Though the body bears startling wounds, the actual cause of death is not immediately clear. When a young woman is found dead, Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles are called to the scene of the murder. 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. But shortly after trying to treat him, he disappears without a trace. But during the autopsy Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles discovers something entirely unexpected.ĭr Toby Harper’s quiet night is disrupted when a severely ill man stumbles into ER. Two nuns are brutally attacked within the walls of their convent. She escaped by shooting her attacker dead. In her most masterful novel of medical suspense,New York Timesbestselling author Tess Gerritsen creates a villain of unforgettable evil-and the one woman. Years ago a young woman was assaulted in a similar way. The precision of his methods leads Detective Jane Rizzoli to suspect he is medically trained.Then Jane makes a terrifying discovery. They remind her and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles of those committed by a killer known as The Surgeon, who they recently put behind bars.Ī killer is targeting lone women, torturing and murdering them. Exposing the shocking link between those who kill and cure, punish and protect, The Surgeon is Tess Gerritsen's most exciting accomplishment yet.A series of horrific murders seem disturbingly familiar to Detective Jane Rizzoli. and peopled with rich and complex characters-from the ER to the squad room to the city morgue-here is a thriller of unprecedented depth and suspense. Filled with the authentic detail that is the trademark of this doctor turned author. But even Moore cannot protect Cordell from a brilliant hunter who somehow understands-and savors-the secret fears of every woman he kills. Her only comfort comes from Thomas Moore, the detective assigned to the case. With every new murder he seems to be taunting her, cutting ever closer, from her hospital to her home. Cordell's careful facade is about to crack as this new killer recreates, with chilling accuracy, the details of Cordell's own ordeal. Now she hides her fears of intimacy behind a cool and elegant exterior and a well-earned reputation as a top trauma surgeon. Catherine Cordell fought back and killed her attacker before he could complete his assault.

The precision of the killer's methods suggests he is a deranged man of medicine, propelling the Boston newspapers and the frightened public to name him 'The Surgeon.' The cops' only clue rests with another surgeon, the victim of a nearly identical crime.

He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, unaware of the horrors they soon will endure. In her most masterful novel of medical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen creates a villain of unforgettable evil-and the one woman who can catch him before he kills again.

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