Women's Murder Club Series by James Patterson 5 Books Collection Set

This five-book collection brings together instalments from James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club series, following SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer as she investigates cases that span multiple cities and escalating threats. Across the set, Lindsay works alongside reporter Cindy Thomas as they pursue suspects, weigh conflicting accounts and confront crimes that draw national attention.

From simultaneous killings in Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco to a disappearance that may be part of a wider pattern, the stories build around precise violence, hidden motives and the pressure of time. The collection also includes a case involving former cops and professional hits, and a copycat killer recreating infamous crimes while leaving new victims in their wake.

Included titles

• 20th Victim
• 21st Birthday
• 22 Seconds
• 23rd Midnight
• 23 1/2 Lies

Key details

• Five-book collection set
• Women’s Murder Club series
• By James Patterson
• Features SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer
• Includes reporter Cindy Thomas in selected stories

Synopses

20th Victim

Simultaneous murders strike Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. Lindsay Boxer is assigned to find what connects the calculated killings, as the victims are revealed to have excelled in lucrative criminal activity. With the casualty list growing, the spree sparks fear and fascination nationwide.

21st Birthday

A distraught mother asks reporter Cindy Thomas to investigate the disappearance of her daughter, Tara, and baby granddaughter. Cindy turns to Lindsay Boxer, while suspicion falls on Tara’s husband, whose account contradicts the idea that Tara is missing. The investigation questions whether the case is domestic violence or part of a more complex network of killings.

22 Seconds

Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind amid talk of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of restrictive gun laws. Before she can act, an informant points her to a case close to home involving former cops and professional hits. Each body carries the same warning: “You talk, you die.”

23rd Midnight

Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke behind bars, but a new killer recreates Burke’s most infamous crimes and vanishes. Cindy Thomas, whose true-crime book helped make Burke a bestseller, becomes part of the unfolding threat as an obsessed fan studies the case and commits fresh horrors. Lindsay tracks an elusive suspect whose deadly playbook includes Cindy’s name.

23 1/2 Lies

The case reveals to Lindsay a series of life-altering truths. The book also includes “Fallen Ranger”, in which Rory Yates of Texas Ranger hunts a gang of motorcycle bandits linked to armed robberies, and “Watch Your Back”, where a starving artist is paid to expose a client’s cheating wife and is drawn into corruption.