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The Surgeon

Tess Gerritsen

2004350 pagesabout 5–8 hours
2004
first published
  • 2001Ballantine Books · 359 pages · ENGISBN 9780345447838
  • 2001Thorndike Press · 528 pages · ENGISBN 9780786235742
  • 2001The Ballantine Publishing Group · 580 pages · ENGISBN 9780739420416
  • 2002Ballantine Books · 350 pages · ENGISBN 9780345447845
  • 2005Transworld Publishers Limited · 416 pages · ENGISBN 9780553817065
  • 2016Random House Publishing Group · 464 pages · ENGISBN 9781101887424
  • 2004Ballantine Books · 368 pages · ENGISBN 9780345477262
  • 2003Bantam · 416 pages · ENGISBN 9780553814293

If it's gripping, it's Gerritsen. The terrifying first Jane Rizzoli bestseller.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 them 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 she shot her attacker dead. Now she is being targeted by the new killer who seems to know all about her past, her work, 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...

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AtmosphereNoir

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Plot intensityEventful

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ThemesJustice

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