ISBN: 0446614831

Originally reviewed in hardcover format in March 2003.

Okay, I have issues with James Patterson and Andrew Gross’s latest installment in The Women’s Murder Club series.  I can’t go into these issues, however, as it would give a huge spoiler.  Suffice it to say, there is a major shocker within!

Detective Lindsay Boxer is out for a run when a townhouse she is admiring explodes right in front of her.  Lindsay rushes in to search for survivors and rescues a young boy.  She soon learns that the boy has an infant sister who is now missing.  Also found at the scene is a backpack with a cryptic note that this is just the start of a war against profitable business owners.

Soon more cryptic emails are popping up and more victims are losing their lives to a madman.  When he targets one of the four Murder Club women, their lives will remain changed forever.

I adore The Women’s Murder Club series; I have from the very start.  The four women have become like close friends within the first two, and I was eager to find out what happened next.  In true James Patterson fashion, you’ll be pondering the outcome for a long time after you close the book.  If you haven’t read the series yet, I suggest reading them in order to get the true impact of 3^rd DEGREE.