1st to die/2nd chance/3rd degree. James Patterson and Andrew Gross. 2008.

1st to die.

As the only woman homicide inspector in San Francisco, Lindsay Boxer has to be tough. But nothing has prepared her for the honeymoon murders. A maniac is slaughtering newlywed couples - and Lindsay takes on the case. She is determined to bring the killer to justice but she must also deal with personal tragedy and so turns to Claire, a coroner, Cindy, a journalist, and Jill, an attorney, for help. The Women’s Murder Club is born.

2nd chance.

The tragic end of the honeymoon murder case left Lindsay Boxer unsure if she could ever return to work. But when a little girl is shot outside a San Francisco church, she knows it’s time to reconvene the Women’s Murder Club. Working with Cindy, Jill and Claire, Lindsay starts to track a mystifying killer who quickly turns his pursuers into his victims.

3rd degree.

Lindsay Boxer is jogging along a beautiful San Francisco street when a house owned by an Internet millionaire explodes into flames. Three people are killed and a sinister note signed ‘August Spies’ is found. It soon becomes clear that whoever is behind this is set on killing someone every three days. Even more terrifying, the Women’s Murder Club discovers that the killer has targeted one of them. And Lindsay is to learn that one of them is hiding a secret so dangerous that it could destroy them all….