Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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The Sunday Times bestseller 
 
Three missing women 
 
When three teachers disappear without a trace, Sergeant Lindsay Boxer takes the lead in the investigation. But with no clues and no suspects, the odds of finding the women alive are getting slimmer by the second. 
 
Two impossible cases 
 
Under pressure at work, Lindsay needs support at home. But her husband Joe is drawn into an encounter with a woman who's seen a ghost - a notorious war criminal from her Eastern European home country, walking the streets of San Francisco. 
 
One determined detective 
 
When Joe's informant disappears, the two investigations collide. It will take the combined skills of Lindsay, Joe and the entire Women's Murder Club to protect their city, and themselves, from a monster.

18th Abduction

Two mind-twisting cases collide (Women’s Murder Club 18)

The Sunday Times bestseller 
 
Four bodies are found in a luxury hotel 
 
The first is a man who checked in under a false name. Two are in a room next door, full of surveillance equipment. And the fourth is the house maid, who saw too much. 
 
Detective Lindsay Boxer is sent in to investigate and hunt down an elusive and dangerous suspect. But when her husband Joe goes missing, she begins to fear that the suspect she is searching for could be him. 
 
As the case gets ever more complicated and personal, San Francisco is suddenly faced with an atrocity no one will ever forget. 
 
Sometimes secrets can be deadly...

15th Affair

The evidence doesn't lie... (Women’s Murder Club 15)

A killer with rich taste 
 
A rock star, a fashion designer, a software tycoon and a millionaire heiress. All glamorous, stunningly attractive, and incredibly rich. All dead. All murdered. All of them Detective Lindsay Boxer's problem. 
 
But the frantic media attention on the case distracts from the murder of a local street hero. Only intrepid reporter Cindy Thomas, a member of the Women's Murder Club, is on the case. The victim was celebrated across the city. Who would want to kill him? Could the down-and-out Samaritan have been hiding a dark secret? 
 
With tensions running high in their personal lives, will the Women's Murder Club be strong enough to crack these cases, or will the strain tear them apart?

8th Confession

A brutal killer is stalking the rich and famous (Women’s Murder Club 8)

A city in flames and a trail gone cold . . . 
 
A string of fatal arson attacks has broken out in San Francisco. The targets have one thing in common: they are all rich, successful, married couples. With four couples dead, Detective Lindsay Boxer is determined to put an end to the killings. 
 
When a devastating new lead emerges in the high-profile disappearance of the governor's son, Lindsay suspects the two cases may be connected. 
 
Pushed to their breaking points, can the Women's Murder Club stop the cold-blooded killers before the city burns?

7th Heaven

A deadly fire-starter - and a trail gone cold... (Women’s Murder Club 7)

The Sunday Times bestseller 
 
 A honeymoon interrupted. . . 
 
Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. 
 
At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the case of her life: a renowned heart surgeon accused of murdering her husband in front of their young children. But when Lindsay finds evidence that could destroy Yuki's case, she's forced to make a terrible choice.

10th Anniversary

An investigation too close to home (Women’s Murder Club 10)

The Sunday Times bestseller 
 
Christmas is coming, but crime never stops for the Women's Murder Club. 
 
Sergeant Lindsay Boxer is looking forward to spending time with her family over the holidays. But when she receives a tip-off that the biggest heist ever to hit San Francisco is being planned for Christmas Day, everything changes. 
 
The architect of the ambitious attack unleashes chaos across the city, laying traps and false alarms to distract Lindsay and the SFPD from his ultimate goal. 
 
As time runs out, will Lindsay be able to save the people of San Francisco from a Christmas they'd never forget?

19th Christmas

the no. 1 Sunday Times bestseller (Women’s Murder Club 19)

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
A baby on the way and two killers on the loose. 
 
An eccentric professor walks into Detective Lindsay Boxer's homicide department to report a murder that hasn't yet happened. 
 
A convicted serial killer wakes from a two-year coma. He says he's ready to tell where the bodies are buried, but does he have a more sinister plan in mind? 
 
Lindsay doesn't have much time to stop a terrifying future from unfolding. But all the crimes in the world seem like nothing when she is suddenly faced with the possibility of the most devastating loss of her life.

12th of Never

A serial killer awakes... (Women’s Murder Club 12)

The Sunday Times bestseller 
 
A NIGHT OF BLOOD 
 
A young mother and her child are ruthlessly gunned down in a shopping centre car park, leaving Detective Lindsay Boxer's nothing to go on but a mysterious word scrawled on the car in blood-red lipstick. 
 
The same night, the wife of a Hollywood star walks in on notorious cat burglar "Hello Kitty" mid-jewel theft. Seconds later, the safe is empty, and the woman is dead - but there's more to this cat than meets the eye. 
 
As San Francisco descends into hysteria, Lindsay and the Women's Murder Club chase their leads, but soon Lindsay finds herself in danger - and the next blood shed might be her own...

9th Judgement

Women and children will be the first to die... (Women’s Murder Club 9)

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
A wolf in sheep's clothing 
 
Detective Lindsay Boxer doesn't know who she can trust. A weapon stolen from a police evidence locker is used in a series of vigilante murders, and Lindsay must investigate her closest colleagues and ask herself if they are capable of such heinous crimes. 
 
When two severed heads are left in a famous actor's garden, Lindsay is called to investigate the grisly scene, unearthing a third head and wondering how many more she'll find before she catches the killer. 
 
Amid the chaos of these crimes, Lindsay struggles with her pregnancy and the vindictive reporter dragging her personal life into the public eye. She and her unborn baby are heading into dangerous territory...

11th Hour

Her friends are close - and her enemies closer... (Women’s Murder Club 11)

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