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When Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are summoned to a crime scene, they find a killing worthy of the most ferocious beast -- right down to the claw marks on the corpse. But only the most sinister human hands could have left renowned big-game hunter and taxidermist Leon Gott gruesomely displayed like the once-proud animals whose heads adorn his walls. Did Gott unwittingly awaken a predator more dangerous than any he's ever hunted?
Author Notes
Tess Gerritsen was born on June 12, 1953 in San Diego, California. She received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco. While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. Her first novel, Call After Midnight was published in 1987. It was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote the screenplay, Adrift, which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.
Her first medical thriller, Harvest, was published in 1996. She is the author of the Rizzoli and Isles series, which was adapted into a television show. She has won several awards including the Nero Wolfe Award for Vanish and the Rita Award for The Surgeon. She retired from the medical field and writes full-time. Her other novels include Presumed Guilty, Harvest, Gravity, The Bone Garden, and Playing with Fire.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (4)
Publisher's Weekly Review
In bestseller Gerritsen's spellbinding 11th novel featuring Det. Jane Rizzoli of the Boston PD and medical examiner Maura Isles (after 2012's Last to Die), Leon Gott, taxidermist and avid hunter, is eviscerated in his West Roxbury home, and the rare snow leopard pelt he was preserving is stolen. Rizzoli and Isles suspect that Gott's death is related to the Botswana safari on which his son vanished six years earlier-and to a murderous sub-Saharan African cult and unsolved killings across the U.S. Gerritsen alternates the search for a cunning human predator with the first-person narrative of Millie Jacobson, the safari's only survivor, who adds to the visceral horror with her account of how a group of trapped, terrified people turned on each other. Backstory and character development are occasionally sacrificed to pacing, but Gerritsen excels at describing the harsh, often lethal majesty of the Okavango Delta in this satisfying page-turner sure to please longtime Rizzoli and Isles fans and new readers alike. Author tour. Agent: Meg Ruley, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
A not-for-the-squeamish murder mystery set in both Boston and Botswana.The trouble starts on a safari in Botswana's Okavango Delta. Former Londoner Millie Jacobson narrates in the present tense about her vacation to hell, from which she emerges much the worse for wearbut the others on the trip don't emerge at all. Years later in Boston, Detective Jane Rizzoli and Medical Examiner Maura Isles investigate the death of renowned taxidermist Leon Gott, who never met a big animal he didn't want to shoot and stuff. Through relentless digging, Rizzoli and Isles uncover connections between the two events. Jacobson's chapters are filled with fear and tension; she's a city woman who quickly learns that in the African bush, "every creature that's born will ultimately be eaten." Long after her ordeal should be over, Millie tells her 4-year-old daughter that "the world is a place of peace and light," so the girl "does not know that monsters are real." Oh, but Millie knows. Sitting at her computer one evening, "I click the mouse. I might as well have lit the fuse on a stick of dynamite." Fans of the Rizzoli and Isles novels already know what to expect: a pair of smart women underestimated by some of their colleagues and with a knack for being where the gore is. They are sympathetic pros with problems of their ownIsles' mother is dying in prison, and Rizzoli's mom is "psychotically depressed." The characters are strongwho can't be intrigued by a name like Johnny Posthumus?and the plot is tight and believable, except for the Boston Police Department's springing for round-trip flights to and from Cape Town, South Africa. Readers may have to suspend disbelief on that detail, but the other seemingly disparate pieces fit together well. Mystery lovers not familiar with the author's work should brace themselves, because they might trip over a bucket of entrails. But they will also find a terrific storyteller. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are summoned to the home of Leon Gott, a well-known big-game hunter and taxidermist. He has been eviscerated, and his nude body hung upside down, his ankles bound with nylon cord. Despite the gruesome scene and the overpowering stench, the two women immediately begin processing the clues, and what they find leads them to the wilds of Botswana. It was there six years earlier that Gott's son, Elliot, and other members of his tourist group were slaughtered while on safari. Then Rizzoli and Isles discover that Elliot's former fiancée was murdered the same day as Gott. As the two work feverishly to connect the cases, old issues continue to haunt them, among them Jane's mother, who has agreed to take back her philandering husband despite her newfound happiness with another man, and Maura's mother, a jailed psychopath with a terminal illness who wants to reconnect with her daughter. Gerritsen expertly creates a sinister atmosphere especially when the scene shifts to Botswana and the terrorized tourists while also working in lively commentary on the ethics of big-game hunting. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: A national marketing campaign, coupled with the popularity of the Rizzoli & Isles TV show, will no doubt propel Gerritsen once again to a prominent slot on most best-seller lists.--Wilkinson, Joanne Copyright 2014 Booklist
Library Journal Review
Crime-solving duo Det. Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles return in Gerritsen's tenth novel in this popular series (after Last To Die). The book opens with an unknown woman describing an idyllic tourist safari in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, soon rendered horrifying by the death of an African tracker. The scene then switches to present-day Boston, where the body of a highly respected taxidermist and avid big-game hunter is found trussed and gutted like a hunting trophy. Rizzoli is called in, and soon it becomes clear that the murder is not an isolated event. The investigation proceeds with plenty of plot twists. The complex collaboration between Rizzoli and Isles hits a few bumps, and peripheral supporting characters add depth and humor to this page-turning story. The descriptions of the beauty and dangers of the Okavango Delta will satisfy armchair travelers. VERDICT Longtime readers will enjoy the well-crafted story arc and the continuing development of Rizzoli and Isles's relationship. For new readers, this title can stand on its own as a compelling forensic procedural. [See Prepub Alert, 6/8/14; for another thriller set in Okavango, see also Tony Park's The Delta, ow.ly/Cyw2A.-Ed.]-Terry Lucas, Rogers Memorial Lib., Southampton, NY (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.