博客來1st to Die is a dazzlingly powerful new thriller by master suspense novelist, James Patterson, the #1 bestselling author of Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider.
Four women-four friends-share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle.
But the usual procedures aren't bringing them any closer to stopping the killings. So these women form a Women's Murder Club to collaborate outside the box and pursue the case by sidestepping their bosses and giving one another a hand.
The four women develop intense bonds as they pursue a killer whose crimes have stunned an entire city. Working together, they track down the most terrifying and unexpected killer they have ever encountered-before a shocking conclusion in which everything they knew turns out to be devastatingly wrong. Full of the breathtaking drama and unforgettable emotions for which James Patterson is famous, 1st to Die is the start of a blazingly fast-paced and sensationally entertaining new series of crime thrillers.
”四個女子，可以是風情萬種的慾望城市，也可以是機智敏銳的女子謀殺俱樂部！
一對就要開啟幸福人生的夫婦，在新婚之夜，被殺害在豪華的蜜月套房當中……兇手殘虐的手法，開啟了大城市醜惡的犯罪面……四個不同專業領域、卻同樣擁有過人才智及膽識的女子，在打擊罪惡、冒險緝凶的過程中，也同時連結起彼此相輔相成的生命。然而，會有什麼樣的危機，在黑暗的角落裡摒息窺視著她們？
美國暢銷推理驚悚小說家詹姆斯‧派特森，以他機巧睿智的情節鋪排，組成了魅力驚人的「女子謀殺俱樂部」，席捲全美。”
作者簡介
詹姆斯．派特森（James Patterson）
現居加州，被譽為當代首屈一指的推理驚悚小說家。他的作品不但打敗史蒂芬金，更屢屢創下美國書市排行榜銷售紀錄，只要新作品問世，即能登上《紐約時報》暢銷排行榜第一名。
詹姆斯．派特森1949年生於紐約，1976年以小說處女作《The Thomas Berryman Number》獲得艾倫坡獎最佳推理小說的殊榮。而後的Alex Cross系列更讓他躋身於暢銷作家之列，其中的《Kiss the Girls》率先在97年改編成電影《全面追緝令》，由摩根費里曼與美艷女星艾許莉賈德主演；2001年《Along Came a Spider》再度改編成電影《桃色追緝令》，一樣由摩根費里曼飾演足智多謀的克羅斯，都擁有亮麗的票房成績。
目前詹姆斯．派特森推出另一支大受歡迎的系列「女子謀殺俱樂部」（Women\'s Murder Club），於美國書市排行榜上久居不輟，今年美國NBC並買下該系列的第一部《死神首選》（1st TO Die），拍成四小時的迷你影集，預計又將掀起另一陣詹姆斯．派特森風潮。
本書中譯本《死神首選》由宏道文化出版。
