2nd Chance: A Novel Study Guide & Plot Synopsis

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James Patterson has created a suspenseful, twisty, and easily readable tale of crime, revenge, and the inevitable conflict between a mentally ill and obsessed serial killer and those in law enforcement who are driven to identify and stop him before his rampage continues. Seemingly unrelated crimes in two separate communities are quickly linked by the killer's "calling card," the insignia of Chimera, a Greek mythological two-headed monster, which is eventually identified as the symbol of a vicious, white supremacist group, operating both within and outside of prisons. The killings continue and the eventual connection to police officers is made.

As Lindsay Boxer, Lieutenant in the San Francisco homicide department sets out to bring the killer to justice, she is joined by three friends, an Assistant District Attorney, the Medical Examiner, and a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, all four of whom have recently solved another vicious serial...
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