The 24th Hour: A Women's Murder Club Thriller [Paperback]

In this thrilling novel from #1New York Timesbestselling author James Patterson, Lindsay Boxer leads the Women’s Murder Club in the high-profile murder investigation of abillionaire couple—willtheystill be standing when the clock strikes midnight?​ ​

Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, Medical Examiner Claire Washburn, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano, and crime writer Cindy Thomas gather at one of San Francisco’s finest restaurants to celebrate exciting news: Cindy is getting married.

Before they can raise their glasses, there’s a disturbance in the restaurant. A woman has been assaulted. Claire examines the victim. Lindsay makes an arrest. Yuki takes the case. Cindy covers it.

The legal strategy is complicated by gaps in the plaintiff’s memory—and the shocking reason behind her ever-changing testimony.

As Yuki leads the prosecution, Lindsay chases down a high-society killer whose target practice may leave the Women’s Murder Club short a bridesmaid … or two.

James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time. An Edgar, ten-time Emmy, and Literarian Awardwinning creator of countless beloved seriesincluding Alex Cross, the Womens Murder Club, and Maximum RidePatterson has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, Michael Crichton, and Viola Davis, as well as #1 bestselling nonfiction, including The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots,and Filthy Rich.

Maxine Paetrois a novelist who has collaborated with James Patterson on the bestselling Women’s Murder Club, Private, and Confessions series;Woman of God;and other stand-alone novels. She lives with her husband, John, in New York.