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2nd Chance

By: James Patterson, Andrew Gross
Narrated by: Melissa Leo, Jeremy Piven
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Publisher's summary

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.

©2002 James Patterson, All Rights Reserved (P)2002 Time Warner AudioBooks, a Division of the AOL Time Warner Book Group

Critic reviews

"As with Patterson's best novels, the surprises keep coming until the final pages." (Booklist)

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not a fan of narrator

the female narrators tone rubbed me the wrong way. the feelings expressed didnt come across right. male narrator did great

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I have to agree BUT...

I have to agree with the mediocre reviews of this book BUT I still enjoyed it.

Patterson's "airplane book" style writing is particularly appropriate for an audio book. There aren't a lot of characters to keep track of and the plot jumps along quickly. You could do worse, that's for sure.

It was good enough I'm going to use my BasicListener credit on 3rd Degree.

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Narrator even worst than the last

I honestly thought the narrator in the first book of this series was terrible but this one was even worse. The affect was completely wrong and she had a very whiny, flat tone that didn't fit the character at all. It was very distracting. It was almost impossible to get through but the story was compelling enough to hang in there. I definitely would not listen to another one with her. The only issue I had with the story (*spoiler alert) was that the main detective is always "100 percent positive she has the right guy" and then it isn't. Same thing as the first book. l'll try one more, if a different narrator, and hopefully it won't happen again.

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Good book

I enjoyed the 2nd in the Lindsay Boxer series. Good story, good reading. I'm looking forward to starting the next one.

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Great book but no emotion in the reading

What did you like best about 2nd Chance? What did you like least?

Melissa Leo has NO emotion when she reads. Everything is read in the same tone. No flow . The story line is great. Just wish someone else could have read the book.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Melissa Leo and Jeremy Piven ?

I would have picked another narrator than Melissa Leo. Not good!

Could you see 2nd Chance being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

YES! Don't know

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enjoyable

Kept my attention. Never ever irritating that the main character apprehensive danger without a bulletproof vest. Amazing she wasn't filled.

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Excellent

I love how the narrators intertwined with each other. And the twist of the father and son was great!

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Not what I had hoped

I have enjoyed other Patterson books but, having read two of this series, I find them somewhat disappointing.
The character development is weak and the relationships seemed forced.
I’ll go back to reading other Patterson books but two of this series is enough.

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road trip!

James Patterson's books are the perfect road trip listens!!!! The suspense and story lines keep you alert!!!

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Second chance

It was a great suspenseful novel. It was exciting yet depicted some of the hate problems of today.

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