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From New York Times bestseller Tess Gerritsen and acclaimed thriller writer Gary Braver comes a sexy murder mystery about a reckless affair and dangerous secrets.

Taryn Moore is young, beautiful, and brilliant…so why would she kill herself? When Detective Frankie Loomis arrives on the scene to investigate the girl’s fatal plunge from her apartment balcony, she knows in her gut there’s more to the story. Her instincts are confirmed when surprise information is revealed that could have been reason enough for Taryn’s suicide—or a motive for her murder.

To English professor Jack Dorian, Taryn was the ultimate fantasy: intelligent, adoring, and completely off limits. But there was also a dark side to Taryn, a dangerous streak that threatened those she turned her affections to—including Jack. And now that she’s dead, his problems are just beginning.

After Frankie uncovers a trove of sordid secrets, it becomes clear that Jack may know the truth. He is guilty of deception, but is he capable of cold-blooded murder?

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Along with readers the world over, I’ve been a longtime fan of the page-turning, deeply engrossing novels of both Tess Gerritsen and Gary Braver. To say I was excited when I learned these two formidable writers had joined forces on a new story is an understatement! I’m even more thrilled to confirm that Choose Me is both a riveting tale of obsession and a suspenseful murder mystery—everything I’d hoped for from this partnership.

From the first pages, we know this much: Taryn Moore is dead. But although her death appears to be suicide, nothing about Taryn’s life was as it seems. Why should her death be any different?

Through flashbacks told from multiple viewpoints and clues uncovered by Detective Frankie Loomis, we begin to fit together the jagged pieces of Taryn’s life and the dangerous entanglements—including a passionate and consequential affair with her mentor, Professor Jack Dorian—that might have led to her untimely end.

With Choose Me, Gerritsen and Braver have created the most satisfying of suspense stories, where the lines between victim and villain are tantalizingly blurred.

- Gracie Doyle, Editor

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International bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career: it wasn’t until she was on maternity leave from her job as a physician that she began to write. Since then, she’s written twenty-eight suspense novels, with more than thirty million copies sold. Her books have been translated into forty languages, and her series featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the hit TNT television series Rizzoli & Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander. Gerritsen now writes full-time and lives in Maine.

Gary Braver—pen name of college professor Gary Goshgarian—is the bestselling author of eight critically acclaimed mysteries and thrillers, including Gray Matter and Flashback, the first thriller to win the Massachusetts Book Award. His work has been translated into several languages; two have been optioned for film, including Elixir. As Gary Goshgarian, he teaches science fiction, horror fiction, bestsellers, and fiction writing at Northeastern University. He lives with his family outside Boston. Learn more at www.GaryBraver.com.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08C6Z2C6G
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer (1 July 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4732 KB
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Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D.

While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote a screenplay, "Adrift", which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.

Tess's first medical thriller, Harvest, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Her suspense novels since then have been: Life Support (1997), Bloodstream (1998), Gravity (1999), The Surgeon (2001), The Apprentice (2002), The Sinner (2003), Body Double (2004), Vanish (2005), The Mephisto Club (2006), The Bone Garden (2007), The Keepsake (2008; UK title: Keeping the Dead), Ice Cold (2010; UK title: The Killing Place), The Silent Girl (2011), Last To Die (2012), Die Again (2014), Playing With Fire (2015), and I Know A Secret (2017). Her books have been published in forty countries, and more than 30 million copies have been sold around the world.

Her books have been top-3 bestsellers in the United States and number one bestsellers abroad. She has won both the Nero Wolfe Award (for Vanish) and the Rita Award (for The Surgeon). Critics around the world have praised her novels as "Pulse-pounding fun" (Philadelphia Inquirer), "Scary and brilliant" (Toronto Globe and Mail), and "Polished, riveting prose" (Chicago Tribune). Publisher Weekly has dubbed her the "medical suspense queen".

Her series of novels featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the TNT television series "Rizzoli & Isles" starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.

Now retired from medicine, she writes full time. She lives in Maine.

For more information on Tess Gerritsen and her novels, visit her website: www.tessgerritsen.co.uk.

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Good premise but it could have been better

Reviewed in Australia on 1 January 2022

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I must have Picked this up as an Amazon first reads as it was only published in July 2021. It was a bit of a departure for Gerritsen.

