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Not as compelling as other books Ms. Gerritsen has written, this gruesome story nonetheless moves fast and draws you in with revelation after stunning revelation. Eerie in parts, downright scary in others. Definitely a page-turner.
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I am an avid reader. Especially of mystery/suspense books. This book was one of the best ones I have read in a while and I read a LOT of books.I have also passed this around to a couple of friends who enjoyed it as well. You won't be disapointed!
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This book has some twists and turns though, the story overall is a wonderful and fast paced. Just when you think you have read it all here comes the fast pitch out of left field with another blow to the story. It will take your breath and make you wish that you could fast forward to the end for it will put you on the edge of your seat.
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Great Book! I couldn't put it down, if you are into the series, you must read it, if you haven't started the series, you will not be lost.
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Another exciting mystery by my new favorite author. The medical details are very much like Patrica Cornwell's books about Kay Scarpetta. Kept me up long into the night!
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this is a story that keeps you on the edge of your seat,keeping you guessing to who did it.
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Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. As a only child, a DNA test confirms the fact that the victim is her twin.
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This is the 4th book in the Rizzoli & Isles series and it was another fabulous page turner! Made me want to keep reading - can't wait to read them all!
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Wow! This is #4 in the Jane Rizzoli series, and it is my favorite so far! All were very good but this one was EXCELLENT!!
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Awesome book! Love all of them, this surely wasn't the last!
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Well written thriller. Great use of suspense and characters. Dialogue and descriptions were well done.
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Another GREAT Jane Rizzoli story! Tess Gerritsen does it again!
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My first Tess Gerritsen, won't be my last!!!!
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great read
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Tess Gerritsen books are always good.
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NY Times Bestseller
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My first introduction to this author. I'll be reading more of her books!! GREAT READ!!! ShereeR
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Wow, I thought I had this story all figured out - turns out I was totally wrong!!
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This was a good book. Twists and turns. Keeps you reading.
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Pregnant women play key roles in this bone-chilling fourth novel in Gerritsen's edgy, suspenseful series of thrillers featuring Boston Medical Examiner Maura Isles and Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli. Both of the usually gritty crime fighters are uncharacteristically vulnerable. Rizzoli is carrying her first child, and Isles—divorced and alone at age 40 and suddenly, unsettlingly aware of her biological clock—is experiencing decidedly unspiritual feelings for her priest. As the novel begins, Isles—an adopted child who never knew the identity of her birth parents—is confronted by the corpse of a murdered woman who is apparently her identical twin. Another detective, Rick Ballard, comes forward to say that he knew the victim and is certain her killer is a powerful pharmaceutical baron known to have stalked her. Isles falls for the handsome Ballard, but she isn't convinced by his theory, and she launches an investigation into her sister's past, following the trail to a state correctional facility and a schizophrenic inmate who may be her mother. This opens the cobwebbed pages of a nightmarish family album and leads Isles to a remote cabin in Maine where the long-dead body of a pregnant woman is discovered buried in the woods. The killer, Isles discovers, has been murdering pregnant women for decades, making periodic sweeps of the country. Meanwhile, brief scenes chronicle the diabolical kidnapping of an affluent pregnant housewife who is kept buried in a crude coffin.
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Great suspence book!!!
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Well written with lots of suspense until the very last word.
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A good read....!
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THIS IS A GOOD BOOK THAT I ENJOYED READING.
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Another great thriller from Tess Gerritsen!
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fast-paced thriller about a medical examiner who discovers that a murdered woman looks just like her. Well written.
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Wow! Great mystery Gerritsen-style. Dr. Maura Isles, a continuing character in Gerritsen's later mysteries, finds out that she shares the DNA of a "stranger" ... a dead stranger. Bizarre and evil characters, dark secrets, and twisted truths.
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Gerritsen is always good. Familiar characters Dr Maura Isles and Jane Rizolli. A couple of twists and very good reading. Hard to put down.
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Wow! Imagine coming home and finding yourself murdered! Thats just the beginning of the twists in this one. Dr. Isles and Jane Rizzoli are working together again. Possibly my favorite of the 5 featuring these characters.
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Good thriller with a little romance thrown in.
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Dr. Maura Isles finds a woman dead in a car in front of her house who looks exactly like her. The mystery is not only who the woman is, but who killed her and why. Great story!
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Just finished this one this morning. Couldn't put it down. If you love medical related mysteries Tess Gerritsen is the best and this one won't disappoint you.
Loved this! I love Gerritsen's books -- especially this one.
