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4.3/5 Barnes & Noble Series Women's Murder Club ISBN 0-446-61279-0 Originally published 1999 Preceded by 1st to Die Genre Crime Fiction | 4/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 432 pp OCLC 51507481 Followed by 3rd Degree Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Similar Works by James Patterson, Women's Murder Club books, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd Chance is the second novel in the Women's Murder Club series written by James Patterson with Andrew Gross. It is the sequel to 1st to Die.
Plot summary
Homicide Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer is still recovering from the recent loss of her partner and is just returning to the force when she is called in to investigate a series of murders that include an 11-year-old girl and an elderly woman. Through her investigations she discovers a connection to a jail-hate gang called Chimera. After another police officer is sniper-killed by a sniper and then her boss is murdered, the trail leads to the ex-cop Frank Coombs.
To further complicate all of the Women's Murder Club ladies, Jill is pregnant, Claire becomes a target for the Chimera killer, Cindy starts dating the murdered girl's pastor and Lindsay's father shows up.
Finally after chasing the trail of Frank Coombs, Lindsay trails the real killer, Rusty Coombs - the son of Frank Coombs, to a tower on a college campus where he has opened fire and killed several students. Rusty is getting revenge for all that has happened to his father and no longer cares if he lives or dies. Lindsay kills Rusty at the college tower.
As an epilogue, Lindsay receives a postcard from her father in Mexico saying sorry for lying to her about his crooked past and that he has bought a boat and named it Buttercup, his pet name for her.
This is a story with the theme of revenge.