Part of Women's Murder Club, book 14
First published 2016
Detective Lindsay Boxer enjoys a rare moment of happiness with her baby daughter and husband when she joins the Women's Murder Club to celebrate medical examiner Claire Washburn's birthday. The celebration ends abruptly when Lindsay gets called to investigate a brutal daylight murder of a woman. The case takes a darker turn when horrific video footage surfaces showing another crime committed by masked perpetrators. The disturbing footage rocks San Francisco and creates a chilling reality: the killers could be anyone, including Lindsay's fellow police officers. As violent crimes multiply across the city, public terror and rage intensify. Lindsay finds herself in an impossible position where she cannot trust her own colleagues. The investigation forces Lindsay and her closest friends to put their lives on the line. They must navigate a web of suspicion that has turned every cop into a potential suspect. With San Francisco spiraling into chaos and fear, Lindsay races against time to unmask the criminals before more innocent people die.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: San Francisco
Period: 21st-century
336 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: graphic-violence, murder