with Andrew GrossDetective Lindsay Boxer and Assistant District Attorney Jill Bernhardtare enjoying a quiet afternoon in San Francisco when a townhouse acrossthe street explodes in flames. A sinister note signed "August Spies" isfound at the scene of the disaster, and the body of an infant who wasasleep in the house at the time of the explosion cannot be found. Soon awave of violent incidents, all with links to political terrorism andinvolving "August Spies," sweeps through the city. An upcoming economicsummit of the world's most powerful nations will surely be a target. Andit's up to the Women's Murder Club to get to the bottom of the violencebefore it's too late. Delivering the breakneck pace andnever-saw-it-coming plot twists that have made James Patterson the mostaddictive writer at work today, 3rd Degree is another searing andunforgettable thriller from the nation's #1 bestselling suspense writer.