What Anne Rice is to vampires, Gerritsen is to the tale of medical suspense.' 'TESS GERRITSEN IS AN AUTOMATIC MUST-READ IN MY HOUSE. The writing is superb and the stunning twists and turns make it almost impossible to put down. The suspense in The Surgeon is almost unbearable. Or is it a copycat? To complicate matters even further, Detective Moore, often referred to as Saint Thomas as he continues to mourn the loss of his wife, is getting emotionally involved with the doctor. But she is the only person who can help the police catch this copycat killer. Cordell, who is becoming so frightened that she is virtually unable to function. As the murders continue, it becomes obvious that the killer is drawing closer and closer to Dr. Catherine Cordell, who now works as a cardiac surgeon at one of Boston's prestigious hospitals. He was finally stopped by his last victim, who shot him as he tried to cut her. Years ago in Savannah a serial killer murdered in exactly the same way. Detective Thomas Moore and his partner Rizzoli of the Boston Homicide Unit have discovered something that makes this case even more chilling. The killer obviously has medical knowledge and has been dubbed 'the Surgeon' by the media. The victims are killed in a particularly nasty way: cut with a scalpel on the stomach, the intestines and uterus removed, and then the throat slashed. After several books that have had moderate success, Gerritsen has now written a gruesome and frightening story that should put her among the top women thriller writers working today.Ī serial killer is on the loose in Boston. Penzler Pick, August 2001: Tess Gerritsen left a very successful career as an internist to raise her children and devote more time to writing. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.

will exert a powerful grip on readers.”- Chicago Tribune An all-nighter.”- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Sharp characters stitch your eye to the page. And neither Moore nor Rizzoli can protect Cordell from a ruthless hunter who somehow understands-and savors-the secret fears of every woman he kills.

With every new murder he seems to be taunting her, cutting ever closer, from her hospital to her home. Now this new killer is re-creating, with chilling accuracy, the details of Cordell’s ordeal. Catherine Cordell fought back and filled an attacker before he could complete his assault. The precision of his methods suggests that he is a deranged man of medicine, prompting the Boston newspapers to dub him “The Surgeon.” Led by Detectives Thomas Moore and Jane Rizzoli, the cops must consult the victim of a nearly identical crime: Two years ago, Dr. He slips into homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, about to awaken to a living nightmare. “A briskly paced, terrifically suspenseful work that steadily builds toward a tense and terrifying climax.” -People (Page-turner of the week).

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