This is #4 in the Rizzoli and Ayles series. It was even better than the first three. I thought it was better written and the characters seemed to come alive. An excellent read!
Patricia C. (NovelTgirl) - Blountstown, FL reviewed Body Double (Rizzoli & Isles, Bk 4) on + 35 more book reviews
Love all of Tess Gerritsens books. Shes a great writer!
Another great mystery by Gerritsen. I recommend it. Great characters, great plot.
Great read with lots of twists.
An interesting plot written by a pro.
did not enjoy.
If you like Patricia Cromwell's character Dr. Kay Scarpetta, you will like Tess Gerritsen's character Dr.Maura Isles. I was very impressed by this author. The story line had many twists and turns and keeps you guessing until the end.
This was a very accurate book from a medical standpoint. Before reading her bio I knew she had to have had prior medical training. Some readers may get a little bogged down, but many will just pick up a thing or two....interesting tidbit here and there.
Plot thought out, and I didn't feel it was a dry read. I feel it's helpful when feedback includes this::
According to her website the order for Rizzoli/Isles is:
The Surgeon
The Apprentice
The Sinner
Body Double
Vanish
Mephisto Club
Plot thought out, and I didn't feel it was a dry read. I feel it's helpful when feedback includes this::
According to her website the order for Rizzoli/Isles is:
The Surgeon
The Apprentice
The Sinner
Body Double
Vanish
Mephisto Club
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths. It is a journey that leads Maura to the mother she never knew--an icy and cunning woman who gave Maura life...and who just might have a plan to take it away
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths. It is a journey that leads Maura to the mother she never knew-an icy and cunning woman who gave Maura life..and who just might have a plan to take it away.
Chilling suspence.... lots of twists in this great book.....
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. Maura, an only child, finds out the DNA test confirms the startling fact; the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now the investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths.
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious woman is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets. It is a journey that leads Maura to the mother she never knew ... an icy & cunning woman who gave Maura life ...& who just might have a plan to take it away.
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths.
Denell W. (Chitimacha-Princess) reviewed Body Double (Rizzoli & Isles, Bk 4) on + 587 more book reviews
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to disvoer that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths. It is a journey that leads Maura to the mother she never knew--an icy and cunning woman who gave Maura life...and who just might have a plan to take it away.
I enjoyed this book very much. Couldn't put it down. Now i want to read all her books.
Boston medical examiner, Dr. Maura Isles, is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. for Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths. It is a journey that leads Maura to the mother she never knew -- an icy and cunning woman who gave Maura life . . . and who just might have a plan to take it away.
Unusual. But a great read.
My first read by this author, and I could not put it down - will be reading more of her. Very scary.
Medical examiner discovers a murdered woman who looks just like her. Good crime novel, quick read.
Pregnant women play key roles in this bone-chilling fourth novel in Gerritsen's edgy, suspenseful series of thrillers featuring Boston Medical Examiner Maura Isles and Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli. Both of the usually gritty crime fighters are uncharacteristically vulnerable. Rizzoli is carrying her first child, and Isles—divorced and alone at age 40 and suddenly, unsettlingly aware of her biological clock—is experiencing decidedly unspiritual feelings for her priest. As the novel begins, Isles—an adopted child who never knew the identity of her birth parents—is confronted by the corpse of a murdered woman who is apparently her identical twin. Another detective, Rick Ballard, comes forward to say that he knew the victim and is certain her killer is a powerful pharmaceutical baron known to have stalked her. Isles falls for the handsome Ballard, but she isn't convinced by his theory, and she launches an investigation into her sister's past, following the trail to a state correctional facility and a schizophrenic inmate who may be her mother. This opens the cobwebbed pages of a nightmarish family album and leads Isles to a remote cabin in Maine where the long-dead body of a pregnant woman is discovered buried in the woods. The killer, Isles discovers, has been murdering pregnant women for decades, making periodic sweeps of the country. Meanwhile, brief scenes chronicle the diabolical kidnapping of an affluent pregnant housewife who is kept buried in a crude coffin. An electric series of startling twists, the revelation of ghoulishly practical motives and a nail-biting finale make this Gerritsen's best to date.
Enjoyed this book. Gruesome, but well written and suspensful to the end. Best Seller
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. for Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths. It is a jouney that leads Marua to the mother she never knew - an icy and cunning woman who gave Maura life...and who just might have a plan to take it away.
