M.J. Novak, a streetwise medical examiner, thinks she's seen it all. Then a red-haired women named Peggy Sue mysteriously dies, the first victim of what may be an epidemic. Her only clue is a telephone number scrawled inside the matchbook in the girls' lifeless hand. Could M.J. be at risk too?

Miranda's ex-lover is found murdered. She had a motive and the opportunity. After being arrested for the crime, Miranda is shocked to learn she's been released on bail-bail posted by someone determined to remain anonymous. Is someone trying to help Miranda? 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?

Seria tajemniczych morderstw paraliżuje Boston. Okoliczności zbrodni wskazują na seryjnego zabójcę kobiet, "Chirurga" który odbywa karę dożywocia. Młoda policjantka, Jane, przypuszcza, że nie chodzi o zwykłe naśladownictwo. Tymczasem "Chirurg" ucieka z więzienia a Jane staje się obiektem zainteresowania pary sadystycznych zabójców…

He may be behind bars, but Warren Hoyt still haunts a helpless city, bequeathing his evil legacy to a student all too diligent – and all too deadly.A year has passed since the capture of the Surgeon, serial killer Warren Hoyt, yet the memory of his brutal crimes continues to haunt Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. Now she faces a new killer, a hunter who preys on well-to-do couples. For Rizzoli the death scenes have a horrifying air of familiarity, especially when she realizes that this new killer is copying one obscure element from Warren Hoyt's crimes.A new complication arises as a federal investigator from Washington joins the case. Again and again, Rizzoli clashes with Special Agent Gabriel Dean, who shows up at every crime scene. He knows something about this killer, something so politically explosive that he cannot reveal it to her.Then Warren Hoyt makes a brilliant and bloody escape from custody. Suddenly there is not one hunter on the loose, but two. And they are united, a pair of blood brothers who share grotesque appetites and a combined genius. They have joined forces to stalk the most challenging prey of all, the very woman who now hunts them…Set in a stunning world where evil is easy to learn and hard to end, The Apprentice is both a terrifyingly sustained psychological thriller and an adrenalin fuelled-trip to hell that we urge you to sign up for.First you had THE SURGEON…Now you've got THE APPRENTICE..

New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen knows how to expertly dissect a brilliantly suspenseful story, all the while keeping fascinated readers riveted to her side. By turns darkly enthralling and relentlessly surprising, The Keepsake showcases an author at the peak of her storytelling powers.For untold years, the perfectly preserved mummy had lain forgotten in the dusty basement of Boston's Crispin Museum. Now its sudden rediscovery by museum staff is both a major coup and an attention-grabbing mystery. Dubbed 'Madam X,' the mummy-to all appearances, an ancient Egyptian artifact-seems a ghoulish godsend for the financially struggling institution. But medical examiner Maura Isles soon discovers a macabre message hidden within the corpse-horrifying proof that this 'centuries-old' relic is instead a modern-day murder victim.To Maura and Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli, the forensic evidence is unmistakable, its implications terrifying. And when the grisly remains of yet another woman are found in the hidden recesses of the museum, it becomes chillingly clear that a maniac is at large-and is now taunting them.Archaeologist Josephine Pulcillo's blood runs cold when the killer's cryptic missives are discovered, and her darkest dread becomes real when the carefully preserved corpse of yet a third victim is left in her car like a gruesome offering-or perhaps a ghastly promise of what's to come.The twisted killer's familiarity with post-mortem rituals suggests to Maura and Jane that he may have scientific expertise in common with Josephine. Only Josephine knows that her stalker shares a knowledge even more personally terrifying: details of a dark secret she had thought forever buried.Now Maura must summon her own dusty knowledge of ancient death traditions to unravel his twisted endgame. And when Josephine vanishes, Maura and Jane have precious little time to derail the Archaeology Killer before he adds another chilling piece to his monstrous collection.

