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Tess Gerritsen
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Publisher | Bantam | ||
ISBN | 9780593057803 | ||
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Janice
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Synopsis
She's Pilgrim Hospital's most unusual patient, and on this Saturday night, a media circus is gathered to record every minute of her visit to the X-ray department. Crammed into the small CT scan room are reporters, TV cameras, a select group of medical technicians - and forensic pathologist Maura Isles. Maura is there because the patient being scanned tonight isn't alive. She's probably been dead for centuries. She is, in fact, a mummy. As the CT scan proceeds, everyone in the room leans in close - and gasps in horror as an image of a bullet is revealed. Maura declares it a possible homicide case and calls in Detective Jane Rizzoli. When the preserved body of a second victim is found - and then a third - it becomes all too clear that not only is a maniac at large but he is taunting them. And that, unless Maura and Jane can find and stop him, he will soon be adding yet another chilling piece to his monstrous collection.
Review
I must quote from the back of the cover of the book, a comment by Harlan Coben, and I have to agree with it - " Its hard to believe just how good Gerritsen is. This is crime-writing at its most unputdownable, and nerve-tingling best."
Nerve tingling, disarming, very unusual and brilliant is this latest crime book by Tess Gerritsen. The story unravels and you keep thinking what's going to happen next? Where is this leading to?
The story as you can see from the synopsis is built around two main characters; Josephine who works at the museum, and the son of Kimball Rose. The events that unfold around Josephine just leap from the pages.
This book is a brilliant piece of writing by Tess and the pace and the flow of the language is second to none. I enjoy crime novels and read this book in one sitting over night - I put it down with the intention of settling down but sleep would not come, then I just had to continue to read it, till I finished the book and read the concluding chapters!
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