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Tess Gerritsen
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Publisher | Bantam | ||
ISBN | 978-059306275 | ||
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Gareth
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Synopsis
The first body is a mystery. She's young. She's beautiful. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat Novak, betrays no secrets - except for a notebook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. The next body is a warning. When a second victim is discovered, Kat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the city streets: a shadowy madman without mercy or apparent motive. The police are sceptical. The mayor won't listen. And Kat's chief suspect is one of the city's most prominent citizens. The final body...might be hers. With the death toll rising, Kat races to expose a deadly conspiracy and the brutal killer at its heart - a killer who will stalk her from the dangerous streets of the inner city to the corridors of power. Because he's closer than she ever dreamt. And every move she makes could be her very last.
Tess Gerritsen
Review
This is a good read but is not as thorough as her other books, nor is it as gruesome - there's a reason for that. This was one of Gerritsens first books and was written over 15 years ago! Originally called "Peggy Sue Got Murdered", it's more of a romance story than a murder mystery - in fact, Gerritsen does make note of this in her introduction.
It's an interesting story which focuses more on the romance angle than it does on the crime or forensics, so it wasn't as thrilling as "The Surgeon". The characterisations are well thought out though - if slightly contrived - and it's fascinating to see how Gerritsen later develops as a writer. It would be interesting to know what made her leave the romance angle for the more pure forensic / serial killer plot of her future novels - was it that death sells in way that romance doesn't?
If you like your thrillers to have more romance in them then you'll enjoy this book.
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