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Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Penguin
Genre: Fiction
Released: 05 May, 2026
ISBN: 9781529923032

26 Beauties

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Synopsis

Beautiful young women are disappearing by the dozen.

A celebration is cut short when a concerned father crashes Detective Inspector Lindsay Boxer's party. His daughter is missing - and she's not the only one.

DI Lindsay Boxer has been tracking a chilling pattern- a Jane Doe washed ashore, a body in Golden Gate Park, a string of missing women across San Francisco. Someone is hunting the city's most vulnerable, and the count keeps rising.

When Lindsay reaches out to Interpol, their warning is stark- these cases are nearly impossible to solve, and the women are almost never found alive.

But 'impossible' has never stopped the Women's Murder Club before.

About the author

James Patterson

James Patterson is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers.James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.