Patterson, James and Paetro, Maxine

Former CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father's elite Los Angeles detective agency and along with it such cases as an NFL gambling scandal, eighteen unsolved schoolgirl slayings, and the murder of his best friend's wife.

Throughout San Francisco, wealthy children and their nannines are disappearing. It's up to the ladies of the Women's Murder club to solve the crime, but with no ransom notes or demands, the trail looks bleak. Throughout the investigation, the club must also deal with the recent shooting of one of their members.