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The Womens Murder Club is back! A brutal madman sprays bullets into a crowd of children leaving a San Francisco church. Miraculously-or was it intentionally - only one person dies. Then an elderly black woman is hung. Police homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer senses a connection and together... read more
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Characters edit
- Lindsay Boxer: SFPD Homicide Detective. She is a Lieutenant for the SFPD. Promoted to Lietenant and head of the Homicide Division when Roth moved to Bodega Bay. She owns a dog named Sweet Martha.
- Claire Washburn: Claire is the chief medical examiner for San Francisco and is Lindsay's closest friend.
- Cindy Thomas: Cindy is a crime reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle and one of Lindsay's best friends.
- Jill Bernhardt: Jill is the Assistant District Attorney for San Francisco and one of Lindsay's best friends.
- Warren Jacobi: Jacobi is Lindsay's former partner. He is a gruff man with a big heart and trusts Lindsay with his life. They trust each other with their lives!
- Tasha Catchings: 11 -year-old choir girl at a local church.
- Earl Mercer: Chief of Police.
- Weiscz: Pelican Bay inmate
- Rusty Coombs: Frank Coombs son.
- Estelle Chipman: An elderly woman who was discovered to be the first victim.
- Sweet Martha: Martha is Lindsay's border collie.
- Billy Reffon: An alias of the killer.
- Helen Keating: Wife of Tom Keating.
- Roland Estes: Assistant Warden at the state prison in Pelican Bay, California
- Willie Washburn: Claire's son. A high school sophomore.
- Aaron Winslow: Reverend for the local church that gets shot up.
- Marty Boxer: Lindsay's father.
- Dr. Alberto Mazzini: National Director of the Vatican Museum
- Charlie Clapper: head of the Crime Scene Unit team
- Lieutenant Sam Roth: Lindsay's former boss. Now working out of Bodega Bay.
- Lorraine Stafford: homicide inspector
- Angela: Resident of Hope Street House. Approx. 16 with a 3 month old daughter.
- Chimera: The name the police give to the killer. Also a two-headed figure - one head a lion, one a goat - and the tail of a reptile.
- Lieutenant Joe Kimes: Palo Alto Violent Crimes Detail
- Tom Keating: Retired cop friend of Frank Coombs.
- Anthony Tracchio: The acting Chief of Police.
- Hull: FBI field agent
- Bernard Smith: Eyewitness at first murder
- Gabe Carr: Homicide department's press liaison
- Kenneth Charles: murder witness
- Jill: She's cold, hard and exacting about her job but loves her friends!
- Edmund Washburn: Claire's husband
- Lieutenant Ron Vandervellen: Oakland Police-Homicide
- Cappy McNeil: Homicide detective working under Lindsay Boxer
- Frank L. Coombs: Officer working in Auto Theft
- Fred Dix: Manages Homicide's community relations
- Suzie Fitzpatrick: Add a description of this character.
- Steve
- Mr. Evans
- Art Fernandez
- Dee Collins
- Sam Ryan
- Tom Fallone
- Warden Estes
- Michael Bennett
- Vernon Jones
- Madeline Akers
- Stu Kirkwood
- Art Teitleman
- Ingrid Thiasson
- Stan Dragula
- Gerald Sikes
- EARL KING
- Antoine James
- Gil Herrera
- Vasquez
- PAUL CHIN
- Edward R. Chipman
- Lila McKendree
- Eunice Mercer
- Karen
- Agent Ruddy
- Art Davidson
- Sam Mendez
- Simone Clark
- Pete Starcher
- Ms. Thomas
- Francis C. Coombs
- Ted Morelli
- Janet Worley
- Richard DiLallo
- Jill Dembowski
- Maxine Paetro
- Conklin
- Alex Cross
- Ed Noroski
- Hess
- Daniel X
- Lee
- Michael Ledwidge
- Howard Roughan
- Andrew Gross
- Mary Decker
- Mr. Frank Burns
- Brady
Quotes edit
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“Hey, lady, what does an Andrew Jackson get me? Dinner, maybe, if you're treating.”
Warren Jacobi and Lindsay Boxer
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Eggers’s A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter,
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you wouldn’t want to know; and Michelle, who at fourteen had already spent a year selling herself on the streets of San Francisco.
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You can’t bring the dead back. You can’t even make sense of why things happen. All you can do is the best you can to let the living believe their souls are at peace.
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I am convinced that the world doesn’t break in the face of its worst possible deed. The world mends itself.”
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James Patterson: Acknowledgments
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Also by James Patterson: Acknowledgments
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“It’s called a chimera, Lindsay. It’s from Greek mythology. According to my source, the lion represents courage, the body of the goat stubbornness and will, and the serpent’s tail stealth and cunning.
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Also by James Patterson: The Thomas Berryman Number Season of the Machete See How They Run
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Gabe Carr, a mean little weasel who was the department’s press liaison, and Fred Dix, who managed community relations.
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Nothing in life ever breaks down simply into good or bad, judgment or redemption.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Hall of Justice
- San Francisco: A city in the sunny state of California.
- Oakland
- Stanford
- Vallejo
- Bay View
- California: One of the 50 States! Sunny and on the coast.
- San Quentin: prison in California.
- Pelican Bay
- Mountain View
- Palo Alto
- LaSalle Heights Church: Church located on Harrow Street, a predominately black section of Bay View
First Sentence edit
Aaron Winslow would never forget the next few minutes.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue THE CHOIR KIDS
Part I THE WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB - AGAIN Chapters 1-25
Part II JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED Chapters 26-74
Part III THE BLUE WALL OF SILENCE Chapters 75-120
Epilogue I'LL FLY AWAY
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 12 in Women's Murder Club. (standard series)
Preceded by 1st to Die, and followed by 3rd Degree.
This is book 122 of 121 in Znanje - Knjiga dostupna svima. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- James Patterson (Author)
- Andrew Gross (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 4, 2002
ISBN: 0316693200
Page Count: 401
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 4, 2002
ISBN: 0316693200
Page Count: 401
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3566.A822 A614 2002
- Dewey: 813.54
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- James Patterson: Author's website
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