The second novel in the Women's Murder Club series.
The tragic end of the honeymoon murder case left Lindsay Boxer,
Working with reporter Cindy Thomas, assistant DA Jill Bernhardt, and medical examiner Claire Washburn, Lindsay starts to track a mystifying killer who quickly turns his pursuers into his victims.
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In 2nd Chance, a young girl is shot down on the steps of a San Francisco church, and Detective Lindsay Boxer decides that the time is right to reconvene the Women's Murder Club, the loosely-knit group that cracked a baffling mystery in James Patterson's earlier 1st to Die. Collaborating with assistant DA Jill Bernhardt, reporter Cindy Thomas and coroner Claire Washburn, Boxer is soon on the trail of a canny murderer who has the knack of making his trackers into his quarry. Boxer and the Women's Murder Club begin to believe that the killer might have been on the force, but his ultimate aims are unguessable--and the revelations in store shock them all.
Patterson is the maestro behind such winners as Cat and Mouse and Roses are Red, but his Alex Cross books are familiar territory for readers. His new team, however, are individually characterised with great skill, and though the short time we spend with each of them forces concision on the author--and his mysterious co-writer Andrew Gross's--part, the customary skills are all brought into play in this diverting mystery. It's always a gamble for an author who has established a highly successful series with one much-loved protagonist to inaugurate a new one with fresh characters but The Women's Murder Club has all kinds of possibilities and chances are will prove a formidable force. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'An exciting page-turner with more twists than in a tap factory' Sunderland Echo -- Sunderland Echo 20020531 'The protagonists are all characterized with imagination, and the plotting is taut. An exciting, accomplished thriller' Good Book Guide -- Good Book Guide 20020601 'Intriguing, exciting and frightening'" Weekend Australian -- Weekend Australian 20020601 'Relish ..the inventive twists of the plot' Sunday Times 1/2/03 -- Sunday Times 20030201
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
Patricia Cornwell was my first love when it came to crime thrillers. After reading her whole back-catalogue, however, I turned to James Patterson. I wasn't disappointed. The Alex Cross novels certainly do pack a punch.
In First To Die, Patterson introduces a new series of novels based around 'The Women's Murder Club', at the centre of which we find our heroine, Lindsay Boxer.
Second Chance is the second (obviously) in the Women's Murder Club Series and it is as much of a page-turner as the first. It's definitely not the best thing Patterson has written, however, and the 'twist' in the story doesn't shock as much as that in 'Along Came a Spider' or in some of Patterson's other work.
Definitely worth reading but if you've never read Patterson before, head back to his earlier work like 'Along Came a Spider', 'Kiss the Girls' & 'Jack & Jill' before trying this one.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
...Whilst this still doesn't contain the great writing he showed us in his first couple of books, it is still an excellent thriller. the plot is great, He doesn't overcomplicate it, and adds a really great twist at the end which works really well, precisely because it is simple. Yet still shocking and unexpected.
Character development has really been lacking in some of his latest books, but with this book the character development is very good. it's subtle so that you're not really aware of it, but it's definitely there. This time around the four women are much more rounded and believeable characters. His subsidiary characters are also drawn very well and effectively. They add weight to the story.
In Violets Are Blue there were far too many killings, practically one every ten pages. Here he has wisely cut down on the deaths. This adds much more emotion to the book, and we get time to feel sad at the character's deaths. As well as there actually being some real investigation, which makes for compelling reading (especially when Lindsay goes to visit Weiscz in the prison, a la "Silence of the Lambs").
The inclusion of Lindsay's father into the complex plot is good, and again gives weight to the story and Lindsay's character. It makes it more personal and interesting to read.
Overall, this is a very good thriller. Everything has been improved upon since his latest efforts. the plot is exciting, the book is a pageturner, full of emotion (which Patterson is undeniably very good at evoking). This new series is definitely going to shine...
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am an avid fan of mystery and crime thrillers and was a huge fan of Patricia Cornwell until I read James Patterson's novels. He is an excellent writer and this book is no exception. Twists and turns around every corner, although I did figure out early on who the killer was, there was still enough to keep you reading. Fantastic book and writer
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Fast paced and gripping
This is the second Patterson novel I've read after 1st to Die and I find myself having to force myself to read other books in between for fear that I'd never get anything done... Read more
Published 14 days ago by Mrs. L. A. Smith
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Great second book in the series
Great second book in the series. I enjoy the relationship between the four women and the support they give to each other
Published 20 days ago by Julie Powell
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Women's Murder Club
I love this series and thoroughly enjoyed the first and now the second book. I am now going to work my way through and am currently looking for number 3"
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I enjoyed the book and in parts a page turner. However it was not exciting enough to keep me awake for more than about 15 minutes a night.
Published 24 days ago by Kit Owen
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As the storyline unfolds its a bit like peeling an onion, layer after layer!. Just as I felt I could visualise developments something crashed into the storyline to throw... Read more
Published 24 days ago by GEOFFREY
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This is the second in the series. It's a good read. Ok some of the links are a bit unbelievable but it's well written and is well paced. Will read number 3!
Published 25 days ago by g.clark@cranfield.ac.uk
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Great second one in the series
Having never read any Patterson books before, I have thoroughly enjoyed both the first and second books in the Women's Murder Club. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lucy
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Same, same but different.
Good read but predictable as it follows same framework as the first women's murder club novel with wrong suspect identified before the correct one gets his comeuppance. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ms. Lilias Dickie
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Excellent book!
Brilliant book, enjoyable - would highly recommend. Great detective work that also keeps you hanging and interested in the story. Love James Patterson! :0)
Published 1 month ago by Suzanne Whitehead
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Only the second book in this12 part series and I am hooked! Already downloaded the next one to start straight away!
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