2nd Chance (Women's Murder Club Novel #2) ~ Reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes

"You can't bring the dead back. You can't even make sense of why things happen. All you can do is the best you can to let the living believe their souls are at peace."






Lindsay, Cindy, Claire, and Jill are back for the second outing as the Women's Murder Club, and this time the murderer is going to hit them right at home. Lindsay has just recovered from the shock of losing someone close to her and finds herself in a brand new role. Now she is the Lieutenant of Homicide, thanks to the effort of bringing an end to the bride and groom murderer. This next enemy is considered to be even more evil.

This murderer starts his dangerous mission on the property of a local church, where a choir youth group is just finishing up practice. As they start heading out of the church, a rain of gunfire falls upon them as a gunman working alone seems to want to create a moment of panic and fear. Fortunately only an eleven year old girl is killed, the youngest girl in the choir group. The community expects it to be an act of random violence, until a pattern starts to form.

Before the church shooting occurred, an African American woman hung herself in her home. She was the widow of a former police officer of the San Fransico police department, as was the Uncle of the eleven year old girl shot and killed outside the church. To cement the relations between the two incidents, the image of a "chimera" is found at both crime scene locations. This starts the hunt for the killer Chimera.

As even more victims start falling to this new killer, it becomes clear that he was a cop with ties to some dark history at the police department. History also starts to play a big role in Lindsay's personal life when her father shows up out of the blue.This does not make Lindsay's life any easier when she finds out that her father also has a dark history with the police department.

All of the victims showing up dead are either  African American or once apart of the police department, as this makes it easier for Lindsay to put all of the pieces of the case together. Before these connections can eventually be made, the woman's murder club goes through their own share of turmoil and dangerous situations.

This was an incredible sequel to the previous book. The story was less of a group tale because it focused more on Lindsay. The other women had roles, but they were much smaller. I am looking forward to the next books in the series.

I have already started the third book! :)

I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars.