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This presentation features an exclusive special introduction by James Patterson.Master of suspense James Patterson continues the Women's Murder Club series with this sequel to 1st to Die.
The sensational killings that have rocked San Francisco appear to be unrelated except in their brutality. But detective Lindsay Boxer senses there's some thread connecting them all. She calls her friends in the Women's Murder Club together to see if they can discover what it is.
Working with Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas, Assistant District Attorney Jill Bernhardt, and medical examiner Claire Washburn, Lindsay discovers that there is indeed a link. Each of the victims had a close relative in a particular profession, a profession that sends a chill through Lindsay's heart.
The partners in the Women's Murder Club deduce where the killer is likely to strike next and bait a trap that can't be resisted. But if their calculation is wrong, the consequences will be lethal. And there will be no second chance.
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- Listening Length: 8 hours and 40 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Audible.com Release Date: March 1, 2002
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B000063TXH
The "Women's Murder Club" is back from Patterson's (solo) "1st to Die" -- three professional women friends of our leading lady, San Francisco Homicide Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer. Except for no sex, this book is a cross between "Sex and the City" and John Sandford's "... Prey" series about detectives against serial killers. But unlike the TV show, neither Patterson nor co-author Andrew Gross seem to have a clue about how women think, act, or interact with each other. While some might view Lindsay's rash actions in chasing the killer "to the death" as heroic, she violated every standard police procedure several times: proceeding without backup, failing to call in her location, not waiting for the SWAT team, etc. That action seens unrealistic as does Lindsay just dodging serious injury on each of those instances. The other three of "my girls" do exhibit really girlish behavior and dialogue, hardly what you would expect of any post-adolescent let alone these supposedly high-achieving experts in their respective posts of District Attorney, Reporter, and Medical Examiner.
On the other hand, the identification and capture of the "Chimera", who seems to be targeting police or their relatives with a variety of deadly sharp shooting (although conveniently not as "sharp" when it comes to our protagonists!) kept me guessing til quite near the end. Even if one suspects a rat early, it's still a well-crafted story, Patterson's strength. Lindsay's father, gone since childhood, shows up for some interesting sub-plot material along the way...
If you like short chapters, this book's for you, as a span of two to three pages is the most we can muster. Are our authors maybe angling for a screenplay and book all wrapped up in one?
As a big fan (or former big fan, actually) or Patterson's Alex Cross thrillers, I was more than disappointed with the last few - his most recent, "Violets Are Blue," was just plain ludicrous, a good idea for a novel executed badly. I enjoyed "1st to Die" last year, Patterson's first novel in the Women's Murder Club series, and just today finished "2nd Chance" --
About time, Mr. Patterson, to get the formula right again! Lindsay Boxer, newly promoted to Lieutenant of the Homicide Division in San Francisco thanks to her work with the Bride and Groom killer ("1st to Die"), is confronted with the case of a seemingly-random shooting of a little African-American girl outside of a church. Someone with a rifle has opened fire on the young church choir, and with all the shots fired it seems a miracle there was only one fatality. That is, until Lindsay's good friend and fellow Murder Club member Claire Washburn, the city's M.E., informs her that two bullets - one nearly on top of the other - ended the young girl's life; and that the marksmanship of the shots was such that she feels the girl was the target all along . . .
So begins what seems to be a series of racially-motivated murders terrorizing San Francisco. Digging deeper, Lindsay discovers a second, disturbing connection the victims had to each other, other than race - each was related to (or was themselves) a city cop. Is there a serial cop killer loose? Why are all the victims black?
Further complications arise when Lindsay's father comes back into the picture - and her life - after an absence of over 20 years. And as the body count gets higher, the shootings closer to home, Lindsay realizes she must get to the solution FAST - even when her own father seems to suddenly be connected to the case . . .
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