2nd Chance

The Women's Murder Club

By: James Patterson, Andrew Gross

Narrated by: Melissa Leo, Jeremy Piven

Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins

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)

Good book

Love the story. Not crazy about the narrator. Very monotonous and distracting in my opinion. Patterson is great though.

sensational

I loved this book. It amazes me how once I started listening I could not stop until I finished the book he kept me very very interested. Sensational title by the living legend James Patterson.

Narration is distracting

Would you try another book from James Patterson and Andrew Gross and/or Melissa Leo and Jeremy Piven ?

No

What could James Patterson and Andrew Gross have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Piven was okay but Leo didn't seem to have the range needed for this story. Sad

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Probably not:(

Any additional comments?

Disappointed:( has potential

awesome read

liked the story as well as the narrative will be reading the next one 😀

2nd Chance

Jeremy was sometimes hard to understand. Not sure if I liked the ending...it was missing some closure for me.

Could have been better with a better reader

Enjoyed the first book. Found this one annoying because of the reader. Will give book 3 a try hoping it will be more like the first one.

The story continues..

I read 1st to Die and loved it. I was thrilled to come across the next novel in the series, and this story was even better. The narrator was also better for this book.

The characters in "The Women's Murder Club" have become so endearing. I feel like they are friends of mine. They have very distinct personalities and it adds so much to the story. It's more than just a good mystery - which it is - it also held my interest in wanting to know what happens to them. Patterson is on to something with this series, and I hope it continues.

Classic Patterson

Patterson delivers another great work of suspenseful twists and turns so I gave it four stars (and did not penalize for the performance of the narrator). Great characters continue from "1st to Die".

Sadly, the narrator that recorded "1st to Die" did not continue on this novel. The narrators severely detract from the novel. I stuck it out because I got hooked on the plot and liked the book, but the voice & acting was annoying...sometimes even hard to make out what they were saying. Hopefully someone will give this work a second chance and re-record it. But if you like Patterson, it is still worth it.

Missed the prior narrator, good story though

Where does 2nd Chance rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Not at the very top but this story really kept me interested. Different clue took different twists through the story.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The most interesting was when she visited the prison. That really kept me on edge. The least interesting was Cindy's dating life,

What about Melissa Leo and Jeremy Piven ’s performance did you like?

Jeremy Piven was born to do this. His voice was entrancing and I thought fit the character very well. Melissa Leo was OK but I could never tell which woman was speaking. I wish they would have used the first narrator again.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I can't tell, it would give too much away

Was just OK

Any additional comments?

This book was not near as good as First to die and the lady who read it was not as good either. I'm going to give the 3rd book a try and see how good it is.