Lindsay Boxer is the main character of the novel series ''
Women's Murder Club'' written by
James Patterson
James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. Among his works are the ''Alex Cross'', '' Michael Bennett'', '' Women's Murder Club'', ''Maximum Ride'', '' Daniel X'', '' NYPD Red'', '' Witch & Wizard'', and ''Private'' se ...
and
Maxine Paetro
Maxine Paetro is an American author who has been published since 1979. Paetro has collaborated with best-selling author James Patterson on the Women’s Murder Club novel series and standalone novels.
Biography
From 1975 until 1987, Paetro was a ...
. The series is based on fictional characters and police cases in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
.
Character overview
When the series begins, Lindsay Boxer is a 34-year-old divorced
San Francisco Police Inspector. She lives alone in an apartment in the
Potrero Hill neighbourhood of San Francisco with her beloved Border Collie, Martha.
She was married for three years to her college sweetheart, whom she later describes as the brother she never had.
In ''1st to die'', she is diagnosed with Negli's
aplastic anaemia
Aplastic anemia is a cancer in which the body fails to make blood cells in sufficient numbers. Blood cells are produced in the bone marrow by stem cells that reside there. Aplastic anemia causes a deficiency of all blood cell types: red blood c ...
, a blood disease related to leukaemia.
Her off-and-on partner on the force is Warren Jacobi, who, despite having ten more years of experience, is subordinate to her.
Part way through the book, she gets a new partner, Chris Raleigh, who is an ex-cop and a media-containment specialist for the Mayor.
After opening up her heart and bed to him, he is murdered. In the following books, she starts dating Joe Molinari, Deputy Director of Homeland Security.
She has a sister named Cat and two nieces, Brigid and Meredith. Her mother died of cancer when she was 24. Her father, Marty Boxer, left the family when Lindsay was thirteen; and she's seen him only twice since. When he shows up on her doorstep in book 2, she lets him in, only to be betrayed again.
In book 2, ''2nd Chance'', Lindsay is promoted to Chief of Homicide, her dream since she was in the Academy.
In book 4, ''4th of July'', she is suspended based on false charges of police brutality. When leads in her case about the murdered newlyweds dry up (''1st to Die''), she decides to talk to her best friend, forensic-pathologist
Claire Washburn, and new-found friend 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 favourite 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 Women's Murder Club, which the four women form. The Women's Murder Club is their own version of detective work. This is when they discuss cases, off the books. After the death of Jill (''3rd Degree''), they welcome another attorney to the group,
Yuki Castellano.
The series follows Lindsay's life, and there is a significant milestone in most of the books. In ''11th Hour'', she is pregnant; and in ''12th of Never'', she gives birth to her daughter.
List of novels
# ''
1st to Die'' (2001)
# ''
2nd Chance'' (2002)
# ''
3rd Degree'' (2004)
# ''
4th of July'' (2005)
# ''
The 5th Horseman
''The 5th Horseman'' is the fifth book in the Women's Murder Club series featuring Lindsay Boxer by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro first published in February 2006. The novel like many in the series was commercially successful and repeatedly a ...
'' (2006)
# ''
The 6th Target'' (2007
# ''
7th Heaven'' (2008)
# ''
The 8th Confession'' (2009)
# ''
The 9th Judgment
''Women's Murder Club'' is a series of mystery novels by American author James Patterson. The books are set in San Francisco and feature an ensemble of lead characters.
The books have been adapted into a made for TV movie, a television series a ...
'' (2010)
# ''10th Anniversary'' (2011)
# ''
11th Hour'' (2012)
# ''
12th of Never'' (2013)
# ''Unlucky 13'' (2014)
# ''
14th Deadly Sin'' (2015)
# ''15th Affair'' (2016)
# ''The Trial'' (2016), novella
# ''16th Seduction'' (2017)
# ''The Medical Examiner'' (2017), novella
# ''
17th Suspect'' (2018)
# ''
18th Abduction'' (2019)
# ''
19th Christmas'' (2019)
# ''The 20th Victim'' (2020)
# ''21st Birthday'' (2021)
# ''22 Seconds'' (2022)
Adaptations
The character has been played by
Tracy Pollan
Tracy Jo Pollan (born June 22, 1960), is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Ellen Reed on the sitcom ''Family Ties'' (1985–1987).
Early life
Pollan was born on Long Island, New York, the daughter of Corinne Elaine "Corky ...
in the 2003
telemovie
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...
''
First to Die
''First to Die'' is a 2003 television miniseries based on the 2001 novel of the same name by James Patterson. The film stars Tracy Pollan, Pam Grier, Angie Everhart and Carly Pope as a group of women team up to investigate a string of murders.
...
'', and by
Angie Harmon
Angela Michelle Harmon (born August 10, 1972) is an American actress and model. She won ''Seventeens modeling contest in 1987 at age 15, signed with IMG Models, and appeared on covers for magazines such as ''Cosmopolitan'' and ''Esquire''. ...
in the 2007-08 TV series ''
Women's Murder Club''.
External links
* http://www.jamespatterson.com/books_wmc.php
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Women's Murder Club (novel series)
Fictional female detectives
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Fictional San Francisco Police Department detectives