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Based on author James Patterson's bestselling novels, Women's Murder Club is a new one-hour drama series about four successful working women in San Francisco - homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer (Angie Harmon), medical examiner Claire Washburn (Paula Newsome), assistant district attorney Jill Bernhardt (Laura Harris) and crime reporter Cindy Thomas (Aubrey Dollar) - who use their expertise, their close friendship and their instincts to solve murder cases.
Each a success in her own field, they work together to uncover clues to the city's most grisly homicides.
Lindsay and her colleagues Claire and Jill work to uncover the truth behind the murder of Theresa Woo, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Aiding the investigation is Theresa's co-worker Cindy, whose help in this case might lead our women to consider letting her join the club.
Meet the girls who crack the crimes in San Francisco
Lindsay is great at her job but bad at her life. Her instincts and ability to read crime scenes make her one of San Francisco PD's finest.
Raised in Dallas, the daughter of a cop, solving crime is second nature to Lindsay. And unlike dating, it doesn't require personal conversation, compromise, or uncomfortable undergarments.
After a painful divorce, Lindsay put herself in solitary confinement for the good of the general dating population.
But Lindsay does have a man in her life the gruff but lovable Warren Jacobi who is a veteran inspector and Lindsay's partner on the street. If Lindsay's going into a dangerous situation, there's no one she'd rather have watching her back.
Lindsay unapologetically gives everything she has to her job, which makes her romantic life a bit of a mess. Luckily she has a specialised task force to tackle tough cases and personal crises with equal energy it's called the Women's Murder Club.
Jill shares Lindsay's near-obsessive enthusiasm for her job, but otherwise the two couldn't be more different. Unlike her friend, Jill wears her heart on her sleeve both inside the courtroom and out, to the eternal frustration of her boss.
A graduate of Berkeley Law School, she ran away from a troubled home life at an early age. But Jill is an onwards and upwards kind of girl. These days, her past only provides a very personal motivation to see justice done for others.
As a deputy district attorney in the San Francisco DA's Office, Jill's duty is to present a thoroughly researched and air tight case to a jury, and see it through to conviction. Her tendency to anticipate obstacles far down the road aids her professionally, but hinders her personally.
She can't let herself commit to her perfect boyfriend, Luke, or be happy with her enviable life. Like any good attorney, Jill can't stop worrying that the unexpected will blow the case wide open.
Claire runs the morgue with the same tough love and efficiency that rules her home. She is a devoted medical examiner whose personality contributes as much to her cases as her training. Claire relates to people all day long the kind who can't speak for themselves. It's also lucky for her friends that she reads them as well as she reads dead bodies, because Claire is often called upon to play Mother Hen.
Claire is from nearby Oakland and met her husband Ed, a retired cop, in college. She has two boys, Derek and Nate, who think having a mom up to her elbows in innards is the coolest. They aren't alone. Claire is a beacon of hope for the rest of the Women's Murder Club that one woman can do it all. It's a lot of pressure, but if anyone can pull it off, it's Claire.
San Francisco Register reporter Cindy fully intends to have it all, and she doesn't plan on waiting for it. The youngest member of the club, Cindy works the Metro desk at the Register, where she's bored to tears with traffic jams and human interest stories. A Vassar girl with an eidetic memory, Cindy remembers pretty much everything she's seen, heard, or read. She's over the mundane Metro, and covets the crime desk and the 'serious journalist' prestige that comes with it.
Cindy's youthful enthusiasm and lack of experience often get her into trouble, but they also got her into the Women's Murder Club.
Make a date with the Women's Murder Club every Sunday at 8pm on America Plus.