When the smashed body of 22 year old student Taryn Moore is found on the pavement outside her 5th floor apartment it looks like a cut and dried suicide. There were plenty of witnesses who commented on her break-up with boyfriend Liam and how she unravelled afterwards - not letting go until she embarrassed herself with a scene at a restaurant where Liam was dining with his new girlfriend. Hundreds of texts and unanswered phone calls support this.

But when the autopsy finds that Taryn was pregnant and detectives go back through her apartment with luminol it is clear that this was no suicide. There are bloody drag marks from the living room to the balcony.

What detectives learn is a story of obsessive possession which Taryn shifted from Liam to her English professor Jack Dorian. He had encouraged her writing and supported her and then she seduced the married professor. He eventually admits the affair, but did he kill her?

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Erica Halliday

as always an excellent read

Reviewed in Australia on 17 October 2021

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I have read the entire Rizzoli ans Isles series and haven’t found anything really that I love u til Angela Marsden and then when I had read all hers I have started reading everything else Tess has written. This is simply great read and a page Turner. Great plot and believable characters that are flawed but you root for.

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Steve Goulding

Don't bother

Reviewed in Australia on 29 July 2021

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Waste of time, tired, old, formulaic, trite, might have been a passable trashy paperback 30 years age, now just embarrassing. The characters were about as deep as sheet of gold leaf, the plot jerked left & right to suit whatever dead end the authors stumbled down. Even though it was a freebie ( thanks Amazon prime) I feel like asking for the time wasted back.

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Vness

Good premise, hard to get into

Reviewed in Australia on 3 July 2021

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Written in before and after style using various first person accounts for me it was hard work getting in to the story line. Some lead characters disappeared from view for quite a few chapters so when they reappeared I had to stop and work ot their involvement again. The stilted flow made it just too hard for me to properly enjoy.

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Wendy Sheridan-Smith

Young Love

Reviewed in Australia on 1 March 2022

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The obsession that Taryn had for both men in her life, Liam and Jason, segued beautifully with the legends that she reads and analyses. I think she saw herself as one of them but she refused to succumb to the tragedy of her ancient heroines. Her behaviour impacts so many, which selfishness usually does.

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CPD

Old plot

Reviewed in Australia on 25 September 2021

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I was disappointed with this book. The plot is like a rehash of so many other novels I have read. I am also over stories that go back and forth in time. A lot of TV shows do this now too. I find the technique tiresome. This book hots up at the end, though, with a good couple of twists.

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Chosen .

Reviewed in Australia on 16 October 2021

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What wonderful authors can do in a reader's mind . I've been a fan of her writing for a long time , Tess Gerritsen never disappoints,,,this story is well worth reading .

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Christine P

Choose Me

Reviewed in Australia on 10 June 2021

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I read about a third of the book but then skimmed the rest, I didn't like the before and after aspect and found the storey boring.

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Tambok

Intelligent and Thought-Provoking Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 June 2021

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"Choose Me" is a collaboration between 2 very popular best-selling authors Tess Gerritsen and Gary Braver.

Detective Frankie Loomis is called to the scene of an apparent suicide. Victim Taryn Moore seemingly has a lot to look forward to,excelling at her studies and at a very young age being asked to collaborate with a hero of hers in her chosen field. She's young,beautiful and her life seems to be fast-tracking to great things.

Loomis's intuition has her,despite all the evidence,questioning the belief of colleagues that Taryn has taken her own life. As a middle-aged female detective she reminded me very much of Ann Cleeves' "Vera" with her insight and empathy giving her the edge. She's convinced that Taryn's death is linked to her love life ,with former boyfriend Liam and her English Professor Jack Dorian finding themselves on her radar.

This is more than "just a thriller" with plenty for the reader to ponder as through their characters the authors reflect on societies attitudes to relationships,obsession,mental health,trust ,responsibility and not least relationships amongst others. Toryn is a highly intelligent ,if flawed,young woman and her being in Jack Dorian's "Star Crossed Lovers" seminar is an integral part of the story with some cerebral overlapping of the classic stories she studies and her own life.

A great thriller that's a bit more intellectual and deep than most. I did guess the outcome way before the end but that's more a reflection of me spending far too much of my life reading thrillers than of it being predictable.

