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Magazine editor Hanna Coleman thinks a provocative story idea could change her career, until it spills into her own love life. Set in Manhattan's media world, this sharp early novel turns modern dating, ambition, and friendship into a risky experiment.

Successful talk-show host Stevie Weinberger seems to have built the life she wanted, until an old love and an old wound reopen. As her desire for a child grows stronger, she has to rethink career, romance, and the future she thought was settled.

Drawing on her years recruiting creative talent, Maxine Paetro lays out how young writers and art directors can build a portfolio, present their work, and land a first job in advertising without wasting time.

Harriet Braintree's life changes overnight when she inherits a fortune and a decaying Long Island mansion. Instead of solving her problems, the windfall shakes up her romance, her plans, and everything she thought money might fix.

A late-night police shooting leaves Lindsay Boxer on trial and her career in jeopardy. During breaks in the case, she follows a string of murders in Half Moon Bay that may connect to an old crime she has never been able to forget.

When patients begin dying under suspicious circumstances at a San Francisco hospital, Lindsay Boxer and Yuki Castellano push into a case the administration wants buried. The closer they get, the more dangerous the truth becomes.

One of the Women's Murder Club is left fighting for her life just as Lindsay Boxer faces a terrifying wave of child kidnappings. With panic rising across San Francisco, the club has to solve two crises before the city pays the price.

A series of deadly fires sweeps through wealthy California homes while a separate missing-person case takes a devastating turn. Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club chase arsonists, buried secrets, and threats that suddenly feel much too close to home.

A supermodel disappears during a swimsuit shoot in Hawaii, and reporter Ben Hawkins quickly realizes the case is far darker than a missing-person story. As the killer prepares the next act, paradise starts to look terrifying.

Lindsay Boxer investigates the murder of one of San Francisco's most glamorous couples while Cindy Thomas digs into the death of a preacher with a murky past. The twin cases strain the club and expose how messy love and justice can get.

Jack Morgan runs a powerful investigation firm built for the rich, the famous, and the desperate. While juggling an NFL gambling scandal and the murder of eighteen schoolgirls, he is hit by a killing close to home that turns the case into an obsession.

A cat burglar turns a celebrity break-in into murder, while another killer leaves a mother and child dead beside a blood-red message. With two ruthless criminals on the loose, Lindsay Boxer and the club race to stop San Francisco from spiraling further.

Lindsay Boxer is called away from her long-awaited wedding celebration to a brutal crime scene, a teenage girl barely alive and her newborn missing. At the same time, Yuki Castellano's biggest courtroom battle puts friendship and instinct on a collision course.

Pregnant at last, Lindsay Boxer should be slowing down, but a fresh murder points to a weapon stolen from the police evidence locker. As suspicion creeps toward people she knows, Lindsay faces a case that makes trust feel almost impossible.

After her wealthy parents are murdered, Tandy Angel and her siblings become the main suspects. To clear her name, she has to investigate her own family, and the deeper she looks, the stranger and more dangerous the truth becomes.

When a former lover is found murdered in his bed, Jack Morgan becomes the prime suspect in the most personal case of his career. While fighting the police, the mob, and a fresh string of killings, he has to prove he is not finished.

Lindsay Boxer barely has time to settle in with her newborn before two major cases pull her back to work, a murder tied to a 49ers star and an eerie professor who seems to predict killings. Then the danger turns deeply personal.

Girls are being murdered on Manhattan's Upper West Side, and Tandy Angel sees connections the adults keep missing. With her brother under suspicion and someone close to her in danger, she starts digging into a case that feels frighteningly personal.

Tandy Angel heads to Paris hoping for answers and a reunion with the boy she loves, but nothing feels as simple as it should. Old grief, buried memories, and family lies follow her across the ocean.

Lindsay's happy home life is shattered when a killer from the past reappears. Mackie Morales is back, and the Women's Murder Club has to stop a brilliant predator who knows exactly how to get under their skin.

San Francisco is rocked by savage crimes and a horrifying video that makes every cop seem suspect. As fear spreads and the city demands answers, Lindsay Boxer and her friends risk everything to expose the people behind the violence.

Jack Morgan tracks criminals into Las Vegas and uncovers a chilling operation that lures young women with luxury before teaching them to kill. In a city built on fantasy and secrecy, the case turns darker with every step.

Tandy Angel is trying to hold onto her sanity, and her family's empire, when fresh danger closes in from every side. To survive, she has to untangle the last and darkest secrets surrounding the Angel family.

A murder at a luxury hotel leaves behind a vanished blonde with CIA ties and a trail that leads straight toward Joe. Lindsay Boxer turns to the club for help as secrets, espionage, and doubt tear into her marriage.

Brigid Fitzgerald rises from a hard childhood and front-line medical work in Sudan to become an unlikely candidate for pope. Her faith, courage, and reforming vision make her powerful enemies, and the closer she comes to Rome, the deadlier the fight becomes.

While Lindsay Boxer is still reeling from Joe's betrayal, a wave of strange heart-attack deaths grips San Francisco. At the same time, a bomber's trial begins pulling apart an old investigation and revealing a much bigger conspiracy.

A confidential informant points Lindsay Boxer toward a disturbing possibility, something inside the San Francisco police department has gone badly wrong. As shootings spread and her health falters, Lindsay chases a killer determined to wreck both her case and her reputation.

Three teachers vanish after a night out, and Lindsay Boxer is suddenly under pressure to solve a case that threatens the whole school system. Meanwhile, Joe follows a lead on a supposed war criminal, and that mystery turns dangerous fast.

The Women's Murder Club is hoping for a quiet December when a criminal known only as Loman starts terrorizing San Francisco with escalating threats. Holiday plans vanish as Lindsay and her friends race to stop a mastermind who wants the whole city afraid.

Three victims, three bullets, and three cities pull Lindsay Boxer into one of her widest investigations yet. As San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago start to connect, the Women's Murder Club faces a case that feels bigger and stranger by the day.

When Tara Burke disappears with her baby, suspicion falls on her husband and Lindsay Boxer starts digging into a marriage full of cracks. At the same time, she vows to protect a young woman being hunted by a serial killer.

A warning scrawled on dead former cops, you talk, you die, sends Lindsay Boxer into a case tied to guns, drugs, and betrayal. With only seconds to react, she has to decide how much risk she can take.

In this shorter Women's Murder Club story, Lindsay Boxer investigates the execution-style murder of her estranged father. The case forces her to confront painful family truths while chasing answers that refuse to stay buried.

A copycat killer starts recreating murders from a notorious case Lindsay Boxer thought was over. As Cindy's true-crime book becomes a killer's playbook, the whole club is pulled into a brutal new nightmare.

A celebration for the Women's Murder Club turns chaotic when an assaulted woman, a shaky memory, and a tricky prosecution collide. While Yuki handles the courtroom fight, Lindsay hunts a high-society killer who may strike close to the bridesmaids.

When former SFPD chief Warren Jacobi is found murdered in Golden Gate Park, Lindsay Boxer is hit by grief and suspicion at once. A clue left behind sends the Women's Murder Club on a determined hunt for his killer.