Women's Murder Club (novel series)


Women's Murder Club is a series of mystery novels by bestselling author James Patterson. A television series is also based on the book series.
The books are set in San Francisco and feature an ensemble of lead characters.

Details

Set in San Francisco, the novels follow a group of women from different professions relating to investigating crime as they work together to solve murders. The series follows the women through their personal issues, including Lindsay Boxer's medical issues, marriage, and pregnancy. The main characters were originally Lindsay Boxer, Cindy Thomas, Claire Washburn, and Jill Bernhardt, but later in the series, defense attorney, Yuki Castellano, is introduced.
Every book except 7th Heaven and 10th Anniversary were #1 New York Times Best Sellers.
A New York Times article states that Patterson set The Women's Murder Club in San Francisco to gain more fans on the West Coast, where competitor John Grisham had been leading in book sales.

Co-authors

Patterson wrote the first novel, 1st to Die. Subsequent novels have been cowritten with Andrew Gross and Maxine Paetro. Patterson has also written other books with both of these authors.

Books

  1. 1st to Die
  2. 2nd Chance
  3. 3rd Degree
  4. 4th of July
  5. The 5th Horseman
  6. The 6th Target
  7. 7th Heaven
  8. The 8th Confession
  9. The 9th Judgment
  10. 10th Anniversary
  11. 11th Hour
  12. 12th of Never
  13. Unlucky 13
  14. 14th Deadly Sin
  15. 15th Affair
  16. : 15.5 The Trial, bookshot
  17. 16th Seduction
  18. 17th Suspect
  19. 18th Abduction
  20. 19th Christmas
  21. The 20th Victim

    Television

In 2007, the books were adapted to a television police procedural drama by the same name, which ran from October 12, 2007 through May 13, 2008 and starred Angie Harmon. The first book in the series, 1st to Die, had previously been a TV movie starring Tracy Pollan.

Games

Four games based on the books have been released for the PC - #1: Death in Scarlet, #2: A Darker Shade of Grey, #3: Twice in a Blue Moon, and #4: Little Black Lies. In addition, a video game called has been released for the Nintendo DS.