Read by Carolyn McCormick.

A young mother is recuperating in a San Francisco hospital when she suddenly struggles for breath. The hospital's doctors are mystified by her death. How did this happen?

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Then similar cases appear. Just as patients are about to be released, they become devastatingly sick. As Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club probe deeper into the incidents, they wonder if these cases are coincidences. Or is a maniac playing God? When someone close to the Club exhibits the same symptoms, Lindsay fears no one is safe.

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It is a race against time as Lindsay's investigation reveals a hospital administration determined to shield its reputation. And while the hospital wages an explosive court battle, the Women's Murder Club hunts for a merciless killer among its esteemed medical staff.

JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and bestselling writers in the world. He is the author of the two top-selling new detective series of the past decade: the Alex Cross novels, including Mary, Mary, London Bridges, Kiss the Girls, and Along Came a Spider, and the Women's Murder Club series, including 1st to Die, 2nd Chance, 3rd Degree, and 4th of July. He has written many other #1 bestsellers, including Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, Lifeguard, and the International Thriller of 2005, Honeymoon. He lives in Florida.

MAXINE PAETRO is a novelist and journalist. She lives with her husband in New York.

CAROLYN McCORMICK has appeared in the films A Simple Twist of Fate and Enemy Mine. She has appeared on television as Dr. Olivit on Law and Order for the past twelve years, and as a guest on The Practice and Star Trek. Her Broadway credits include roles in The Dinner Party and Private Lives. She read 4th of July by James Patterson for Time Warner AudioBooks.