James Patterson with Andrew Gross: 2nd Chance (UK 2009)

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A CRAZED GUNMAN
I moved closer and knelt over the body. Tasha's blouse was soaked with blood, mixed with falling rain. Just a few feet away a rainbow-hued knapsack still lay on the grass. Bullet holes were everywhere, splintered glass and wood. Dozens of kids had been streaming out onto the street... All those shots, and only one victim.

THE WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB IS BACK
The tragic end of the honeymoon murder case left Lindsay Boxer, San Francisco's only woman homicide detective, unsure if she could ever return to work. But when a little girl is shot outside a San Francisco church, she knows it's time to reconvene the Women's Murder Club. Working with reporter Cindy Thomas, Assistant DA Jill Bernhardt, and medical examiner Claire Washburn, Lindsay starts to track a mystifying killer who quickly turns his pursuers into his victims.

James Patterson with Andrew Gross: 2nd Chance. Headline, ISBN: 9780755349272 (April, 2009), 422 p., £7.99.

James Patterson with Andrew Gross: 2nd Chance (USA 2005)

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The Women's Murder Club is back!
A brilliantly diabolical killer is murdering people from every walk of life. The deaths seem unrelated but police homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer senses a connection and, together with medical examiner Claire, assistant D.A Jill, and Chronicle reporter Cindy, finds a link that sends a chill through the entire nation. This killer's motives are unspeakable.

James Patterson with Andrew Gross: 2nd Chance. A Women's Murder Club Novel. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 0446696633 (May, 2005), 390 p., $13.99.

James Patterson with Andrew Gross: 2nd Chance (USA 2003)

From the Publisher:
The Women's Murder Club is back! A brutal madman sprays bullets into a crowd of children leaving a San Francisco church. Miraculously - or was it intentionally? - only one person dies. Then an elderly black woman is hung. Police homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer senses a connection and together with medical examiner Claire, assistant D. A. Jill, and Chronicle reporter Cindy, finds a link that sends a chill through the entire nation. This killer's motives are unspeakable.

James Patterson with Andrew Gross: 2nd Chance. Warner Vision, ISBN: 0446612790 (February, 2003), 417 p., $7.99.

James Patterson with Andrew Gross: 2nd Chance (UK 2003)

From the Publisher:
Lindsay Boxer, San Francisco's only woman homicide detective, is back in 2ND CHANCE - the mind-blowing new thriller in the internationally No. 1 bestselling Women's Murder Club series.

I moved in closer and knelt over the body. Tasha's blouse was soaked with blood, mixed with falling rain. Just a few feet away, a rainbow-hued knapsack still lay on the grass. Bullet holes were everywhere, splintered slass and wood. Dozens of kids had been streaming out to the street... All those shots, and only one victim.

The tragic end of the honeymoon murder case left Lindsay Boxer unsure if she could ever return to work. But when a little girl is shot outside a San Francisco church, she knows it's time to reconvene the Women's Murder Club. Working with reporter Cindy Thomas, assistant DA Jill Bernhardt, and medical examiner Claire Washburn, Lindsay starts to track a mystifying killer who quickly turns his pursuers into his victims.

James Patterson with Andrew Gross: 2nd Chance. Headline, ISBN: 074726693X (January, 2003), 434 p., £6.99.

James Patterson with Andrew Gross: 2nd Chance (UK 2002)

From the Publisher:
Lindsay Boxer, San Francisco's only woman homicide detective, is back in 2ND CHANCE - the mind-blowing new thriller in the Women's Murder Club series.

I moved in closer and knelt over the body. Tasha's blouse was soaked with blood, mixed with falling rain. Just a few feet away, a rainbow-hued knapsack still lay on the grass. Bullet holes were everywhere, splintered slass and wood. Dozens of kids had been streaming out to the street... All those shots, and only one victim.

The tragic end of the honeymoon murder case left Lindsay Boxer unsure if she could ever return to work. But when a little girl is shot outside a San Francisco church, she knows it's time to reconvene the Women's Murder Club. Working with reporter Cindy Thomas, assistant DA Jill Bernhardt, and medical examiner Claire Washburn, Lindsay starts to track a mystifying killer who quickly turns his pursuers into his victims.

Further murders make them suspect the worst - that the killer may be an ex-cop. The clues point towards a man with a thirst for vengeance, but nothing could prepare them for the demented logic behind his choice of victims...

James Patterson with Andrew Gross: 2nd Chance. Headline, ISBN: 0747263507 (April, 2002), 342 p., Hardcover £17.99 (?), Paperback £10.99.

James Patterson with Andrew Gross: 2nd Chance (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
Master of suspense James Patterson (writing with the assistance of Andrew Gross) takes us into a terrifying underworld with this second thriller in his dazzling new Women's Murder Club series.

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. Surely some clue has been overlooked by their bosses and male colleagues.

Working with Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas, Assistant District Attorney Jill Bernhardt, and medical examiner Claire Washburn, Lindsay discovers that there is indeed a link. The victims were of different ages, lived in different locations, and were killed with different weapons. But each 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 realize that this killer is after something unspeakable, something deeper than revenge, and that the next target could be one of them. They 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.

Full of the drama, heart-pounding suspense, and shocking twists that could only come from the mind of James Patterson, 2nd Chance is an unforgettable, relentlessly surprising thriller from one of "the best novelists of crime stories ever" (USA Today).

James Patterson with Andrew Gross: 2nd Chance. Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN: 0316693200 (March, 2002), 390 p., $26.95.