Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club are at breaking point. San Francisco's wealthiest citizens are being targeted in lethal arson attacks. But Lindsay's investigation is complicated by the news that the governor's popular son, who mysteriously vanished long ago, may have resurfaced. Under immense political pressure to crack both cases, Lindsay starts to wonder if they're connected...

 

 

When a rock star, a fashion designer, a software tycoon and a millionaire heiress are all murdered in mysterious circumstances, Detective Lindsay Boxer is quickly assigned to the high-profile investigation. Few people are as interested when a local hero, Bagman Jesus, is found brutally executed. Reporter Cindy Thomas, however, becomes fascinated by his story. He was loved by so many - who would want to kill him? Could the down-and-out Samaritan have been hiding a dark secret? Both Lindsay and Cindy need the help of their fellow members of the Women's Murder Club to crack these complicated cases; but with tensions running high, will the friends be strong enough to stick together, or will the strain tear them apart?

 

 

A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one shred of evidence: a cryptic message scrawled across the windshield in blood-red lipstick. The same night, the wife of A-list actor Marcus Dowling walks in on a cat burglar who is about to steal millions of dollars' worth of precious jewels. In just seconds there is an empty safe, a lifeless body, and another mystery that throws San Francisco into hysteria.

 

 

Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals - but that the victim may be keeping secrets.

 

 

A weapon stolen from a police evidence locker is used in a series of vigilante murders. Detective Lindsay Boxer must investigate her closest colleagues - and ask herself which of her friends she can trust. Also on Lindsay’s to-do list: a grisly scene in a famous actor's garden, where two severed heads have been left. When a third is unearthed, Lindsay is left wondering how many heads will roll before she catches the killer.

 

 

Detective Lindsay Boxer is stunned when an eccentric professor walks into her homicide department to report a murder. The catch is that the murder hasn’t happened yet – but when it does, the professor’s prophecy is correct in every detail.

 

A KILLER’S RESURRECTION

 

Meanwhile, a serial killer wakes from a two-year coma. He says he’s ready to reveal where the bodies are buried – but Lindsay suspects he has a much more sinister scheme in mind.

 

A DETECTIVE’S NIGHTMARE

 

As Lindsay and the Women's Murder Club investigate, she's soon pushed to breaking point – and she finds herself faced with the possibility of the most devastating loss imaginable.

 

CAN SHE SAVE HER FUTURE?