TY - BOOK AU - Patterson,James AU - Paetro,Maxine TI - The 18th abduction SN - 9780316420266 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Little, Brown and Company KW - Boxer, Lindsay KW - Women's Murder Club (Imaginary organization) KW - Fiction KW - Police KW - California KW - Missing persons KW - Investigation KW - Murder KW - Female friendship KW - Women detectives KW - Women teachers KW - Crimes against KW - San Francisco (Calif.) KW - Suspense fiction KW - gsafd N1 - Includes a preview of 19th Christmas N2 - "For a trio of female colleagues, an innocent night out after class ends in a deadly torture session. They vanish without a trace-until a body turns up. With the safety of San Francisco's entire school system at stake, Lindsay has never been under more pressure. As the chief of police and the press clamor for an arrest in the "school night" case, Lindsay turns to her best friend, investigative journalist Cindy Thomas. Together, they take a new approach to the case, and unexpected facts about the victims leave them stunned. While Lindsay is engrossed in her investigation, her husband, Joe Molilnari, meets an Eastern European woman who claims to have seen a notorious war criminal-long presumed dead-from her home country. Before Lindsay can verify the woman's statement, Joe's mystery informant joins the ranks of the missing women. Lindsay, Joe, and the entire Women's Murder Club must pull together to protect their city, and one another-not from a ghost, but from a true monster" -- Front jacket flap ER -