1st to Die vs 2nd Chance: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Women in the professions, Women's Murder Club, San Francisco, Female friendship, Women detectives, Serial murders
1st to Die
Four women-four friends-share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police…
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2nd Chance
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…
The verdict
- Readers rate 1st to Die highest: 1st to Die 4.4 · 2nd Chance 4.1.
- 2nd Chance has the widest readership — 127935 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| 1st to Die | 2nd Chance | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (127935) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (167) | 3.8 (92) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (6) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1713) | 4.5 (1046) |
Reception
| 1st to Die | 2nd Chance | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1713 | 127935 |
| Editions | 66 | 56 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 27763 |
| Reading it now | — | 5544 |
| Written reviews | — | 3828 |
| Wikipedia attention | 828 | 159 |
| Pages | 412 | 390 |