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Man, I love this series! I think I kinda wrote these books off as light and fluffy, because of the tv show. I've only watched a couple episodes but my mom loved it. The show Rizzoli & Isles was light and a little funny, think of a show like Bones or Castle. I love Bones but its not dark or heavy hitting. So I assumed (and we all know what happens when you assume) it would be closer to the tv show. Its not... and in the best way. In book 2 Jane Rizzoli is our main character but Maura Isles is sti...
"Is this all we are? A necklace of chemicals? Where, in the double helix, does the soul lie?" Medical student or not, you will learn a lot from Tess Gerritsen's books with pure enjoyment. If you like your crime medicine strong, this will keep you gripped. Rizzoli & Isles is the perfect series! š4.5/5A series of horrific murders seem disturbingly familiar to Detective Jane Rizzoli. They remind her of those committed by a killer known as the Surgeon, who they recently put behind bars.While they
Update from Reread 5/1: My original rating and comments stand. Just as good the second time around. It's been a year since Jane Rizzoli's encounter with the now jailed Surgeon and she's still recovering. Not so much from her physical wounds but the deeper ones no one can see. When she's called to a crime scene by another detective from a different squad, Rizzoli must face the horror all over again as she finds similarities to the Surgeon's work.Things are also compounded when an FBI agent insert...
A new serial killer has come to Boston and Detective Jane Rizzoli is called to the latest crime scene when there are similarities to a former case she worked on which resulted in the capture and arrest of Warren āThe Surgeonā Hoyt. Hoyt is now in prison, so these latest murders must be the work of a copycat. Then Hoyt escapes and it seems heās now joined forces with this new killer, The Dominator.This book was enjoyable enough, but disappointing as well. I was looking forward to reading about Th...
"An apprentice, said Rizzoli, softly.Zucker looked at her. "That's an interesting word you use. Apprentice. Someone who acquires a skill or craft under the tutelage of a master. In this case, it's the craft of the hunt.""But which one is the apprentice?" said Dean. "And which one is the master?" (p.339)The second in Tess Gerritsen's Detective Jane Rizzoli and Dr. Maura Isles series, The Apprentice opens with Rizzoli attending a bizarre suspicious death in the midst of a Boston heatwave. Her atte...
Tess Gerritsen Fans Group Link - my 2nd read Is Serial-killer Warren Hoyt from "The Surgeon" back (book #1's murderer)? Hoyt has been locked up for 1 year in Massachusetts' Walpole State Prison. Det.Rizzoli helped find & arrest him."The Apprentice " murders have a similar technique while he is locked up. Hoyt tied victims with duct tape, killed 1 woman at a time & left folded nightgowns as his Dominator's sign of control. The Apprentice kills couples & resemble Hoyt's. Dr. Yeager (first victi
With the serial killer known as the Surgeon behind bars, Detective Jane Rizzoli can breathe easy and get on with her life. Or can she? When a murder victim is found with his wife clearly tortured and abducted, there is a chilling signature of the Surgeon's work and perhaps a hint that he is not entirely finished with Jane.A very creepy, thriller which manages to raise the tension to the max without a host of murders. An excellent follow up to The Surgeon and an introduction to forensic pathologi...
āItās the heat,ā said Rizzoli as she reached for her cell phone. āIt brings the monsters out.āIt has been a year since the events that took place in The Surgeon. Detective Jane Rizzoli thought serial killer Warren Hoyt was safely locked away in prison and that she could move on. But a new series of brutal murders suggests that there may be someone out there who admires Hoyt and is basing his attacks using the same techniques that Hoyt used. That is what Rizzoli thinks. She is also finding that e...
Thriller. The serial killer known as the Surgeon is back to menace Boston Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli, but Rizzoli is way too stubborn and angry to let him get away with that for long.The first book in this series really pissed me off. Its portrayal of rape and gender was completely offensive and the clumsy writing and unsympathetic characters only made the problem worse.Gerritsen corrects some of those mistakes in this book. For example, the text does a better job of distinguishing between
When I finished reading The Surgeon, I was way too excited to put my hands on the next book of this series and read it. Unfortunatelly, I only could do it months later, but I did it well. I read The Apprentice in one day and a half. This rarely happens! I have seen that it's only a sugestion for you to read the series in order. I don't think so, though. I believe I wouldn't have understood it well if I haven't read The Surgeon first.This second one is basically a sequel for The Surgeon. The "new...
OMG another from Ms. Gerritsen, and what a book it is.First off, it's second in a series which is hard-hitting, full of forensic and medical detail, and characters you are gonna love, hate, then love again. Its characters make mistakes - gross mistakes - and learn to deal with the aftermath by plowing on in one direction: to get their man, or woman, or unsub, or whoever it is who's dealing out death in such a horrific manner.Did I say horrific? The story begins with a body splattered all over a
This was a random selection for me, I needed a new audiobook for the car, and I needed a book whose title starts with an "A" for a reading challenge. Check. Check.I'm familiar with this series in the same way that I am familiar with the Kathy Reichs/Bones/Temperance Brennan series - I saw it on TV first. So, I automatically have those actors running around in my mind every time I read any of those books.I enjoyed The Apprentice. At 90% complete, I started to worry that Gerritsen would make a hor...
Other than a two week break between the first half and second half, this mystery was a page turner!! New characters and a new psychopath with ties to the last book. Jane Rizzoli may not be the easiest chick to like but she rocks girl power and demands respect. Not only is she underestimated by the criminals, but by some of the good guys too. I really like this seriesā well written, full of twists and the author builds suspense by unfolding the storyline thru her characters. Plenty of tense momen...
I read this one while traveling - it was a perfect plane read! Totally gripping and chilling. I wouldn't have thought I'd be a fan of medical thrillers, but I really enjoy Gerritsen's writing - it's addictive and fascinating, with lots of detailed medical references that make the story that much more authentic.
I'm a big fan of the Rizzoli & Isles tv show and with the fall hiatus, I decided to start reading the actual books. Full disclosure, I skipped The Surgeon (#1 in this series) because, honestly, Maura Isles is not in it. Sorry. Not interested.I can definitely tell you, if you've watched the tv show, you can jump into this book first without any problems. The changes that were made for the tv show are, in my opinion, fairly minor in terms of characters and their relationships to each other (for ex...
This is the second book by Tess Gerritsen that I've read. I must say this was as good or better than The Surgeon.I'm addicted to this series and I will be reading all of them.