Tess Gerritsen was an internist before she became a bestselling author. That's where she got her medical knowledge and makes her fiction so realistic. She lives about 15 miles from me in Maine. And Stephen King lives about 30 miles away. What is it up here, the water?!
A typical Gerritsen. Fans will approve. The paperback itself is in mint condition.
When Boston medical examiner Dr Maura Isles returnes from a vacation, she is shocked to find police in front of her home, because someone who is her exact double is found murdered out front.
Great summer read. Lots of twists.
Excellent read...keeps you up through the night!
Good complex mystery for readers who devour books. Great for vacation. Easy and fast read for 390 pages.
A dead body in your own image. Family secrets dating back years. A good read.
Wonderful Thriller!
terrific book and author
Great book if you are fan of Patricia Cornwell, you will probably like this series
Another great Gerritsen book!
Real page turner! Loved it.
fantastic story
Good read.
Fourth book in the Jane Rizzoli/Dr. Maura Isles series. Dr. Isles, medical examiner, is shocked when she finds a body that looks exactly like her. DNA test confirm that she is the Dr.'s identical twin. Dr. Isles must go in search of secrets from the past to solve thsi mystery.
She's shocked to find a body that's an exact double of her own. Even the DNA is in the same category. What gives.
another great gerritsen thriller.
Couldn't put it down!
medical thriller with good plot..enjoyed
Maureen V. (mahuff) - Somerset, OH reviewed Body Double (Rizzoli & Isles, Bk 4) on + 42 more book reviews
This is a wonderful book. I could not put it down..
Medical dr. does not realize she has a twin until she see the body on her medical table
Continuing saga of Dr. Maura Isles. A real page turner.
GReat story- kept you guessing until the end!
Great book. starts out sorta slow, but then it just takes off. 2nd book i have read from her. will read more.
Very good book - very suspenseful
"Chilling suspense...leaves the reader breathless." - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Great, suspenseful mystery. I really liked this one.
A real page turner. Keeps you guessing til the end.
wHEN THE EDITORS SAY THERE ARE DARK SECRETS THAT PUZZLE THE MAIN CHARACTER THEY WERE BEING TRUTHFUL...WOW WHAT A BOOK.
Suspenseful! I couldn't put it down.
A gripping tale with twists and turns that makes reading through the book in one sitting almost a must. I loved it and if you like mysteries, you will too.
REALLY GOOD LOTS OF UNEXPECTED TWISTS
One of the best books I've read recently, I couldn't put it down!!
good book
This book was a thrilling page turner. It had deep foreshadowing, but still surprised me at the end! It is a great medical thriller, but it can be violently graphic. The main character is a forensic pathologist (coroner) so she details a lot about corpses. Enjoy reading!
"Dr. Maura Isles makes her living dealing with death. As a pathologist in a major metropolitan city, she has seen more than her share of corpses every day - many of them victims of violent murder. But never before has her blood run cold, and never has the grim expression "dead ringer" rung so terrifyingly true. Because never before has the lifeless body on the medical examiner's table been her own." "Yet there can be no denying the mind-reeling evidence before her shocked eyes and those of her colleagues, including Detective Jane Rizzoli: the woman found shot to death outside Maura's home is the mirror image of Maura, down to the most intimate physical nuances. Even more chilling is the discovery that they share the same birth date and blood type. For the stunned Maura, an only child, there can be just one explanation. And when a DNA test confirms that Maura's mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister, an already bizarre murder investigation becomes a disturbing and dangerous excursion into a past full of dark secrets." Searching for answers, Maura is drawn to a seaside town in Maine where other horrifying surprises await. But perhaps more frightening, an unknown murderer is at large on a cross-country killing spree. To stop the massacre and uncover the twisted truth about her own roots, Maura must probe her first living subject: the mother that she never knew...an icy and cunning woman who could be responsible for giving Maura life - and who just may have a plan to take it away.
This one was GREAT! If you like the series with Dr. Maura Isles, this is a wonderful book. It keeps you guessing until the end. WOW!
This one was GREAT! If you like the series with Dr. Maura Isles, this is a wonderful book. It keeps you guessing until the end. WOW!
I thought this book was very suspenseful- a good read.
Great and Suspenseful!!
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles discovers a murdered woman looks exactly like her...a DNA test coinfirms the startling fact the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. This already bizarre homicide investigation is full of secrets and twisted truths...just when you think you have if figured out you find you've been fooled. A fast paced story which was hard to put down.
Best book I've read in years! I read the whole thing at one sitting, couldn't put it down!