1st to Die

1st To Die
First edition,
Golden Gate Bridge pictured
AuthorJames Patterson
LanguageEnglish
SeriesWomen's Murder Club
GenreCrime novel
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
Publication date
March 2001
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages462 pp
ISBN978-0-316-66600-8
Followed by2nd Chance 

1st to Die is a 2001 crime novel by American author James Patterson. It is the first book in the Women's Murder Club series. The series is about four friends who pool their skills together to crack San Francisco's toughest murder cases. Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector for the San Francisco Police Department; Claire Washburn is a medical examiner; Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A.; and Cindy Thomas is a reporter who just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle.