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About Tess Gerritsen
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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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?
'Suspenseful and clever - nobody is who they seem to be in this shocking and fast-paced mystery. Come for Rizzoli & Isles. Stay for an unbeatable read.' KARIN SLAUGHTER
Rizzoli & Isles return, in the nail-biting new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.
The murder of Sofia Suarez is both gruesome and seemingly senseless. Why would anyone target a respected nurse who was well-liked by her friends and her neighbours? As Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles investigate the baffling case, they discover that Sofia was guarding a dangerous secret -- a secret that may have led the killer straight to her door.
Meanwhile, Jane's watchful mother Angela Rizzoli is conducting an investigation of her own. She may be a grandmother, not a police detective, but she's savvy enough to know there's something very strange, perhaps even dangerous, about the new neighbours across the street. The problem is, no one believes her, not even her own daughter.
Immersed in the hunt for Sofia's killer, Jane and Maura are too busy to pay attention to Angela's fears. With no one listening to her, and danger mounting in her neighbourhood, Angela just may be forced to take action on her own...
'Outstanding - inventive, scary, and funny. Listen to Me is Gerritsen at her best!' KATHY REICHS
'Gerritsen walks that high wire between humour and suspense without ever falling off as she plays a great game of bait and switch with her readers.' LINWOOD BARCLAY
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Praise for Tess Gerritsen:
'Tess Gerritsen's clever plotting and medical knowledge give her thrillers that extra edge. Expect a white-knuckle ride to very dark places.'
PAULA HAWKINS
'Suspense doesn't get smarter than this.'
LEE CHILD
'Crime-writing at its nerve-tingling best.'
HARLAN COBEN
'Baby, you are going to be up all night.'
STEPHEN KING
'Gruesome, seductive and creepily credible.'
THE TIMES
'Hair-raising, nail-biting stuff.'
GUARDIAN
Readers are already raving about Listen to Me!
'Tightly woven plot, sharp characters and some laugh out loud scenes. LOVED IT' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Twisting and turning with an intriguing plotline and maintaining a dark undercurrent throughout' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This may have been my first Gerritsen book but it won't be the last!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
COMING SOON AND AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW
'This is crime-writing at its nerve-tingling best'
Harlan Coben, author of Stay Close and The Match
HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE IT HURTS...
A killer is targeting lone women, torturing and murdering them. The precision of his methods leads Detective Jane Rizzoli to suspect he is medically trained.
Then Jane makes a terrifying discovery. Years ago a young woman was assaulted in a similar way. She escaped by shooting her attacker dead.
So why does it feel like he's stalking her again?
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The Surgeon is the first pulse-racing thriller in the bestselling Rizzoli & Isles series. It introduces Detective Jane Rizzoli as she investigates a series of brutal murders.
Readers are gripped by The Surgeon:
***** 'Atmospheric writing that delivers non-stop tension and suspense'
***** 'Grips you from the start and doesn't let go'
***** 'Thrilling, brilliant and terrifying'
Don't miss Tess Gerritsen's gripping new thriller, LISTEN TO ME - available to pre-order now!
Old secrets die hard...
The quiet scandal surrounding her parents' deaths twenty years ago has always haunted Beryl Tavistock. Now she's decided that the only way to exorcise the ghosts of the past is to search for the truth. Beryl starts asking dangerous questions, and the answers are proving that old secrets die hard.
Caught in what's become a deadly game of cat–and–mouse, her quest takes her from the rain–slick streets of Paris to the sun–drenched isles of Greece. And as she gets pulled into a world of espionage, Beryl quickly discovers that she needs help. Richard Wolf, an ex–CIA agent and a man she's only just met, is her only hope.
But in a world where trust is a double–edged sword, friends become enemies, and enemies become killers...
‘Head-to-head with Nicci French and Karin Slaughter’ Daily Mirror
THE FIRST BODY IS A MYSTERY.
She's young. She's beautiful. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat Novak, betrays no secrets - except for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside.
THE NEXT BODY IS A WARNING.
When a second victim is discovered, Kat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the streets. The police are sceptical. The mayor won't listen. And Kat's chief suspect is one of the town's most prominent citizens.
THE FINAL BODY . . . MIGHT BE HERS.
With the death toll rising, Kat races to expose a deadly predator who is closer than she ever dreamt.
