Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Hachette New Zealand are very excited because TV3 are set to screen the Women’s Murder Club series based on the bestselling series of books by mega seller James Patterson.

Hachette publicist Raewyn Davies says that "the series is one of my personal favourites from the Patterson stable and teamed with two one of my favourite actors (Angie Harmon of Law & Order fame and Rob Estes ex Melrose Place) in the series I will be parked in front of my TV on Monday nights for the foreseeable future. The first episode screens next Monday, 14th July @ 8.30pm".
Hachette has all six titles available in paperback .They are:

1st To Die
A serial killer is stalking and murdering newlyweds on their honeymoon. San Francisco Homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer takes the case and along the way meets three other women–a lawyer, a reporter, and the city medical examiner. Joining forces to solve this gruesome crime, the Women’s Murder Club is born.

2nd Chance
When family members of San Francisco cops are found dead, Detective Lindsay Boxer, Medical examiner Claire Washburn, reporter Cindy Thomas and Assistant D.A. Jill Bernhardt are faced with a tough case. As the killer looks for his next victim, the women must quickly track him down before he kills again.

3rd Degree
Lindsay Boxer and friends must track down a deadly terror group who begins their killing spree by blowing up an expensive townhouse–with the family still inside. In the meantime, a member of the club may be in some trouble of her own and Lindsay could be too late to save her.

4th of July
After an arrest goes awry, Lindsay finds herself facing police brutality charges. But taking time off to cool down proves harder then she thought. As she heads out of town, Lindsay finds herself in the middle of a killing spree, and must locate the killers before they find her. Back in San Francisco, the Women’s Murder Club helps to get Lindsay through the trial...but will she be found innocent?

The 5th Horseman
Patients at San Francisco medical Center are mysteriously dying hours before they are to be released with a clean bill of health. Lindsay and the rest of the Women’s Murder Club begin their own investigation into the hospital, but the list of suspects proves to be as long as the list of patients.

The 6th Target
Someone opens fire on unsuspecting pedestrians and one of the Women’s Murder Club is caught in the middle. As she struggles for her life, the others must work fast to track down the madman. In another part of the city, somebody is targeting children and their nannies. As the kidnappers await their ransom, Lindsay and company are faced with finding the mastermind before more children are harmed.
James Patterson is one of the top-selling novelists in the world today. His debut novel, The Thomas Berryman Number, won the Edgar Award for the best first mystery novel. It was published by Little, Brown in 1976 when he was just twenty-seven years old, after being turned down by more than two dozen other publishers. It has never been out of print.

He has since written a string of major national bestsellers that includes the books in the series featuring detective/psychologist Alex Cross and his many stand-alone tites inlcuding The Lake House The Jester, Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas, Cradle and All, and When the Wind Blows, Hide & Seek .

In 2001 he launched the series featuring the Women’s Murder Club.

Patterson grew up in Newburgh, New York. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in English from Manhattan College and summa cum laude with an M.A. in English from Vanderbilt University.

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