I recently began reading the the Rizzoli and Isles thrillers just by chance thanks to an offer in Tescos.
After reading a few and really enjoying the characters i resolved to go back to the start – where Detective Jane Rizzoli began.
The Surgeon is a fantastic dissection of not just the human psyche but the struggles many women find when entering into a masculine dominated environment.
Detective Jane Rizzoli is assigned the case of a Killer who is targeting vulnerable women to torture, dissect with clinical precision, and murder.
As the investigation gets deeper Rizzoli discovers a similiar case in which the victim survived… but killed her attacker.
As the net begins to close on The Surgeon a game of cat and mouse ensues; Between Detective, Surgeon and Victim. Gerritsen really made a page turner here as we see not only the inner workings of the mind of a socio-path, but we feel the frustrations of the somewhat Spikey Rizzoli and the pain of the victims.
This story is definitely worth a read if you are new to the thriller genre, it’s not too deep or complex, but it grips you by the neck and leaves you trusting no one on the pages. I found myself late at night saying “just one more page, just one more” before long I had finished it and couldn’t wait to read the next instalment of Gerritsens’ fantastic saga.
Lucidity 7/10
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