The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen

I picked this up recently as I wanted to try a Gerritsen novel since having read several good reviews of her work. I was quite surprised at just how good she is at formulating such a convincing, enthralling book. The Surgeon comes under the crime genre, with a plot that entails murder, thrills, suspense, detective work and, of course, American cops with guns. Yes it's like a movie, but it has a perfect balance between action and crime, and a good storyline with well-built characters. Broadly speaking, the plot is about a serial killer, who brutally tortures his female victims, taking from them that which makes them female, their wombs, before ...  Read the complete review

*****THE SYNOPSIS***** A serial killer is on the loose in Boston. The victims are killed in a particularly nasty way: cut with a scalpel on the stomach, the intestines and uterus removed, and then the throat slashed. The killer obviously has medical knowledge and has been dubbed "the Surgeon" by the media. Detective Thomas Moore and his partner Rizzoli of the Boston Homicide Unit have discovered something that makes this case even more chilling. Years ago in Savannah a serial killer murdered in exactly the same way. He was finally stopped by his last victim who shot him as he tried to cut her. That last victim is Dr Catherine Cordell, who now ...  Read the complete review

THE SURGEON is the second of two novels I have recently read by author, TESS GERITSEN, and is just as tight, tense and gripping a thriller as was BODY DOUBLE; the only other book of hers I have read. Set much earlier than BODY DOUBLE, this novel marks the debut of Detective Jane Rizzoli; on the hunt for a serial killer who removes women's wombs after hours of torment and leaves them to die with their throats slit open. Detective Thomas Moore is called back from vacation when it emerges the case is identical to a murder he investigated a year ago and, reluctantly, the pair form an often uneasy alliance despite their many differences. Rizzoli is relatively new to the ...  Read the complete review

WARNING: THIS IS A TRAILER OF A GRAPHIC NOVEL. "Lie quiet my pretty one. You are part of the chain now. I have put a chain around your neck; a chain from Diana; a chain from one year ago. I found you, I chose you, I stalked you, I came to you in the dark of the night. I know what damaged you; why you have a clinic record. Yes - that sweet, sickly smell, that groggy feeling, that sleepy sensation - that's the chloroform. Yes - I had to bind you, strip you, quieten you, subdue you. Don't struggle now - the duct tape won't release you; relax, lie back, it will be over soon. I waited - waiting here for half an hour; ...  Read the complete review

About a few years ago now I bought my weekly magazine, which had a copy of the surgeon as a free gift, I wasn't much of a book reader at the time and I would of normally slipped the book to the side and read the magazine, I was off work at the time and very bored so I decided to give the book a go, and I am so glad I did, after just one chapter I couldn't put it down. A little bit about the Author: The Authors name is Tess Gerritsen, and she is a retired doctor from Maine, Her first books consisted of romanced crime and after doing so well she decided to write her first medical thriller book "The surgeon." The ...  Read the complete review