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Book Description:
A blessed event becomes a nightmare for pregnant homicide detective Jane Rizzoli when she finds herself on the wrong side of a hostage crisis in this timely and relentless new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Body Double.Members who requested this book also requested:
A nameless, beautiful woman appears to be just another corpse in the morgue. An apparent suicide, she lies on a gurney, awaiting the dissecting scalpel of medical examiner Maura Isles. But when Maura unzips the body bag and looks down at the body, she gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes.
Very much alive, the woman is rushed to the hospital, where with shockingly cool precision, she murders a security guard and seizes hostages ... one of them a pregnant patient, Jane Rizzoli.
Who is this violent, desperate soul, and what does she want? As the tense hours tick by, Maura joins forces with Janes husband, FBI agent Gabriel Dean, to track down the mysterious killers identity. When federal agents suddenly appear on the scene, Maura and Gabriel realize that they are dealing with a case that goes far deeper than just an ordinary hostage crisis.
Only Jane, trapped with the armed madwoman, holds the key to the mystery. And only she can solve it if she survives the night.
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4 member(s) found this review helpful.
A horrific but fascinating look at immigration and slavery. Modern issues written by an expert mystery/crime author.
Susan P. from NEW PRT RCHY, FL wrote on 9/3/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
The main character, Jane, was a woman who showed that she was human like everyone else when confronted with motherhood. She was a good cop and made the story more enjoyable. The tension throughout the book kept you turning the pages to see how it would all turn out.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great book! Fast paced plot about sex slaves being smuggled into the USA post 9/11. Great mystery. Edgar nominated book. Couldn't put it down!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was my least favorite out of the series, but I still enjoyed it. I read the entire 6 book series in 2 months.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Good Read!!! I couldn't put it down. This was the first I had read by this author and I am looking forward to her others.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A nameless woman was just another body at the morgue until she opened her eyes....
I loved this book. The pregnant detective Jane Rizzoli who is taken hostage kept me worrying about her throughout the drama.
Mary M. from PHOENIX, AZ wrote on 4/5/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a good read.. intense but worth the time!!!
Joyce T. from PHILADELPHIA, PA wrote on 3/28/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Kept me in suspense.good book
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I was in Disney lounging around a pool while reading this book...It HELD my attention! Excellent fast paced read...done in a day.
My first Tess Gerritsen book.... it certainly won't be my last. Venish has a very unique story line and a great plot that grabs you at the first page and doesn't turn loose until you've finished the last one.
Jennifer W. (A corpse suddenly comes to life in the cold storage of the Medical Examiner's office. A Boston policewoman, nine months pregnant, goes into labor when the Diagnostic Imaging department becomes the set of a hostage situation. A hospital security guard, killed by the reanimated corpse who turns out not to be dead after all, isn't registered as a hospital employee. Neither, it seems is the doctor who was tending to her. The hostage taker calls the local radio station as the cop's FBI husband watches the scene unfold from outside, and issues the statement that "the die is cast." An unidentified man, dressed similarly to the Tactical Operatives surrounding the hospital, walks into the building without being stopped.
This is just the begining of Tess Gerritsen's latest thriller, and the story gets better with every page. As a conspiracy gets uncovered the lead characters get thrust into more and more danger. Another winner, VANISH is a wonderful police thriller.
Such a good book! This story is terribly sad, but it is so faced pace!
Tess Gerritsen continues to bring us TERRIFIC books!
Linda S. from HOLMES, NY wrote on 5/6/2007...A nameless woman appears to be just another body at the morgue - until Boston medical examiner Maura Isles sees the corpse open its eyes.
Marcia L. (a unidentified woman is just another body in the morgue until the medical examiner sees the corpse open her eyes. She is rushed tot he hospital where she shoots a guard and takes hostages. One of the hostages is a pregnant homicide detective. As the tense hours click by the dectective and the mad woman bind together and thee detective is the only one who how holds the key to the mystery of how the woman came to be there, and what a thriller of a story she has lived.
Amy P. from ELLSWORTH, ME wrote on 4/3/2007...Excellent Book!! There's a reason this is on the bestseller list!
A nameless woman appears to be just another body at the morgue - until Boston medical examiner Maura Isles sees the corpse open its eyes. The now-frantic Jane Doe is rushed to the hospital, where with cool precision she shoots a security guard and seizes hostages, one of whom is pregnant homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. This is a thriller that I could not put down.