By: Tess Gerritsen
Genres: Suspense Psychological | Thriller Medical
Posted: July 15, 2010
When Detective Jane Rizzoli finds out her friend is missing, she and her husband, FBI agent Gabriel Dean, head to Wyoming. When they discover bodies in the charred wreckage of a car -- one a female about Maura's age -- with Maura's baggage nearby, Jane reluctantly accepts the obvious conclusion, despite a few small details that just don't feel right. As she prepares to bury her friend back in Boston, Jane finds out on the day of the funeral that the body is not Maura's. She and Gabriel head back out west -- but are they already too late?
This book starts out a bit slowly, like a roller coaster going up that first hill, but once it hits the other side, readers are in for a wild ride of breathtaking twists and turns. Both storylines are nicely balanced, and while Maura's has the most action and danger, Rizzoli's race against time to find her friend is just as gripping. Part chiller, part adventure, part mystery, all entertaining, this book is another stellar entry in the Rizzoli & Isles series, which belongs in every thriller lover's library.
Book Summary
New York
Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen’s relentless,
inventive novels take readers on pulse-racing thrill rides
that are as satisfying as they are heart-stopping. Now, in
this edge-of-your-seat suspense novel, a mysteriously
isolated town stands abandoned as a silent watcher
waits.
In Wyoming for a medical conference, Boston
medical examiner Maura Isles joins a group of friends on a
spur-of-the-moment ski trip. But when their SUV stalls on a
snow-choked mountain road, they’re stranded with no help in
sight.
As night falls, the group seeks refuge from the
blizzard in the remote village of Kingdom Come, where twelve
eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Something
terrible has happened in Kingdom Come: Meals sit untouched
on tables, cars are still parked in garages. The town’s
previous residents seem to have vanished into thin air, but
footprints in the snow betray the presence of someone who
still lurks in the cold darkness—someone who is watching
Maura and her friends.
Days later, Boston homicide
detective Jane Rizzoli receives the grim news that Maura’s
charred body has been found in a mountain ravine. Shocked
and grieving, Jane is determined to learn what happened to
her friend. The investigation plunges Jane into the twisted
history of Kingdom Come, where a gruesome discovery lies
buried beneath the snow. As horrifying revelations come to
light, Jane closes in on an enemy both powerful and
merciless—and the chilling truth about Maura’s
fate.
by: Tess Gerritsen
Ballantine Books
August 1, 2010
On Sale: July 27, 2010
Featuring: Maura Isles; Jane Rizzoli
336 pages
ISBN: 034551548X
EAN: 9780345515483
Hardcover