398 5fb17722-dfc8-4191-adb3-a5931c5c8c8a 2nd Chance James Patterson calibre (0.8.17) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 2003-02-01T16:34:06+00:00 EDITORIAL REVIEW: 2nd Chance reconvenes the Women's Murder Club, four friends (adetective, a reporter, an assistant district attorney, and a medical examiner)who used their networking skills, feminine intuition, and professional wiles tosolve a baffling series of murders in 1st to Die. This time, themurders of two African Americans, a little girl and an old woman, bear all thesigns of a serial killer for Lindsay Boxer, newly promoted to lieutenant of SanFrancisco's homicide squad. But there's an odd detail she finds even moredisturbing: both victims were related to city cops. A symbol glimpsed at bothmurder scenes leads to a racist hate group, but the taunting killer strikesagain and again, leaving deliberate clues and eluding the police ever morecleverly. In the meantime, each of the women has a personal stake at risk--andthe killer knows who they are. 2nd Chance speeds along at a Formula One pace through many tight curves,but unlike recent entries in theAlex Cross series, itdoesn't sacrifice good characters to a twisted plot. Lindsay's the star, butthere's a fine esprit de corps among the four women, who are even betterdeveloped here than in the first book. What makes them both convincing andinteresting as a criminal-justice juggernaut is their willingness to stick theirnecks out, even if they suffer for it. If you haven't picked up a JamesPatterson novel in a while, this is a great time to start anew. --BarrieTrinkle Warner Books 9780446612791 eng Suspense Fiction Mystery Mystery & Detective Thrillers Mystery Fiction Detective Detective and Mystery Stories Fiction - Mystery Political San Francisco (Calif.) Women Sleuths Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths Women in the professions Women Detectives Female friendship Women detectives - California - San Francisco Mystery & Thrillers