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    Book 23.5 - 23½ Lies

    23 1/2 Lies
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    3.71     · 17600 Ratings · 1066 Reviews · published 2023 · 16 editions
    Enjoy three heart-racing thrillers from the New Yo…

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    Book 24

    The 24th Hour
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    4.08     · 32186 Ratings · 1590 Reviews · published 2024 · 1 edition
    Trouble always finds the Women's Murder Club...

    Ser…

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    Book 25

    25 Alive
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    4.17     · 25999 Ratings · 1316 Reviews · published 2025 · 14 editions
    The twenty-fifth thrilling novel in the globally b…

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    Book 26

    26 Beauties
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    4.67     · 6 Ratings · expected publication 2026 · 7 editions
    Beautiful young women are disappearing by the doze…

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    Book 6-15

    Women's Murder Club #6-15
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    4.40     · 62 Ratings · 2 editions
    James Patterson Women's Murder Club Series 10 Book…

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