And every move she makes could be her very last.
It should have been a night to remember, but Maura Isles can’t recall a thing.
Maura is at a party. A handsome man approaches. He’s charming and sophisticated. She flirts and drinks champagne. And then nothing. Total blackness. Nothing, that is, apart from these two facts: a man is dead and her address is found in his pocket . . .
'If you’re home alone, do not risk even the first sentence. Once you’ve started reading this book, putting it down is not an option’ Mo Hayder
STARE DEATH IN THE FACE
Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles unzips a body bag and gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes. The woman is rushed to hospital, where she murders a guard and siezes hostages, including a heavily pregnant Detective Jane Rizzoli.
No one knows who this woman is, or what she wants. Only Jane, trapped with the madwoman, can solve the mystery.
If she survives the night . . .
'The most bone-chilling story featuring on-going characters Rizzoli and Isles.' Daily Mail
HE WATCHES
Something terrible has happened in the snowbound village of Kingdom Come, Wyoming. Twelve eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. The people who lived in them appear to have vanished, seemingly into thin air.
HE WAITS
Dr Maura Isles is driving through the area with a group of friends when they find themselves trapped in a snowstorm. They stumble into the abandoned village to take shelter. But their nightmare has only just begun.
THEY DISAPPEAR
Days later, Detective Jane Rizzoli flies to Wyoming to search for her missing friend. A crashed vehicle has been found with four badly burned bodies still inside. Can one of the corpses be Maura's? Jane's hunt for the truth leads her to Kingdom Come.
Where the person who was watching Maura now lies waiting for her . . .
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Readers are obsessed with The Killing Place
***** 'A roller coaster from start to finish.'
***** 'Full of twists and turns, a truly scary story.'
***** 'Yet another gripping read from Tess. I can't imagine finding another series as good as Rizzoli & Isles!!'
The Killing Place is the eighth book in Tess Gerritsen's bestselling Rizzoli & Isles series, and the inspiration behind the hit TV show
Rizzoli & Isles are returning! The nail-biting new thriller in the series, Listen to Me, is coming in 2022. Available for pre-order now.
Twenty years after her father's plane crashes in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Willy Jane Maitland is finally tracking his last moves. She recognizes the danger, but her search for the truth is the only thing that matters.
Willy knows she can't proceed without the help of ex–army officer Guy Barnard, who knows the mysterious land well. But in a place where truth has many faces, she suspects even Guy has hidden motives. What she couldn't have prepared for are the shocking secrets and the undeniable attraction.
"Gerritsen is tops in her genre." – USA TODAY
Guilty–until proven innocent...
Miranda Wood thought she has seen the last of Richard Tremain, her rich and married ex–lover–until she discovered him stabbed to death in her bed. With her knife.
Miranda is the obvious suspect, and she looks even guiltier when her bail is posted by an anonymous donor. Was this an act of kindness designed to buy her time to clear her name? Or is someone trying to manipulate Miranda and draw her into the dark and secret world of a murdered man, where everybody's presumed guilty?
With her world falling around her, Miranda is determined to discover who killed Richard. But proving her innocence may become secondary to staying alive…
"Tess Gerritsen writes some of the smartest, most compelling thrillers around.” – Bookreporter
'A rip-roaring plot with scares and bumps on every page . . . A first-class modern thriller' Guardian
IT’S MY BODY THERE ON THE TABLE
Pathologist Maura Isles has dissected her fair share of corpses. But this time it’s different, because the victim looks exactly like her.
Detective Jane Rizzoli is assigned to investigate, and finds herself tracking a twisted killer across the country. To catch him, Maura is forced to delve into a dark and dangerous family history - her own.
Blood ties are the hardest to escape . . .
'Expect a white-knuckle ride to very dark places.' Paula Hawkins
When a young woman is found dead, Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles are called to the scene of the murder. Though the body bears startling wounds, the actual cause of death is not immediately clear.
A few days later, another body is discovered – a seemingly unrelated crime, but the lack of an obvious cause of death shows they have more in common than it would first appear.
As Rizzoli and Isles race to discover the link between the victims before the killer can strike again, a mysterious person watches from the sidelines. She has the answers they’re looking for.
But she knows she has to stay quiet, if she wants to stay alive . . .
'A fast-paced, dark, edgy mystery/thriller filled with unremitting suspense.' Huffington Post
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