About the Book
Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club make a courageous return for their fourth and most chilling case ever—one that could easily be their last.
In a late-night showdown after a near-fatal car chase, San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer has to make an instantaneous decision: in self-defense, she fires her weapon—and sets off a chain of events that leaves a police force disgraced, an entire city divided, and a family destroyed. Now everything she's worked her entire life for hinges on the decision of twelve jurors.
To escape scrutiny during breaks from her trial, Lindsay retreats to the picturesque town of Half Moon Bay. But soon after her arrival, a string of grisly murders punches through the peaceful community. There are no witnesses and there is no discernible pattern. But a key detail recalls a case Lindsay worked on as a rookie years before—an unsolved murder that has haunted her ever since. As summer comes into full swing, Lindsay and her friends in the Women's Murder Club battle for her life on two fronts: before a judge and jury as her trial comes to a climax, and facing unknown adversaries who will do anything to keep her from the truth about the killings—including killing again.
James Patterson fine-tunes the tension as never before in this breathtaking addition to the best-selling detective series to debut in a decade.
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The Review
Sometimes receiving advance copies of a book to review just isn't fair! How in the world do you keep secret what happens to some of your favorite characters?
I have said before that James Patterson keeps getting better with this series, and 4th of July is another prime example. Lindsay Boxer is battling in the fight of her life and career, while tormented by a killing spree that may have ties to an unsolved case of hers. Set in an idyllic town, these murders will both haunt you and surprise you.
The end - as usual - surprised me. I just didn't see it coming. The who's, they why's, the how's. (Although I'm proud to have predicted what becomes of the Women's Murder Club. I'm anxiously awaiting the fifth book to see how they progress.)
Three cheers to James Patterson for locking boredom out of my life for the duration of this book!
~Trixie, May 2005
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