The Surgeon
Author: Tess Gerritsen
Publisher: Ballantine/Random House
Publish Date: 2001
Pages: 370
ISBN No.: 978-0-345-44787-S
Genre: Medical Thriller
Sub Genre: Horror
Reader's Annotation:
A serial killer is loose in Boston, torturing and mutilating women in a very methodical way and then viciously killing them.
Summary:
Tess Gerritsen's authentic medical expertise does not disappoint in this creepy medical thriller that makes one think of Hannibal Lecter. A beyond clever, sinister serial killer stalks a charismatic female doctor in this thoroughly satisfying thriller. While Gerritsen provides the usual surgical setting it is no less intense but balances out nicely with what we have come to expect with the requisite romantic subplot and familiar, spirited police professionals, confirming the authenticity of Gerritsen's medical expertise as a former physician. Dr. Catherine Cordell, the main character in this spine tingling story, thought she was done with her rapist and would-be murderer having shot him two years earlier in hot and sultry Savannah, where he was a surgery intern at her hospital. Another summer is about to begin and the killler seems to have miraculously returned and embarked once again on his grisly missions of raping women, surgically removing their wombs. As two gutsy detectives Thomas Moore and Jane Rizzoli investigate, Cordell begins to doubt her recollection of what had happened and discovers that she is not even safe in her OR.
Evaluation:
I meet Tess Gerritsen at a book signing at my local bookstore, having not already seen her Rizzoli and Isles on TV when I read her first book I really liked the pace and writing style. This book did not disappoint and I loved it. It starts out quickly and the reader does not need to read 100 pages or so to get into the story - really like that. Gerritsen always keeps me guessing as to "who did it" and this book was no exception.
Why I Would Include It:
The Surgeon is an excellent example of a medical thriller and I would recommend it to any mystery reader. Tess Gerritsen as a former physician writes with medical expertise which lends itself to the credibility of the novel.
Rating: 5
Read Alikes:
Reader's Annotation:
A serial killer is loose in Boston, torturing and mutilating women in a very methodical way and then viciously killing them.
Summary:
Tess Gerritsen's authentic medical expertise does not disappoint in this creepy medical thriller that makes one think of Hannibal Lecter. A beyond clever, sinister serial killer stalks a charismatic female doctor in this thoroughly satisfying thriller. While Gerritsen provides the usual surgical setting it is no less intense but balances out nicely with what we have come to expect with the requisite romantic subplot and familiar, spirited police professionals, confirming the authenticity of Gerritsen's medical expertise as a former physician. Dr. Catherine Cordell, the main character in this spine tingling story, thought she was done with her rapist and would-be murderer having shot him two years earlier in hot and sultry Savannah, where he was a surgery intern at her hospital. Another summer is about to begin and the killler seems to have miraculously returned and embarked once again on his grisly missions of raping women, surgically removing their wombs. As two gutsy detectives Thomas Moore and Jane Rizzoli investigate, Cordell begins to doubt her recollection of what had happened and discovers that she is not even safe in her OR.
Evaluation:
I meet Tess Gerritsen at a book signing at my local bookstore, having not already seen her Rizzoli and Isles on TV when I read her first book I really liked the pace and writing style. This book did not disappoint and I loved it. It starts out quickly and the reader does not need to read 100 pages or so to get into the story - really like that. Gerritsen always keeps me guessing as to "who did it" and this book was no exception.
Why I Would Include It:
The Surgeon is an excellent example of a medical thriller and I would recommend it to any mystery reader. Tess Gerritsen as a former physician writes with medical expertise which lends itself to the credibility of the novel.
Rating: 5
Read Alikes:
Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles Detective Series
At Risk by Patricia Cornwell
Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell
Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell
Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell
Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell
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