By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Little, Brown and Company
Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio CD (Unabridged) and Large Print Editions

Is it the end for the Women's Murder Club? The ladies faced their darkest days in 3rd Degree but they remain committed to staying together in 4th of July.

Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer takes center stage in the fourth installment of the series. She's tracking down a set of killers when she runs into two minors who want to make Lindsay and Detective Warren Jacobi their next victims.

4th of July Excerpt The standing water on the cracked tile floor was creeping up the legs of my trousers. I lifted a foot and toed the bathroom door closed, knowing full well what I was going to see. The door whined with the nasal squeal of hinges that had probably never been oiled. Two words were spray-painted on the door. For the second time in a couple of weeks, I wondered what the hell they meant. “NOBODY CARES.” ©2005 James Patterson Published with permission from Little, Brown & Co.

A gun battle ensues, leaving Jacobi clinging to life and Lindsay fighting police brutality charges in court. To help rehabilitate body and mind, she sets off for Half Moon Bay to housesit for her sister and niece.

Little does she know, she's being watched. And the watchers are killers who've left a bloody trail all over San Francisco.

Lindsay encounters all sorts of characters in this new setting - Half Moon Bay's police chief, a young mechanic and even a former porn star. She's even finding new possible friends to add to the Women's Murder Club. Her romance with Joe Morelli, who works with the Department of Homeland Security, also continues to blossom.

Life for Lindsay is chaotic and beautiful. But then she finds herself in a life or death situation that changes everything.

Bookworm's Briefing
Dedicated Women's Murder Club fans will definitely notice the absence of Lindsay's group members. The Women's Murder Club isn't as active in this fourth book in the series as it has been previously.