First line in the book: Today they will find her body.
Synopsis taken from the author's official UK site:
In Boston, there’s a killer on the loose. A killer who targets lone women, who breaks into their apartments and performs terrifying ritualistic acts of torture on his victims before finishing them off. His surgical skills lead police to suspect he is a physician – a physician who, instead of saving lives, takes them.
But as homicide detective Thomas Moore and his partner Jane Rizzoli begin their investigation, they make a startling discovery. Closely linked to these killings is Catherine Cordell, a beautiful medic with a mysterious past. Two years ago she was subjected to a horrifying rape and attempted murder but shot her attacker dead. Now she is being targeted by this new killer who seems to know all about her past, her work at the Pilgrim Medical Center, and where she lives. The man she believes she killed seems to be stalking her once again, and this time he knows exactly where to find her…
The first book of the Rizzoli and Isles thriller is not so much a thriller than a chiller! First-rate gory and scary. The focal attention is not spotlighted on Rizzoli so much and Isles has not made her appearance yet. I would say the story is more focused on the victims, among others, and I find it more credible for authors to give every character their dues. I think it is a little dull to expect the same hero/heroine to shine all the time so to speak. After all, everyone need "a little help from their friends".
I neither like or dislike this book although I must say it is incredibly jittery to read. If you are a fan of Rizzoli and Isles, there is no way to avoid this book, no matter how much goosebumps it gives you.
Rating: 3/5 (Good)
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