Lindsay Boxer
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Lindsey Boxer is the main character in the novel series Women's Murder Club
written by James Patterson
. The series is based on fictional characters and police cases in San Francisco.
1st to die is the first book of the series, in which Lindsay makes her appearance.
Lindsey is a 34-year-old divorcee living on her own on Potrero Hill in San Francisco with her beloved Border Collie, Martha.
She was married for three years to her college sweetheart, who she later describes to be the brother she never had.
In the first part of 1st to die, she is diagnosed with Negli's Aplastic Anemia, a blood disease related to leukemia.
Her off-and-on partner on the force is Warren Jacobi, who despite having 10 years more experience, is subordinate to her.
Part way through the book, she gets a new partner, Chris Raleigh, who is an ex-cop and is a media-containment specialist for the mayor.
After opening up her heart and bed to him, he gets shot and killed by the killer in the first book. In the following books she starts dating Joe Molinari, vice-president of homeland security.
She has a sister named Cat and two nieces, Brigid and Meredith. Her mother died when she was 24, of cancer. Mr. Boxer, her father, left his family when she was 13 years old and she's only seen him twice since. When he shows up on her doorstep in book 2, she lets him in again, only to be betrayed again.
In the second book Lindsey gets promoted to chief of homicide, her dream since she was in the academy.
In book 4 (4th of July) she gets suspended from the force due to false charges of police brutality.
When the leads in her case about the murdered newlyweds go cold, she decides to talk to her best friend and also forensic-pathologist Claire Washburn, and new-found friend and reporter Cindy Thomas to try to figure out what she overlooked. After a while they add another member to this little club, Jill Bernhart-Mayer, assistant district attorney. Their favorite place to meet is a restaurant–bar named Suzie's where they go for the atmosphere, the spicy foods, and the margaritas. Suzie's is the birthplace of the actual Women's Murder Club which the four form. The Women's Murder Club is their own version of detective work. This is the time when they discuss things about cases happening, off the books. After the death of Jill, they welcome another attorney to the group, Yuki Castellano.
Women's Murder Club
Women's Murder Club is an American police procedural and legal drama, which ran on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in San Francisco, California and is based on the 'Women's Murder Club' series of novels written by James Patterson...
written by James Patterson
James Patterson
James B. Patterson is an American author of thriller novels, largely known for his series about American psychologist Alex Cross...
. The series is based on fictional characters and police cases in San Francisco.
1st to die is the first book of the series, in which Lindsay makes her appearance.
Lindsey is a 34-year-old divorcee living on her own on Potrero Hill in San Francisco with her beloved Border Collie, Martha.
She was married for three years to her college sweetheart, who she later describes to be the brother she never had.
In the first part of 1st to die, she is diagnosed with Negli's Aplastic Anemia, a blood disease related to leukemia.
Her off-and-on partner on the force is Warren Jacobi, who despite having 10 years more experience, is subordinate to her.
Part way through the book, she gets a new partner, Chris Raleigh, who is an ex-cop and is a media-containment specialist for the mayor.
After opening up her heart and bed to him, he gets shot and killed by the killer in the first book. In the following books she starts dating Joe Molinari, vice-president of homeland security.
She has a sister named Cat and two nieces, Brigid and Meredith. Her mother died when she was 24, of cancer. Mr. Boxer, her father, left his family when she was 13 years old and she's only seen him twice since. When he shows up on her doorstep in book 2, she lets him in again, only to be betrayed again.
In the second book Lindsey gets promoted to chief of homicide, her dream since she was in the academy.
In book 4 (4th of July) she gets suspended from the force due to false charges of police brutality.
When the leads in her case about the murdered newlyweds go cold, she decides to talk to her best friend and also forensic-pathologist Claire Washburn, and new-found friend and reporter Cindy Thomas to try to figure out what she overlooked. After a while they add another member to this little club, Jill Bernhart-Mayer, assistant district attorney. Their favorite place to meet is a restaurant–bar named Suzie's where they go for the atmosphere, the spicy foods, and the margaritas. Suzie's is the birthplace of the actual Women's Murder Club which the four form. The Women's Murder Club is their own version of detective work. This is the time when they discuss things about cases happening, off the books. After the death of Jill, they welcome another attorney to the group, Yuki Castellano.