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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Another great story, similar pattern to the first one with lots of surprises and unpredictable endings. Characters were consistent and developed, too good to put down! (  ) yurioujo | Oct 11, 2009 |  First, please do not start this book without reading 1st To Die in this series. As Lindsey picks up her life to go forward with her circle of tight professional friends, a nightmare occurs. I definately relate to the group of girls trying to be their best with almost a bit of the "perfection disease". Each friend cares and needs each other on a personal level now as well as professional level. They have had to invest great "trust" in one another. Lindsey is so human. She has been promoted due to focused goals. She works out, is a great cook, lives alone with her dog Molly and has her personal struggles that make her and her group so authentic. Great suspense that I kept trying to solve. Eagar to see the characters grow in book #3. (  ) BONS | Aug 24, 2009 | Patterson again gives a quick read with plenty of twists and turns. In this book, the second in the Women's Murder Club series, more time is spent with each of the characters as the killer gets a little too close to club members. I like this character development and want to read more. (  ) janimar | Jul 25, 2009 | 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 |  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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