Detective Roan Griffin investigates the execution of a suspected rapist. His three victims, who call themselves the Survivors Club, are the prime suspects.
When he opens an ancient relic, a wealthy artifact collector accidentally unleashes a virulent airborne plague that threatens to annihilate all life on Earth.
Casey Edwards finds a victim of amnesia on a deserted road, clutching a piece of paper. Dr Blake Hunter brings her home only to find that their lives are in grave danger.
When forensic sketch artist Jennifer Nash is called in by the Seattle police department to work with a possible witness to one of a series of kidnappings, she is paired with ex-flame Russ Sadler.
Four crime-solving friends face off against a killer in San Francisco in the Women's Murder Club novel that started James Patterson's thrilling series. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle. But the usual procedures aren't bringing them any closer to stopping the killings. So these women form a Women's Murder Club to collaborate outside the box and pursue the case by sidestepping their bosses and giving each other a hand. The four women develop intense bonds as they pursue a killer whose crimes have stunned an entire city. Working together, they track down the most terrifying and unexpected killer they have ever encountered--before a shocking conclusion in which everything they knew turns out to be devastatingly wrong. Full of the breathtaking drama and unforgettable emotions for which James Patterson is famous, 1st to Die is the start of the #1 New York Times bestselling series of crime thrillers.
When a Special Branch operation she is heading up goes disastrously wrong, leaving a young boy the only eyewitness survivor to a horrifying act of savagery, Detective Inspector Orla McLeod risks everything to protect the child.
