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26 Beauties by James Patterson

26 Beauties

A Women's Murder Club Thriller

James Patterson

Little, Brown and Company · Print & ebook · May 4, 2026

Instant New York Times Bestseller!

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Who it’s for
Fans of crime thrillers featuring female detective protagonists
Themes
crime, mystery, female friendship
Pacing
Fast

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About this book

Instant New York Times Bestseller! From the world's #1 bestselling author, the Women’s Murder Club goes searching for 26 Beauties—young women missing in San Francisco. SFPD’s Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's best friend, Claire Washburn, is named medical examiner of the year. But an uninvited guest crashes the Women’s Murder Club's party: a concerned father seeking investigative reporter Cindy Thomas’s help in locating his missing daughter. And she’s not the only one.

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Lindsay’s been investigating the deaths of a Jane Doe washed up on a nearby beach, and a young woman found in Golden Gate Park. What if all these cases are connected? The answers lie with the 26 Beauties on the run and in the wind.

Who it’s for

  • Fans of crime thrillers featuring female detective protagonists
  • Readers who enjoy interconnected mystery cases and investigative drama

Where it sits

Police Procedurals59%
Women Detectives49%
Suspense33%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Police Procedurals
  • Women Detectives
  • Suspense
  • Crime Fiction
Authors
James Patterson
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Published
May 4, 2026
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
crime · mystery · female friendship
Reading lane
Police Procedurals