James Patterson 
21st Birthday 
A young mother and baby daughter go missing (Women s Murder Club 21)

’Smart characters, shocking twists’ Lisa Gardner’I couldn’t turn the pages quick enough’ Heidi Perks’Terrific, high-octane, really pacy’ Jo Spain’A compelling read with great set pieces and, most of all, that charismatic cast of characters’ Sun______________The Sunday Times bestseller Will she live to see her twenty-first birthday?When a distraught mother pleads with reporter Cindy Thomas to investigate the disappearance of her daughter, Tara, and her baby granddaughter, Cindy goes straight to SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer.The prime suspect is Tara’s husband, but he tells a conflicting story that paints Tara as a wayward wife, not a missing person.Is this a tragic case of domestic violence? Or is the truth linked to a more complex network of killings?As the case grows into something far bigger than any of them could have imagined, the Women’s Murder Club will need to work together to unpick the truth from a web of lies.______________More praise for the Women’s Murder Club’Fast-moving, intricately plotted . . . Boxer steals the show as the tough cop with a good heart’ Mirror’I have never begun a Patterson book and been able to put it down’ Larry King’Patterson and Paetro at their best…. A series that shows no signs of fatigue or flagging’ Book Reporter.com