02479cam a2200445 i 4500 1023136722 TxAuBib 20231026120000.0 190923s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019943525 9780316420273 hardcover 0316420271 hardcover (OCoLC)1120722308 TxAuBib rda Patterson, James, 1947-, author. The 19th Christmas / James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2019] ©2019. v, 344, 15 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Women's murder club novel ; 19 Includes an excerpt from The 20th victim. As the holidays approach, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Women's Murder Club have much to celebrate. Crime is down. The medical examiner's office is quiet. Even the courts are showing some Christmas spirit. And the news cycle is so slow that journalist Cindy Thomas is on assignment to tell a story about the true meaning of the season for San Francisco. Then a fearsome criminal known only as 'Loman' seizes control of the headlines. He is planning a deadly surprise for Christmas morning. And he has commissioned dozens of criminal colleagues to take actions that will mask his plans. All that Lindsay and the SFPD can figure out is that Loman's greed -- for riches, for bloodshed, for attention -- is limitless. Solving crimes never happens on schedule, but as this criminal mastermind unleashes credible threats by the hour, the month of December is upended for the Women's Murder Club. Avoiding tragedy is the only holiday miracle they seek."--Provided by publisher. 20231026. Boxer, Lindsay (Fictitious character) Fiction. Women's Murder Club (Imaginary organization) Fiction. Women detectives Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Terrorism Fiction. San Francisco (Calif.) Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Detective and mystery fiction. Christmas fiction. Paetro, Maxine, author. Women's murder club novel ; 19. TXFLO