Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles--the inspiration for the hit TNT
series--continue their crime-solving streak.
The bestselling author of The Surgeon returns--and so does that
chilling novel's diabolical villain. Though held behind bars, Warren
Hoyt still haunts a helpless city, seeming to bequeath his evil legacy
to a student all-too-diligent . . . and all-too-deadly.
It is a boiling hot Boston summer. Adding to the city's woes is a series
of shocking crimes, in which wealthy men are made to watch while their
wives are brutalized. A sadistic demand that ends in abduction and
death.
The pattern suggests one man: serial killer Warren Hoyt, recently
removed from the city's streets. Police can only assume an acolyte is at
large, a maniac basing his attacks on the twisted medical techniques of
the madman he so admires. At least that's what Detective Jane Rizzoli
thinks. Forced again to confront the killer who scarred her--literally
and figuratively--she is determined to finally end Hoyt's awful
influence . . . even if it means receiving more resistance from her
all-male homicide squad.
But Rizzoli isn't counting on the U.S. government's sudden interest. Or
on meeting Special Agent Gabriel Dean, who knows more than he will tell.
Most of all, she isn't counting on becoming a target herself, once Hoyt
is suddenly free, joining his mysterious blood brother in a vicious
vendetta. . . .
Filled with superbly created characters--and the medical and police
procedural details that are her trademark--The Apprentice is Tess
Gerritsen at her brilliant best. Set in a stunning world where evil is
easy to learn and hard to end, this is a thriller by a master who could
teach other authors a thing or two.
