I like Patterson's work. I really enjoyed "1st to die". It was well written, with a great plot and real thrills... So I read "2nd chance". PLEASE! What is this? The beginning is good, there is a real pleasure to retrieve the women's murder club... But very soon, it's starting to go deeper and deeper into stereotypes. Very interesting aspects are left without development, the plot is as predictable as a Columbo episode, but at least the Columbo character is interesting...This book is not very bad, but I was very deceived of a such low quality after "1st to die"... Plus the end that seems to have been written because the book had to fit inside a determined number of pages... Hey James, if you do a sequel, respect your readers: do it right!