Evil exists. Evil walks the streets. And evil has spawned a diabolical new disciple in this white-knuckle thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.PECCAVIThe Latin is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman's brutal murder: I HAVE SINNED. It's a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O'Donnell – Jane's professional nemesis and member of a sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club.On tony Beacon Hill, the club's acolytes devote themselves to the analysis of evil: Can it be explained by science? Does it have a physical presence? Do demons walk the earth? Drawing on a wealth of dark historical data and mysterious religious symbolism, the Mephisto scholars aim to prove a startling theory: that Satan himself exists among us. With the grisly appearance of a corpse on their doorstep, it's clear that someone – or something – is indeed prowling the city. Soon, the members of the club begin to fear the very subject of their study. Could this maniacal killer be one of their own – or have they inadvertently summoned an evil entity from the darkness?Delving deep into the most baffling and unusual case of their careers, Maura and Jane embark on a terrifying journey to the very heart of evil, where they encounter a malevolent foe more dangerous than any they have ever faced… one whose work is only just beginning.***In this brisk, deftly plotted thriller from bestseller Gerritsen (Vanish), Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and police detective Jane Rizzoli look into the murder of 28-year-old Lori-Ann Tucker, whose body is found Christmas morning in her apartment amid an unholy mess of severed limbs, black candles and satanic symbols rendered in blood. "Peccavi," reads one word scrawled across Tucker's wall-Latin for "I have sinned." Isles and Rizzoli must sort sinner from innocent among suspects who can be found on several continents and include a group of sophisticates-scholars, an anthropologist, a psychiatrist-who are either cult members or crusaders against evil straight from the pages of Revelation. Other murders follow, all gruesome, all involving apocalyptic messages. On occasion, the action shifts to Europe, to a young woman running from a man she's convinced is descended from a race of fallen angels. Gerritsen has a knack for stretching believability just short of the breaking point-and for amassing details that produce an atmosphere in which the most terrible possibilities can and, indeed, should occur.

When a severed hand, clutching a gun, is found in a Chinatown alley in downtown Boston, detective Jane Rizzoli climbs to the adjacent roof-top and finds the hand's owner: a red-haired woman whose throat has been slashed so deeply the head is nearly severed. She is dressed all in black, and the only clues to her identity are a throwaway cell phone and a scrawled address of a long-shuttered restaurant. With its wary immigrant population, Chinatown is a closed neighbourhood of long-held secrets – and nowhere is this more obvious than when Jane meets Iris Fang. Strikingly beautiful, her long black hair streaked with grey, she is a renowned martial arts master. Yet, despite being skilled in swordplay, neither she nor her strangely aloof daughter, Willow, will admit any knowledge of the rooftop murder. And pathologist Dr Maura Isles has determined that the murder weapon was a sword crafted of ancient metal from China. It soon becomes clear that an ancient evil is stirring in Chinatown – an evil that has killed before, and will kill again – unless Jane and Iris can join forces, and defeat it…

He was a gentleman bandit, she was a cat burglar. And they caught each other in more ways than one. But their desire was as strong as their distrust, and Jordan Tavistock began to fear that Diana Lamb was more than just a thief of hearts.

"exciting and mesmerizing crime thriller"Boston Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli is about to give birth but she still performs her job by testifying against a man she arrested. The man goes berserk and Jane gets off the witness stand, restrains and cuffs him. Her water breaks and she goes to the hospital where her doctor sends her to Diagnostic Imaging for an ultra sound. In another part of the hospital, a Jane Doe kills a security guard and ends up in Diagnostic Imaging where she keeps Jane and five other people hostage.The Feds take over the operation citing national security reasons and before the hostage situation ends the woman and her accomplice is dead. The Feds confiscate the notes and all evidence related to the two dead people. The last thing that the woman says to Jane is "Mila knows". The woman is traced back to a house where five women were murdered, four of whom w were kept against their will in a white slavery ring. Even though Jane just gave birth she is determined to find Mila and expose the people running the ring who erase all traces of their existence when things get too hot.The Jane Doe was found in the morgue by Medical Examiner Maura Isles. The woman was declared dead when she was fished out of the ocean but revived when she warmed up. She is determined to make her story known to the American people even though people highly placed in law enforcement and government won't be stopped until she is dead. Jane is determined to find out her motivation because during the takedown of the hostages, actions were taken that didn't make sense.Tess Gerritsen writes another exciting and mesmerizing crime thriller that is frightening because it is based on fact. VANISH is the type of novel that is written only rarely, one that appeals to reads who like plenty of action and realistic characters in their novels material. The love between Jane and her husband Gabriel, an FBI agent is so strong that it adds heart and soul to a work that would otherwise have too much tension for the plot to sustain.

The man emerged from the mist, right in front of Cathy Weaver's car-running from killers who were closing in on him. Victor Holland's story sounded like the ravings of a man on the brink of madness, but his claim to be a fugitive was confirmed by the haunted look in his eyes-and the bullet hole in his shoulder. As each hour brings pursuers ever closer, Cathy has to wonder, is she giving her trust to a man in danger or trusting her life to a dangerous man?

