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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. good story of linsey boxer trying to solve murders done by a marksman. a young girl at church, a black woman, a cop and her chief. There is a decal of a lion/goat head and a serpent tail to further the search. (  )hammockqueen | Jun 15, 2009 |   It was alright just about sums this one up as it passed the time. Someone I used to commute with recommended James Patterson to me when she saw me reading Ian Rankin and I enjoyed the first couple of books of his I read. But I like my thrillers with moral complexities and I find Patterson's writing too formulaic and morally black and white for my taste. (  )riverwillow | Jun 10, 2009 | Another great read! Okay...I listened to it, but still a great book! I can't believe that I haven't gotten into this series before now. I mentioned that I hoped that the books following 1st to Die had a lot to live up too. This one doesn't disappoint. I didn't like it quite as much as the first one, but close. This book lets the reader get to know more about the personal lives of the girls. Cindy becomes involved in a relationship and one of the girls is targeted so we learn a little more about her too. In a series like this, it's important to me to know these main characters. We learn a little more about Lindsey and her past when her father who has been absent from her life for 22 years shows up. I'm not sure about Lindsey's reaction to his sudden appearance, but it fits well into the story. The ending isn't at all what I expected. That makes for a great read for me. I don't like to have the book figured out before I turn the last page. Patterson is great with the final twists that keep me coming back for more!! I've already started the 3rd book in the series and am trying to get my hands on a copy of #4! (  )kysmom02 | May 28, 2009 | the mystery was quite good but i hate all the personal stuff--romances, miscarriages, returning fathers, friends being shot and the book would be so much shorter without all this garbage! ( )mahallett | Apr 20, 2009 | Lindsey Boxer, homicide lietenant and gang investigate racially motivated killings. Boxer's long lost father returns. Not quite as good as the first one in series. ( )FMRox | Mar 18, 2009 | 0.076 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0446696633, Paperback)2nd Chance reconvenes the Women's Murder Club, four friends (a detective, a reporter, an assistant district attorney, and a medical examiner) who used their networking skills, feminine intuition, and professional wiles to solve a baffling series of murders in 1st to Die. This time, the murders of two African Americans, a little girl and an old woman, bear all the signs of a serial killer for Lindsay Boxer, newly promoted to lieutenant of San Francisco's homicide squad. But there's an odd detail she finds even more disturbing: both victims were related to city cops. A symbol glimpsed at both murder scenes leads to a racist hate group, but the taunting killer strikes again and again, leaving deliberate clues and eluding the police ever more cleverly. In the meantime, each of the women has a personal stake at risk--and the killer knows who they are.2nd Chance speeds along at a Formula One pace through many tight curves, but unlike recent entries in the Alex Cross series, it doesn't sacrifice good characters to a twisted plot. Lindsay's the star, but there's a fine esprit de corps among the four women, who are even better developed here than in the first book. What makes them both convincing and interesting as a criminal-justice juggernaut is their willingness to stick their necks out, even if they suffer for it. If you haven't picked up a James Patterson novel in a while, this is a great time to start anew. --Barrie Trinkle (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:22 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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