1st to Die

This is an okay book written by James Patterson. Four women share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire is a medical examiner, Jill is an assistant D.A., and Cindy is a reporter who 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. The main suspect is a famous writer, but he claims to have been set up.

A made for television film based on the book was released in 2003 and shown on NBC.