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Summary: A Very Worthwhile Read-Exciting Book!
Review: This was the first I have read of Gerritsen's books, and it was a good one!Catherine Cordell is a surgeon who is highly skilled in repairing broken people's bodies. There have been some horrendous murders taking place in the city of Boston. This killer would tear women apart by carving out their female organs, stabbing them with a scalpel, and leaving some dead, and others barely alive at the scene. With each repeated act of great violence, the monster comes closer and closer to capturing Cordell, and hurting her. The thing one, he did hurt Catherine once, and she managed to escape. But this time, she may not be so lucky. She's in this monster's obsessions all the time.
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Summary: Damn good. Visceral, to say the least.
Review: Tess knows how to put it down. I blew through this book and loved it the whole time. Pretty bizarre stuff. I'll be wanting to read more of her. Stay vigilant, for the Surgeon might be waiting for you... Great book.
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Summary: Has a Killer Come Back from the Dead?
Review: Elena Ortiz is found dead in her suburban Boston home. The killer performed an expert hysterectomy on her, apparently while she was still alive, then took her life by cutting her throat. A year earlier another woman had been killed in a similar fashion. And two years earlier Catherine Cordell was the victim of a similar attack in Savannah, however she fought back and luckily killed her attacker before he could complete his grisly crime. Now it seems to be happening again, and this
Catherine Cordell is a trauma surgeon at the Pilgrim Medical Centre. Two years ago she was a victim of a very similar attack in Savannah. She's never been able to put it out of her mind and now someone is killing in a similar way and he seems to know things that only the police are privy to. And it gets worse for Catherine, because as the killer, now dubbed the Surgeon, heats up his killing, he starts tormenting Catherine. The killer has to be someone who knows her, but who?
Police detectives Jane Rizzoli and Thomas Moore do their best to protect Catherine even as the killer seems to get closer and closer to her with his insidious taunts. Can they solve the mystery of who the killer is before he gets to Catherine, and what, if any is his connection to the man Catherine had killed two years earlier?
These questions and more will have you ripping through the pages as Moore and Rizzoli race to solve this mystery. Lots of murder in this book, lots of plot twists too. Like our intrepid detectives, you will be guessing right up to the very end. Tess Gerritsen never, ever disappoints.
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Summary: A Stomach Turner
Review: THE SURGEON is definitely a gripping little tale. The title character is a killer who uses torture and mutilation of a most specific nature on his victims. While Detectives Moore and Rizzoli attempt to identify a pattern to the killer's madness, the killer relentlessly closes in on Dr. Catherine Cordell, the only survivor of a separate killer who employed an identical modus operandi. Coincidence, or is there a more concrete connection between the two?
This novel is solidly written. Gerritsen keeps the tension at a high level, the pace is relentless, and the characters are engaging. So why four stars instead of five? To my mind, while there are surprises in the details, the story is rather predictable overall, from the bloody opening to the cliff-hanger ending. Just-in-the-nick-of-time endings have become so overworked in books and movies that they've lost much of their impact. THE SURGEON is also quite gruesome. I like a good mystery, but THE SURGEON had my stomach turning at times.
Gerritsen has written a pretty good thriller, here. If the predictable ending and the sadism don't put you off at all, this is a very good read.
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Summary: An expert author both in both medicine and storytelling!
Review: This is my first Tess Gerritsen book and I extremely enjoyed reading it. Fast, interesting, excellent. Villain is the most horrible ever.
In Boston, a talented killer finds his victims who are previous rape victims. His target is removing the uterus and then cut their throats.
The trauma surgeon of Pilgrim Hospital, Dr Catherine Cordell -now lives in Boston- killed a trainee doctor Andrew Capra who had tried to rape and kill her with this identical style in Savannah.
Ms Gerritsen's heroin is actually Jane Rizzoli "the only female detective of the department who has emotional turmoil and self confidence problem". Rizzoli is great.
