The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen

• Series: Rizzoli & Isles #1
• Author: Tess Gerritsen
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Year: 2001
• Editor: Linda Marrow
• Setting: Boston
• Amazon Listing: The Surgeon

Book Description

Dr. Catherine Cordell survived a terrifying attack by a serial killer. Now relocated to Boston and finding success as a cardiac surgeon, she is jolted from her sense of safety when the Boston area is struck by a series of murders by a killer dubbed "The Surgeon". Detectives Thomas Moore and Jane Rizzoli try to piece together the connections of the two streams of murders and worry that they have a copycat killer on their hands.

This book is tightly written, well-paced, and terrifying. Tess Gerritsen moved to a new level of success with this title.

Awards

• 2002 RITA® for Romantic Suspense