In this #1 New York Times bestseller, the Women's Murder Club gets ready for a quiet Christmas—until a mysterious killer decides to terrorize the city.
As the holidays approach, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Women's Murder Club have much to celebrate. Crime is down. The medical examiner's office is quiet. Even the courts are showing some Christmas spirit. And the news cycle is so slow that journalist Cindy Thomas is on assignment to tell a story about the true meaning of the season for San Francisco.
Then a fearsome criminal known only as "Loman" seizes control of the headlines. Solving crimes never happens on schedule, but as this criminal mastermind unleashes credible threats by the hour, the month of December is upended for the Women's Murder Club. Avoiding tragedy is the only holiday miracle they seek.
在這本排名第一的紐時暢銷書中,「女子謀殺俱樂部」已準備好迎接一個平靜的聖誕節--想不到一名神秘殺手的驚人犯案撼動了這座城市。
隨著假期接近,警探琳賽•博克瑟和她在「女子謀殺俱樂部」的好友們有許多事值得好好慶祝。犯罪率下降。法醫辦公室平靜無波。甚至法庭也展現了聖誕氣氛。就連新聞圈也是乏善可陳,以致於記者辛蒂•托馬斯必須給舊金山報導一則關於聖誕節的意義的故事。
然後一個叫做“洛曼”的恐怖罪犯佔據了新聞頭版。破案這種事一向無法按表操課的,但隨著兇手每個小時所釋放的威脅訊息被證實,對「女子謀殺俱樂部」來說,十二月是天翻地覆的季節。避免悲劇是她們唯一祈求的聖誕奇蹟。
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