The man emerged from the mist, right in front of Cathy Weaver's car--running from killers who were closing in on him. Victor Holland's story sounded like the ravings of a man on the brink of madness, but his claim to be a fugitive was confirmed by the haunted look in his eyes--and the bullet hole in his shoulder. As each hour brings pursuers ever closer, Cathy has to wonder, is she giving her trust to a man in danger or trusting her life to a dangerous man?

Trzymajacy w napieciu thriller medyczny mistrzyni tematu, glownej konkurentki Robina Cooka i Michaela Palmera. Doskonala lektura zwlaszcza dla tych, ktorzy maja watpliwosci co do funkcjonowania sluzby zdrowia…Dwie osoby gotowe do operacji i tylko jedno serce, ktore mozna przeszczepic. Gdy doktor Abby DiMatteo podejmowala decyzje, by dokonac przeszczepu u umierajacego siedemnastolatka, nie przypuszczala, ze wywola tym lawine wydarzen. Kim jest czterdziestoszescioletnia, bogata kobieta, ktora, wedle przelozonych, winna byla otrzymac narzad? Tego Abby nie wie. Wie jednak, ze cos jest nie w porzadku – jak za dotknieciem czarodziejskiej rozdzki pojawia sie drugie serce i operacja moze sie odbyc. Cud? To malo prawdopodobne. W wyniku podjetych decyzji, prace traci przelozona kobiety, a sama Abby zaczyna stawiac sobie niewygodne pytania. Czy to mozliwe, ze narzady do transplantacji pochodza z nie do konca legalnych zrodel? Gdzie leza granice etyki lekarskiej? Dyrekcja nie zyczy sobie rozglosu, ale sumienie zmusza Abby do poprowadzenia prywatnego sledztwa.

Trzymający w napięciu thriller medyczny mistrzyni tematu, głównej konkurentki Robina Cooka i Michaela Palmera. Doskonała lektura zwłaszcza dla tych, którzy mają wątpliwości co do funkcjonowania służby zdrowia…Dwie osoby gotowe do operacji i tylko jedno serce, które można przeszczepić. Gdy doktor Abby DiMatteo podejmowała decyzję, by dokonać przeszczepu u umierającego siedemnastolatka, nie przypuszczała, że wywoła tym lawinę wydarzeń. Kim jest czterdziestosześcioletnia, bogata kobieta, która, wedle przełożonych, winna była otrzymać narząd? Tego Abby nie wie. Wie jednak, że coś jest nie w porządku – jak za dotknięciem czarodziejskiej różdżki pojawia się drugie serce i operacja może się odbyć. Cud? To mało prawdopodobne. W wyniku podjętych decyzji, pracę traci przełożona kobiety, a sama Abby zaczyna stawiać sobie niewygodne pytania. Czy to możliwe, że narządy do transplantacji pochodzą z nie do końca legalnych źródeł? Gdzie leżą granice etyki lekarskiej? Dyrekcja nie życzy sobie rozgłosu, ale sumienie zmusza Abby do poprowadzenia prywatnego śledztwa.

Trzymający w napięciu thriller medyczny mistrzyni tematu, głównej konkurentki Robina Cooka i Michaela Palmera. Doskonała lektura zwłaszcza dla tych, którzy mają wątpliwości co do funkcjonowania służby zdrowia…Dwie osoby gotowe do operacji i tylko jedno serce, które można przeszczepić. Gdy doktor Abby DiMatteo podejmowała decyzję, by dokonać przeszczepu u umierającego siedemnastolatka, nie przypuszczała, że wywoła tym lawinę wydarzeń. Kim jest czterdziestosześcioletnia, bogata kobieta, która, wedle przełożonych, winna była otrzymać narząd? Tego Abby nie wie. Wie jednak, że coś jest nie w porządku – jak za dotknięciem czarodziejskiej różdżki pojawia się drugie serce i operacja może się odbyć. Cud? To mało prawdopodobne. W wyniku podjętych decyzji, pracę traci przełożona kobiety, a sama Abby zaczyna stawiać sobie niewygodne pytania. Czy to możliwe, że narządy do transplantacji pochodzą z nie do końca legalnych źródeł? Gdzie leżą granice etyki lekarskiej? Dyrekcja nie życzy sobie rozgłosu, ale sumienie zmusza Abby do poprowadzenia prywatnego śledztwa.