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One of Time Magazine’s 100 BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME. He slips into homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, about to awaken to a living nightmare. The precision of his methods suggests that he is a deranged man of medicine, prompting the Boston newspapers to dub him “The Surgeon.”.
- About Tess Gerritsen
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- Medical Thrillers and Crime Thrillers
- Rizzoli and Isles
- Writing Style
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Dr. Tess Gerritsen is one of the premier authors in the medical and crime thriller genres. She is a dynamic and multi-talented writer, and her published material contains bright instances of humor as well as dark and intricate plots, astounding technical elements and exceptional attention to detail. Dr. Tess Gerritsen was born in San Diego, and edu...
While practicing medicine, Tess Gerritsen was deeply interested in reading romances, so naturally, she gravitated towards that genre for her first forays into novel writing. In the year 1987, