Product Description

Detective Lindsay Boxer and Assistant District Attorney Jill Bernhardt are enjoying a quiet afternoon in San Francisco when a townhouse across the street explodes in flames. A sinister note signed ‘August Spies’ is found at the scene of the disaster, and the body of an infant who was asleep in the house at the time of the explosion cannot be found. Soon a wave of violent incidents, all with links to political terrorism and involving the 'August Spies', sweeps through the city. An upcoming economic summit of the world’s most powerful nations will surely be a target. And it’s up to the Women’s Murder Club to get to the bottom of the violence before it’s too late.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14446 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Synopsis
Detective Lindsay Boxer and Assistant District Attorney Jill Bernhardt are enjoying a quiet afternoon in San Francisco when a townhouse across the street explodes in flames. A sinister note signed 'August Spies' is found at the scene of the disaster, and the body of an infant who was asleep in the house at the time of the explosion cannot be found. Soon a wave of violent incidents, all with links to political terrorism and involving the 'August Spies', sweeps through the city. An upcoming economic summit of the world's most powerful nations will surely be a target. And it's up to the Women's Murder Club to get to the bottom of the violence before it's too late.

About the Author
James Patterson's previous international number one bestsellers include CAT AND MOUSE, WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, POP GOES THE WEASEL, CRADLE AND ALL, ROSES ARE RED, SUZANNE'S DIARY FOR NICHOLAS, 1ST TO DIE, VIOLETS ARE BLUE, 2ND CHANCE, and FOUR BLIND MICE. He lives in New York and Florida. KISS THE GIRLS was made into a number one hit movie, and the film version of ALONG CAME A SPIDER is currently out on video.

Customer Reviews

The Woman's Murder Club is to Die For!
I had just finished two thrillers in a row-"Firestorm," by Iris Johansen and "Desperation Moon" by Ken Douglas-that had me up and raring to go, so I figured why not go for a third that I knew would get my heart racing even more. I picked up "3rd Degree" and I was off. First off you have to know about the Woman's Murder Club. The members are San Francisco Police Detective Lindsay Boxer, Assistant DA Jill Bernhardt, Medical Examiner Claire Washburn, and crime reporter Cindy Thomas and "3rd Degree", is the best book in the series by far. These women first got together in "1st to Die" and started getting together more often, going over what they knew about a murder and thus the Woman's Murder Club was born and it continued on to the next book "2nd Chance" and then to "3rd Degree". I don't know how Messers. Patterson and Gross keep turning out such excellent thrillers, but they do. You can't go wrong with anything of them.

Brilliant :-O
I could not put this book down, I read it from beginning to end in two sittings. Without giving too much away, one of the plots shocked me, in fact I am still in shock. James Patterson truly holds the power in his hands when writing and continues to create turn after twist without making the story unbelievable. This series doesn't only take a look into the main characters life but delves into and behind the enemy line.
I'll give anyone the 3rd Degree if they dont read and agree with this!

A good read.
I enjoyed this book but I did feel that the plot to kill off one of the main characters was a bit weak and throughout the last book I felt that one of them would die eventually. I enjoyed the storyline about the violent relationship and felt that it made you feel a bit closer to the character and made her feel a bit more human. I read the whole book in about 4 hours although it is a book you could easily pick up and put down.
Being a big fan of James Patterson, I felt that it wasn't one of his best but still an enjoyable plot.