with Maxine PaetroWhen a horrifying attack leaves one of the four members of the Women'sMurder Club struggling for her life, the others fight to keep a madmanbehind bars before anyone else is hurt. And Lindsay Boxer and her newpartner in the San Francisco police department run flat-out to stop aseries of kidnappings that has electrified the city: children are beingplucked off the streets together with their nannies--but the kidnappersaren't demanding ransom. Amid uncertainty and rising panic, Lindsayjuggles the possibility of a new love with an unsolvable investigation,and the knowledge that one member of the club could be on the brink ofdeath.And just when everything appears momentarily undercontrol, the case takes a terrifying turn, putting an entire city inlethal danger. Lindsay must make a choice she never dreamed she'dface--with no certainty that either outcome has more than a prayer ofsuccess.