3RD. Degree by James Patterson.   Three people are dead and a baby is missing after a mysterious explosion rips through a San Francisco neighborhood. Three days later, a businessman is murdered, and a note left behind at each scene links the two incidents. The Women's Murder Club--Detective Lindsay Boxer, Assistant D.A., Medical Examiner Jill Berhardt, Claire Washburn, and reporter Cindy Thomas--begin tracking down the perpetrator, only to find that the killer's next target is one of them. Is the Women's Murder Club about to lose a member? This is the third installment in a bestselling series.
Detective Lindsay Boxer, Assistant D.A. Jill Bernhardt, and the other members of the Women's Murder Club try to find out who is responsible for a series of violent incidents, all with links to political terrorism and the sinister "August Spies."