“It’s hard if you’re 5ft 10in and trying to win headers against somebody 6ft 5in.

“We lost a goal to a set play which we knew we were vulnerable from,” said Mowbray. But thereafter Sunderland, with Pierre Ekwah dominant in midfield, restricted Luton’s delivery into the box.

It was no great surprise when Luton struck with their first corner of the game, Elijah Adebayo firing in after Anthony Patterson had saved from Alfie Doughty. They will surely get the ball into the box more than they did here, and because of the injuries that left Sunderland with one 6ft-plus outfielder and a back three comprising a converted winger, a converted full-back and Luke O’Nien, who has played pretty much everywhere with the same baby-faced ruggedness, that should represent a major threat. They have had a fine season and to be so close to the top flight less than a decade after returning to the Football League is in itself an achievement. Luton, as the Sunderland manager, Tony Mowbray, said, are “really athletic, really powerful… well-coached”. Working together, they track down the most terrifying and unexpected killer they have ever encountered-before a shocking conclusion in which everything they knew turns out to be devastatingly wrong.įull of the breathtaking drama and unforgettable emotions for which James Patterson is famous, 1st to Die is the start of the #1 New York Times bestselling series of crime thrillers.The second leg will not be easy. The four women develop intense bonds as they pursue a killer whose crimes have stunned an entire city.

So these women form a Women's Murder Club to collaborate outside the box and pursue the case by sidestepping their bosses and giving each other a hand. Four crime-solving friends face off against a killer in San Francisco in the Women's Murder Club novel that started James Patterson's thrilling series.Įach one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle.īut the usual procedures aren't bringing them any closer to stopping the killings.

1st to Die by James Patterson