Women's Murder Club · Book 26
26 Beauties
- Published
- 1 April 2026
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN-13
- 9780316607292
- Type
- novel

About this book
26 Beauties is the 26th and most recent book in the Women's Murder Club series, co-written by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, published in April 2026 at 432 pages. It follows 25 Alive in the reading order.
Its place in Women's Murder Club
26 Beauties is book 26 in the Women's Murder Club series. It follows 25 Alive. See the full Women's Murder Club reading order.
The Women's Murder Club begins with a simple idea: four friends in San Francisco, each with a different angle on murder, pooling what they know over margaritas and takeout. Lindsay Boxer is the SFPD homicide detective (eventually sergeant) at the center of the series; Claire Washburn is the city's medical examiner; Cindy Thomas is a crime reporter at the Chronicle who has an inconvenient habit of arriving at scenes first; and Yuki Castellano, who joins the club early on, prosecutes the cases the others build. Off…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780316607292