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For a trio of colleagues, an innocent night out after class ends in a deadly torture session. They vanish without a clue - until a body turns up. With the safety of San Francisco's entire school system at stake, Detective Lindsay Boxer has never been under more pressure. As the chief of police and the press clamor for an arrest in the "school night" case, Lindsay turns to her best friend, investigative journalist Cindy Thomas. Together, Lindsay and Cindy take a new approach to the case, and unexpected facts about the victims leave them stunned.

A terrible fire in a wealthy suburban home leaves a married couple dead and Detective Lindsay Boxer and her partner Rich Conklin searching for clues. And after California's golden boy, Michael Campion, has been missing for a month, there finally seems to be a lead in his case - a very devastating lead. As fire after fire consumes couples in wealthy, comfortable homes, Lindsay and the Murder Club must race to find the arsonists responsible and get to the bottom of Michael Campion's disappearance.

Wealthy young women are being murdered on Manhattan's exclusive Upper West Side, and the police aren't looking for answers in the right places. Enter Tandy Angel. The first case she cracked was the mystery of her parents' deaths. Now, while she's working to exonerate her brother of his glamorous girlfriend's homicide, she's driven to get involved in the West Side murder spree.

When his former lover is found murdered in Jack Morgan's bed, he is instantly the number one suspect. While Jack is under police investigation, the mob strong-arms him into recovering $30 million in stolen pharmaceuticals for them. And the beautiful manager of a luxury hotel chain persuades him to quietly investigate a string of murders at her properties. While Jack is fighting for his life, one of his most trusted colleagues threatens to leave Private, and Jack realizes he is confronting the cleverest and most powerful enemies ever.

Three victims, three bullets, three cities. The shooters' aim is as fearsomely precise as their target selection. When Lindsay realizes that the fallen men and women excel in a lucrative, criminal activity, she leads the charge in the manhunt for the killers. As the casualty list expands, fear and fascination with this suspicious shooting gallery galvanizes the country. The victims were no angels, but are the shooters villains . . . or heroes?

After investigating multiple homicides and her family's decades-old skeletons in the closet, Tandy Angel is finally reunited with her lost love in Paris. But as he grows increasingly distant, Tandy is confronted with disturbing questions about him, as well as what really happened to her long-dead sister. With no way to tell anymore who in her life she can trust, how will Tandy ever get to the bottom of the countless secrets her parents kept from her?

Tandy Angel is losing her mind—or so she thinks. Even as she's forced to fight for the family company, she's imagining new dangers in every shadow. And as her detective prowess is called into question and her paranoia builds, she has to face the very real possibility that the stalker she's convinced will take her life could be all in her head—or the very real danger that finally brings her down.

As the holidays approach, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Women's Murder Club have much to celebrate. Crime is down. The medical examiner's office is quiet. Even the courts are showing some Christmas spirit. And the news cycle is so slow that journalist Cindy Thomas is on assignment to tell a story about the true meaning of the season for San Francisco. Then, a fearsome criminal known only as "Loman" seizes control of the headlines. He is planning a deadly surprise for Christmas morning.

As she settles in to motherhood and a happy marriage, Lindsay Boxer thinks she has found domestic bliss. But when a beautiful, alluring blonde woman with links to the CIA disappears from the scene of a brutal murder at a downtown luxury hotel, Lindsay's life begins to unravel. Before she can track down the woman for questioning, a plane crash plunges San Francisco into chaos, and Lindsay's husband, Joe, vanishes.

Wealthy young women are being murdered on Manhattan's exclusive Upper West Side, and the police aren't looking for answers in the right places. Enter Tandy Angel. The first case she cracked was the mystery of her parents' deaths. Now, while she's working to exonerate her brother of his glamorous girlfriend's homicide, she's driven to get involved in the West Side murder spree. One of the recent victims was a student at Tandy's own elite school. She has a hunch it may be the work of a serial killer, but the NYPD isn't listening to her.

With a beautiful baby daughter and a devoted husband, Detective Lindsay Boxer can safely say that her life has never been better. In fact (for a change), things seem to be going well for all the members of the Women's Murder Club as they gather to celebrate San Francisco Medical Examiner Claire Washburn's birthday. But the party is cut short when Lindsay is called to a gruesome crime scene, where a woman has been murdered in broad daylight.

