Part of Women's Murder Club, book 11
First published 2012
Lindsay Boxer faces her most personal case yet while expecting her first child. When gunmen kill millionaire Chaz Smith, she traces the murder weapon to four other victims among San Francisco's criminal elite. The weapon came from her own police department's evidence locker. Anyone on the force could be the killer, including people she trusts most. The investigation takes a bizarre turn when Lindsay arrives at a celebrity's home to find two severed heads arranged in the garden. A third head emerges from the soil, suggesting hundreds more victims lie buried beneath. A reporter begins publishing attacks on both the cases and Lindsay's private life. With her personal relationships crumbling and Joe unavailable for support, Lindsay must solve the murders while protecting herself and her unborn child.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, personal-stakes
Setting: San Francisco
Period: 21st-century
416 pages · Kindle Edition · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: violence