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Summary: fantastic yet shocking medical thriller
Review: It's only four days before Christmas and the citizens of Boston are in an uproar because two nuns in a cloistered abbey are bludgeoned with one dead and the other barely alive. Boston Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles discovers that Sister Camille gave birth to a stillborn deformed son. The other nun that was attacked, Sister Ursula was only back in the abbey a year after doing nursing work at a leper colony in India. She remains in intensive care but the doctors aren't hopeful that she will recover.Maura is called out on another case when a woman is shot to death, her hands and feet are amputated, and her facial skin peeled away. The woman also has some strange lesions on her body and after exhaustive study, they learn she was suffering from Hansen's Disease. A vice president of a company that has a factory near the leper's colony is found shot to death, the victim of an assassin just before he was scheduled to talk to the Justice Department. All three of these cases are linked and once that connection is discovered, the police will probably know who the killer is. Tess Gerritsen has joined the ranks of Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs with this fantastic and shocking medical thriller. Jane Rizzoli, one of the more popular Boston detectives, plays a secondary role in THE SINNER because she is as concerned about her unexpected pregnancy as she is about these cases. Dr. Maura Isles is the star of this tale because it is her esoteric medical knowledge that is needed if the case is to be solved. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: suspenseful story with good twists
Review: Medical Examiner Maura Isles is called to a cloistered convent where one novitiate lies bludgeoned to death by a hammer and an older nun lies near death. The autopsy of the young nun reveals a shocking surprise, she had recently given birth. Dr. Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli investigate for the answers to the many questions this case raises. Why would two nuns with no contact with the outside world be attacked? Before too long a gruesome third killing is tied to the nuns attack and the FBI become involved. In addition to the investigation, Isles and Rizzoli must confront unresolved issues from their pasts that interweave with a crime that goes far beyond the murder of nuns and an unidentified woman. Jane Rizzoli has appeared in THE SURGEON and THE APPRENTICE. It is not necessary to read the former stories to enjoy THE SINNER, but it helps with character development. Also, both earlier books are excellent. This is not a book for the faint-hearted. The crime scenes and autopsies are very graphic. The book is well plotted with some really good twists, and it really keeps you reading. I liked the characters, but both women seem to be a little more intelligent in their careers than in their private lives. The ending was a bit to pat and was a little bit of a letdown after the promise of the strong beginning and middle of the book. Overall, it was not quite as good as the previous Rizzoli books, but still far superior to most medical/forensic thrillers.
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Summary: awsome!
Review: The first book I read by Tes was The Surgeon, and love it..I have been reading her books since then and this one is just as great as the ones I've read in the past. The Sinner was everything I expected and more! The plot was awsome and It got my heart racing there for a minute!! Talk about a good Thriller!!!
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Summary: Chills Up My Rachis
Review: This book gave me the chills. At the end of nearly every break in scene or end of a chapter I was forced to read on, not simply to satiate the clawing of suspense at my hungry curiosity, but also to ward off nightmares that would most certainly fall upon me. This is one of the best mysteries I've read in a while. Granted, I haven't read many, but this one was truly amazing.
Tess Gerritsen's medical knowledge provided such intricate detail into the world of Maura Isles, it was brilliant. She used such terms as "endometrium" and "perineum" as if they were common vocabulary, but not in such a way that she alienated the reader. She offered explanation where explanation was due, and did not dwell on minor details. I admire and appreciate this my first Tess Gerritsen read, and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good murder mystery.
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Summary: Totally Satisfied!!!
Review: This is my first Tess Gerritsen novel and I haven't been disappointed at all. Even though it does display much the same premise as the Kay Scarpetta novels,she still makes the story interesting,exciting, and suspensful. It moved along really well and I felt like I got to know the main characters. I would consider buying other novels by this author.
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