When a little girl is shot on the steps of a San Francisco church Detective Lindsay Boxer reconvenes the Womens Murder Club. Working with reporter Cindy Thomas assistant DA Jill Bernhardt and medical examiner Claire Washburn Lindsay tracks a mystifying killer who quickly turns his pursuers into victims. The unorthodox allegiances of the Womens Murder Club lead them to suspect the unexpected - the killer may be an ex-cop. But nothing prepares them for the demented logic behind his choice of victims.