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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:This ebook edition contains a special preview of Tess Gerritsen�s I Know a Secret. Not even the icy temperatures of a typical New England winter can match the bone-chilling scene of carnage discovered at the chapel of Our Lady of Divine Light. Within the cloistered convent lie two nuns�one dead, one critically injured�victims of an unspeakably savage attacker. The brutal crime appears to be without motive, but medical examiner Maura Isles�s autopsy of the dead woman yields a shocking surprise: Twenty-year-old Sister Camille gave birth before she was murdered. Then another body is found, mutilated beyond recognition. Together, Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli uncover an ancient horror that connects these terrible slaughters. As long-buried secrets come to light, Maura Isles finds herself drawn inexorably toward the heart of an investigation that strikes close to home�and toward a dawning revelation about the killer�s identity too shattering to consider.… (more)
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After reading this one, I have trouble choosing who I like more, Rizzoli or Isles.
This story is unusual in that the first victims are nuns in a cloistered convent. The older one is still alive but the younger one is not only dead, she has recently given birth. Since these nuns shun contact with the outside world, this presents quite a mystery. It certainly wasn't a virgin birth. The next victim, found in an abandoned restaurant populated only by cockroaches and rats, has no face, hands, or feet. The face and hands could have been removed to prevent identification, but the feet? And what are those lesions all over her body?
Meanwhile, Maura Isles' ex-husband suddenly shows up in Boston and is trying hard to insinuate himself back into her life. And Jane Rizzoli has a problem she has never faced and never wanted to. What to do? This mix of personal and professional mysteries are engrossing enough to keep you turning the pages. Have I tempted you yet?
Gerritsen writes an excellent series of novels. I always look forward to finding a new one to me and the time to read it.
Highly recommended for mystery lovers
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Dr Isles ex shows up during the investigation
And, then in this novel (I won't spoil exactly what it is) something else happens and my first thought was, 'C'mon, the third book? Really? We've barely gotten to know this character for herself and that's the curve you're throwing at the reader?'
Anyway, it was a fine read for the most part. A solid mystery with good and unexpected twists along the way. I still don't like many of the characters and don't care how Gerritsen writes it, I still can't stand Jane's brother Frankie. I get that in real life a whole lot of people just don't have any redeeming qualities at all, but this is fiction and in fiction most great books need some sort of half way likable character for the reader to identify with. I haven't found one of those characters in this series yet.
This time a young nun and an old one get killed in a convent. What appears to be the doing of a mad man slowly
To make things even more difficult, a clergyman of the convent stirs up certain feelings, too, but he could be part of the murder scheme.
And while the private lifes of R&I get more into focus in this murder plot, the thrill and excitement don´t loose their grip on myself as a reader.
So, this is the best of the first three R&I-detectives, I think, and I am already looking forward to part 4.
It's the story of two dead nuns, one of them is found to have recently had a child and the torturous circumstances. Each clue brings some more interesting twists but the personal stories of Rizzoli and Isles just didn't grab me.
It was a great book. I didn't read the Rizzoli books in order, so with every book I read I understand a lot more about Rizzoli, her relationship
I've only read a handful of