Women's Murder Club

James Patterson's Women's Murder Club swaps the lone-genius detective for a team: a San Francisco homicide inspector, a medical examiner, an assistant DA and a crime reporter who pool their expertise over wine and unsolved cases. This collection follows that hook across the numbered novels and onto television.

The books, from 1st to Die through later entries like 14th Deadly Sin and The 19th Christmas, run on Patterson's signature engine of short chapters and constant cliffhangers, but the female friendship at the center gives them more warmth than his Alex Cross thrillers. The 2007 ABC series adapted the premise for primetime with mixed results and lasted a single season. The throughline is the idea that solving murders is easier, and more bearable, when you do it alongside people you actually trust.

The Women's Murder Club franchise spans 1 series, 7 books in the CrossBinge catalog.