As the only woman homicide inspector in San Francisco Lindsay Boxer has to be tough. But nothing has prepared her for the brutal maniac who has begun a killing spree - slaughtering newlywed couples. Lindsay is sickened by the deaths but her determination to bring the murderer to justice is threatened by a personal tragedy. So she turns to Claire Washburn a coroner Cindy Thomas a journalist and Jill Bernhardt an attorney for help with both crises and the Womens Murder Club is born.