A terrible fire in a wealthy suburban home leaves a married couple dead and Detective Lindsay Boxer and her partner Rich Conklin searching for clues. And after California's golden boy, Michael Campion has been missing for a month, there finally seems to be a lead in his case—a very devastating lead. As fire after fire consume couples in wealthy, comfortable homes, Lindsay and the Murder Club must race to find the arsonists responsible and get to the bottom of Michael Campion's disappearance. But suddenly the fires are raging too close to home.

As San Francisco's most glamorous millionaires mingle at the party of the year, someone is watching—waiting for a chance to take vengeance on Isa and Ethan Bailey, the city's most celebrated couple. Finally, the killer pinpoints the ideal moment, and it's the perfect murder. Not a trace of evidence is left behind in their glamorous home.

Lindsay Boxer is learning to love again. After the picture-perfect world she shared with her husband, Joe, and their beautiful young daughter shattered under the weight of Joe's double life, Lindsay is determined to put the pieces back together. But before she can welcome Joe back with open arms, their beloved hometown of San Francisco faces a threat unlike any the city—or the country—has ever seen. When the danger hits even closer to home, Lindsay and Joe find a common cause and spring into action, with quick results.

De integriteit van het bureau wordt op het spel gezet als Jack Morgan moet kiezen tussen vergelding en gerechtigheid. Private is het meest exclusieve detectivebureau ter wereld. Hier wordt betaald voor maximaal resultaat en maximale discretie, en zijn de geheimen van de rijken der aarde in handen van een team eigenzinnige, vastberaden rechercheurs.

Vreemd: een vrouw wordt op klaarlichte dag vermoord, in het bijzijn van meerdere getuigen, maar niemand kan de dader beschrijven. Inspecteur Lindsay Boxer krijgt al snel het unheimliche gevoel dat de dader in het politiekorps zelf gezocht moet worden – en dat hij opnieuw zal toeslaan. Dit 14de deel in de reeks 'Women's Murder Club' heeft de bekende combinatie van persoonlijke ervaringen (schokken in het huwelijk, spanningen tussen vriendinnen…) en snel escalerende onderzoeken, met een cliffhanger die je gewoon naar het volgende deel dwingt.

In dit confronterende deel van de spanndende Women’s Murder Club boekenreeks jaagt Detective Lindsay Boxer uit San Francisco ogenschijnlijk op twee criminelen. De eerste is een juwelendief met de bijnaam ‘Hello Kitty’, die van rijke en bekende mensen steelt – met de dood ten gevolge. De tweede is een moordenaar die het op moeders en kinderen gemunt heeft en cryptische boodschappen achterlaat, geschreven met lippenstift. Lukt het Lindsay om deze zaken op te lossen, ondanks de persoonlijke uitdagingen die ze naast haar werk doormaakt?

Journaliste Cindy Thomas vindt het lijk van een dakloze man. Tot haar ontzetting onderzoekt de politie de zaak amper: die heeft haar handen vol met meerdere overlijdens in de elite van San Francisco – overlijdens zonder duidelijke doodsoorzaak. Cindy trekt dan maar zelf op onderzoek uit. Yuki, een ander lid van de Women's Murder Club, krijgt een moeilijk dossier op haar bord. Ze heeft een video waarin een moeder haar dochter beschuldigt van de moord op haar man, maar is dat genoeg voor een veroordeling? Bovendien worstelt Yuki met gender issues.

Wat kan een zwangere vrouw missen als kiespijn? Afgezaagde hoofden staan vast hoog op de lijst. Twee vrouwenhoofden worden aangetroffen op het domein van bestsellerauteur Harry Chandler. Lindsay Boxer, rechercheur moordzaken voor de politie van San Francisco, herinnert zich dat de verdwijning van Chandlers echtgenote nooit werd opgelost en vermoedt dat het domein nog andere geheimen verbergt. Ze krijgt een tweede zaak op haar bord: een drugsdealer is doodgeschoten met een vuurwapen dat uit de locker van hààr departement gestolen werd. Lindsay's man Joe gedraagt zich bovendien vreemd.

Als Malcolm en Maud Angel worden vermoord, staan er twee dingen vast: hun dochter Tandy is de laatste die ze in leven heeft gezien, en zij en haar drie broers worden van de moorden verdacht.Ondanks haar onzekerheid over wie ze wel en niet kan vertrouwen, is Tandy vastberaden om te bewijzen dat zij en haar broers onschuldig zijn. Maar dan krijgt ze flashbacks. Het zijn herinneringen van vroeger en ze brengen bepaalde familiegeheimen aan het licht. Om voor haar eigen onschuld en die van haar broers te kunnen pleiten, moet Tandy verder graven in het verleden van haar ouders. En dat is gevaarlijk.