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Contents
 

About the Book

About the Authors

Also by James Patterson

Title Page

Dedication

 

Part One

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

 

Part Two

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

 

Part Three

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Chapter 62

Chapter 63

Chapter 64

Chapter 65

Chapter 66

Chapter 67

Chapter 68

Chapter 69

Chapter 70

 

Part Four

Chapter 71

Chapter 72

Chapter 73

Chapter 74

Chapter 75

Chapter 76

Chapter 77

Chapter 78

Chapter 79

Chapter 80

Chapter 81

Chapter 82

Chapter 83

Chapter 84

Chapter 85

Chapter 86

Chapter 87

Chapter 88

Chapter 89

Chapter 90

Chapter 91

Chapter 92

Chapter 93

Chapter 94

Chapter 95

Chapter 96

Chapter 97

Chapter 98

Chapter 99

 

Epilogue

Chapter 100

Chapter 101

Chapter 102

Chapter 103

 

Sneak Preview

Acknowledgments

MEET THE WOMEN’S MURDER CLUB

Copyright

ABOUT THE BOOK
 

Four bodies are found in a luxury hotel

 

The first is a man who checked in under a false name. Two are in a room next door, full of surveillance equipment. And the fourth is the house maid, who saw too much.

 

Detective Lindsay Boxer is sent in to investigate and hunt down an elusive and dangerous suspect. But when her husband Joe goes missing, she begins to fear that the suspect she is searching for could be him.

 

As the case gets ever more complicated and personal, San Francisco is suddenly faced with an atrocity no one will ever forget.

 

Sometimes secrets can be deadly…

 
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
 

J
AMES
P
ATTERSON
is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Since winning the Edgar™ Award for Best First Novel with
The Thomas Berryman Number
, his books have sold in excess of 300 million copies worldwide and he has been the most borrowed author in UK libraries for the past eight years in a row. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.

 

James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books specifically for young readers. James is a founding partner of Booktrust’s Children’s Reading Fund in the UK.

 

M
AXINE
P
AETRO
is the author of three novels and two works of nonfiction, and she is the coauthor of the Women’s Murder Club series with James Patterson. She lives in New York with her husband.

 
Also by James Patterson
 
1
ST
TO DIE
 

Four friends come together to form the Women’s

Murder Club. Their job? To find a killer who is

brutally slaughtering newly-wed couples on

their wedding night.

 
2
ND
CHANCE
 

(with Andrew Gross)

The Women’s Murder Club tracks a mystifying serial

killer, but things get dangerous when he turns

his pursuers into prey.

 
3
RD
DEGREE
 

(with Andrew Gross)

A wave of violence sweeps the city, and whoever is

behind it is intent on killing someone every three

days. Now he has targeted one of the Women’s

Murder Club …

 
4
TH
OF JULY
 

(with Maxine Paetro)

In a deadly shoot-out, Detective Lindsay Boxer

makes a split-second decision that threatens

everything she’s ever worked for.

 
THE 5
TH
HORSEMAN
 

(with Maxine Paetro)

Recovering patients are dying inexplicably in

hospital. Nobody is claiming responsibility.

Could these deaths be tragic coincidences,

or something more sinister?

 
THE 6
TH
TARGET
 

(with Maxine Paetro)

Children from rich families are being abducted off

the streets – but the kidnappers aren’t demanding

a ransom. Can Lindsay Boxer find the children

before it’s too late?

 
7
TH
HEAVEN
 

(with Maxine Paetro)

The hunt for a deranged murderer with a taste for

fire and the disappearance of the governor’s son

have pushed Lindsay to the limit. The trails have

gone cold. But a raging fire is getting ever closer,

and somebody will get burned.

 
8
TH
CONFESSION
 

(with Maxine Paetro)

Four celebrities are found killed and there

are no clues: the perfect crime. Few people

are as interested when a lowly preacher

is murdered. But could he have been

hiding a dark secret?

 
9
TH
JUDGEMENT
 

(with Maxine Paetro)

A psychopathic killer targets San Francisco’s most

innocent and vulnerable, while a burglary gone

horribly wrong leads to a high-profile murder.

 
10
TH
ANNIVERSARY
 

(with Maxine Paetro)

A badly injured teenage girl is left for dead,

and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found.

But is the victim keeping secrets?

 
11
TH
HOUR
 

(with Maxine Paetro)

Is one of Detective Lindsay Boxer’s colleagues

a vicious killer? She won’t know until the

11th hour.

 
12
TH
OF NEVER
 

(with Maxine Paetro)

A convicted serial killer wakes from a two-year

coma. He says he’s ready to tell where the

bodies are buried, but what does he

want in return?

 
UNLUCKY 13
 

(with Maxine Paetro)

Someone returns to San Francisco to pay a visit to

some old friends. But a cheerful reunion is

not on the cards.

 
14
TH
DEADLY SIN
 

(with Maxine Paetro)

A new terror is sweeping the streets of San Francisco,

and the killers are dressed in police uniform.

Lindsay treads a dangerous line as she investigates

whether the criminals are brilliant imposters or

police officers gone rogue.

 
ALEX CROSS NOVELS
 

Along Came a Spider • Kiss the Girls • Jack and Jill •

Cat and Mouse • Pop Goes the Weasel • Roses are Red •

Violets are Blue • Four Blind Mice • The Big Bad Wolf •

London Bridges • Mary, Mary • Cross • Double Cross •

Cross Country • Alex Cross’s Trial (
with Richard DiLallo
) •

I, Alex Cross • Cross Fire • Kill Alex Cross •

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross • Alex Cross, Run •

Cross My Heart • Hope to Die • Cross Justice

 
DETECTIVE MICHAEL BENNETT SERIES
 

Step on a Crack (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •

Run for Your Life (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •

Worst Case (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •

Tick Tock (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •

I, Michael Bennett (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •

Gone (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •

Burn (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •

Alert (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •

 
PRIVATE NOVELS
 

Private (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Private London (
with Mark Pearson
) •

Private Games (
with Mark Sullivan
) • Private: No. 1 Suspect (
with

Maxine Paetro
) • Private Berlin (
with Mark Sullivan
) •

Private Down Under (
with Michael White
) • Private L.A. (
with Mark

Sullivan
) • Private India (
with Ashwin Sanghi
) •

Private Vegas (
with Maxine Paetro
) •

Private Sydney (
with Kathryn Fox
)

 
NYPD RED SERIES
 

NYPD Red (
with Marshall Karp
)

NYPD Red 2 (
with Marshall Karp
)

NYPD Red 3 (
with Marshall Karp
)

NYPD Red 4 (
with Marshall Karp
)

 
STAND-ALONE THRILLERS
 

Sail (
with Howard Roughan
) • Swimsuit (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Don’t

Blink (
with Howard Roughan
) • Postcard Killers (
with Liza Marklund
) •

Toys (
with Neil McMahon
) • Now You See Her (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •

Kill Me If You Can (
with Marshall Karp
) • Guilty Wives (
with

David Ellis
) • Zoo (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Second Honeymoon (
with

Howard Roughan
) • Mistress (
with David Ellis
) • Invisible (
with

David Ellis
) • The Thomas Berryman Number • Truth or Die (
with

Howard Roughan
) • Murder House (
with David Ellis
)

 
NON-FICTION
 

Torn Apart (
with Hal and Cory Friedman
) •

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