Another homicide detective Thomas Moore falls for Catherine, so there is also a little bit romance.
Rizzoli and Moore start their investigation on these copycat murders.
Page by page I was so eager to learn upcoming events. I must say that I could not put it down. Ms Gerritsen is a brilliant author and I can not understand how I missed her works. She is a doctor actually, that's why she is quite capable of decribing the medical terminology in a smooth way. Her style is easy to follow. Fast pace, great characters, magnificent storyline... What I reader wants more? Highly recommended...
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Summary: A good novel...a terrifying page turner!
Review: I like this novel. It has some very deep characters - they are very well thought out and have many dimensions!
I must say, I like this book better than the series with Dr. Maura Isles, as in "Body Double". I think Dr. Catherine Cordell is a much stronger and tougher opponent - although Dr. Isles can hold her own weight. However, I just felt I could relate a little better to Dr. Cordell.
Check it out - it is pretty good!
Oh, check out "The Sinner". It is not nearly as good, but it is still exceptionally entertaining. Freaky subject matter!
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Summary: Not for the sqeamish
Review: Awesome book. Go Tess go. This was my first book of Tess's and I am moving on to read her others. This is a great medical thriller that keeps you guessing. A highly recommended read.
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Summary: Tess Gerritsen
Review: Iam always at the store when one of her new books come out. My kids say how can you spend that much money on one book? I tell them they have to read it to understand. I have read the surgeon and it had me on the edge of my seat!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tess has a wonderfull mind. The murders that occur in this book along with all the details she provides are excellent. I promise you if you read this book you'll be on the ride of your life and wont be able to put it down. When you do you'll be running right for the store to buy The Apprentice. It's kind of the sequal to The Surgeon. When your done with that one you'll be at the store looking for all her books. Body Double just came out and I cant wait to get my copy. Next to Steven King,Tess is the best. I'll never tire of either of thier books. The only thing that could get me more excited is if they were to make a movie from any of her books. You better believe Id buy those as well. If I could meet her and get an autograph would be just phenomenal. Keep punching them out Tess!!!!!!!!!!!
Your the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Thrilling, Brilliant Page-Turner
Review: Great characters. Detective Thomas Moore, the grieving widower, finds himself drawn to a woman again - but not just any woman - it's Dr. Catherine Cordell. Cordell is a woman he meets in the course of investigating a series of gruesome murders by a serial killer the press has tagged as The Surgeon. Cordell survived a murder attempt a few years ago - and since then has isolated herself from forming any close relationships. Moore opens cracks in her well formed wall of isolation - and soon they both are able to move past their tragic pasts.
Unfortunately, murder keeps pulling them apart. How is it even possible that these killings could be related to the attempted murder of Cordell from a few years ago? Cordell shot and killed her attacker - or did she?
Cordell, Moore and his partner, Detective Jane Rizzoli (who is the featured characters in Gerritsen's next two novels) investigate these brutal killings - and uncover a secret that Cordell's subconscious had been hiding for years.
A thrilling, page-turning, brilliant read! It gets a well-deserved 5 stars!
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Summary: Plot and Characterization
Review: This enjoyable thriller is notable for (at least) two reasons:
1. It is a quick read that is difficult to put down. I'd finish a chapter and decide to read one more before going to sleep, then wind up reading 3 more chapters.
2. While it is a quick read and the plot is a wild roller coaster ride, the author does not forsake characterization. I've read other authors who focus so much on plot that you scarcely get to know the characters. Gerritsen manages to keep the plot moving while giving us realistic characters we can get to know and care about. In addition to providing an enjoyable reading experience, this author provides an excellent example of balancing story elements in an efficient manner. For someone who reads as much to learn what to do (and not do) when writing, this book was a great learning experience.
A special thanks to Stephen King- I'd never heard of this author until I saw King's quote that Gerritsen is an automatic read in his house-I finished THE SURGEON and am now halfway through THE APPRENTICE.
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