The series, aptly named The Women's Murder Club , focuses on four women a detective, an assistant D.A., a reporter, and a medical examiner, who join their talents together in an effort to solve crimes. Their first case is a killer who targets newlyweds in San Francisco. Meanwhile, one of the women must confront a deadly blood disease while navigating the waters of a new romance. Patterson has a sensitive touch here that balances the brutality of some scenes. Wired News Newsweek 's chief technology writer, Steven Levy, has written the first complete history about data encryption and the debates over privacy in the information age.
Cryptography is the use of secret codes to protect information.
Everyone from government bureaucrats to big business wants a piece in controlling this new technology.