The women's murder club, I finally started the series! Being a big fan of the Stephanie Plum books, I have always wanted to start another series with a kick butt female lead. I finally collected the first 8 Hachette audiobooks in this series and decided to dive in! I was not disappointed. (Hachette Rocks!)

These books are a heck of a lot more gritty and raw than anything Janet Evanovich has ever written. Not for the faint of heart, the crime descriptions in this book are gruesome. I found myself cringing at times.

1st to Die centers around a killer murdering newlyweds and defiling the bodies of the brides. The crimes seem random and hard to tie together, yet are inextricably linked. Lindsay Boxer is assigned to the case and feels compelled to stop at nothing to put an end to these heinous crimes. Inside her body another war is raging. She wonders if she can keep up the strength to continue with the case.

Cindy Thomas, a rookie reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle finds herself smack dab in the middle of the crime scene. This gives her an advantage over every other reporter in the city and snags her a spot on page one.

Cindy keeps running into Lindsay at the crime scenes and Lindsay decides that this girl might just have something to offer up in the investigation. She and Cindy start meeting to brainstorm about details in the case. Eventually two other women join the impromptu club, a medical examiner by the name of Claire Washburn and an assistant DA, Jill Berhardt.

Together they share in their meetings all of the info they have, with 4 top of their game women all working together, they are able to bust the case wide open, or so they think.

If you haven't started this series yet, start it now.