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Boingboing

Who Chose Whom?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 June 2021

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I picked 'Choose Me' as one of my Amazon Prime First Reads. I'm very familiar with the name Tess Gerritson, but I hadn't actually read her before. On the strength of this, I'd probably read her again, but she and her co-author didn't exactly rock my world with this book. It's a quick read, I fell for all the misdirection on who the likely killer was, enjoyed the sub-plot about ancient vengeful wronged women, and I'd grade this book as totally competent but not entirely memorable. I liked the middle-aged, overweight, widowed police officer and her backstory and would be happy to read more books with her as a protagonist.

This is a tale where women take the lead. The suicide-but-maybe-not victim is young, intelligent and beautiful but seriously screwed up romantically. I had my bet on her sarcastic and privileged classmate for a while but she just slipped off the radar screen. The other 'wronged' woman also delivered some surprises, but the police woman was the most likeable of the bunch.

Not overly complex or too intellectually challenging, but after reading a few books recently that REALLY dragged, I was happy to gallop through this one.

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Great book, well written and worth a read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2021

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Chose this as one of amazon's first reads for June. I have read a few of tess books before and have loved them so this was an easy pick for me. The book did not disappoint just like the ones I have read by her before. Loved how easy the book flowed it does go back to before and then back to after throughout but it is easy to follow unlike some other books I have read. I have to admit I did work out who had killed her around three quarters the way through but then it very rare I dont. Probably the fact I read way too many of these types of books. I do wish maybe we knew more about Cody and his background as apart from him clearly being in love with taryn you don't really know much about him. If you are a fan of tess or have not read one of her books yet this is definitely one to read.

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ROROBLUSMUM

Lacks the intensity of the old TG - does she love writing less? Is co-authoring a sign of boredom?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2021

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I’ve not read a TG book in years, and I’m not familiar with her co-author in this novel, and tbh, the book lacked the intensity and attention to detail that I’m used to from her. It felt a little as if she’s an elderly-stateswoman-type author giving a helping hand to a lesser known author, whilst helping herself, too. Nothing wrong with that – James Patterson does it, but it does make you wonder if her heart wasn’t in it, as the tale was pretty transparent.

The tale starts in the present, told in the present tense, and features the female detective investigating the death of a student, Taryn, who’s split from her boyfriend, and who may or may not have been seeing a married professor. Add in the ex, who’s a bit of a sleaze and another guy who had to settle for friendship, as she’d never see him as anything else, and there are enough red herrings to make for a half decent tale. In the past parts of the tale, told in past tense, we learn about Taryn’s roots, about the professor’s family and history and you get the usual backstory of most of the characters, including the detective’s.

Taryn was particularly unlikeable but felt one dimensional, as if she couldn’t live without a man in her life, though she professed to be a feminist. She came across as a user and very, very selfish, and the woman scorned aspect just didn’t ring true in someone so young. I’m not sure if readers were meant to feel for her, but her actions just made her like one of the mean girls that featured in the tale. She had nothing appealing about her personality, so I couldn’t understand her hold over not one but three men. She claimed to be stronger than the scorned females in her studies and yet she debased herself publicly over her ex and threw herself at the professor, who seemed equally personality-less.

It is a readable tale, but there was nothing gripping about it and it dragged in parts.

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Lynda Kelly

Easy But Exciting Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2021

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Greatly enjoyed this one. I've never heard of Gary before but have read Tess's books. This was one of the Kindle First offerings and sounded right up my street and it was. Taryn is a proper madzer and I found her extremely unlikeable altogether and even made a note as I read, "no wonder someone did her in" !! Certainly the professor really knew this at heart, but like many men he was led by his libido before sorely regretting it ! Must say I had little sympathy for him most of the time. I liked Maggie and Charlie and their relationship was a super one.
I actually guessed who'd done what in this book which is extremely rare for me but no matter, it doesn't spoil the story. I had expected to be wrong, anyhow ! And I totally agreed with what the killer stated near the end that Frankie disagreed with....the story itself wasn't anything too new or nothing we've not heard/seen before but it was written very well indeed and kept my interest the whole way.
It's also not full of errors, either, which makes a splendid change these days. Oxford and Luminol both needed capitalising but that was all I spotted. Loved the cover as well on my version.
(Surprises me too how many reviewers misspell Gerritsen when the book's open in front of them here on Amazon) !!

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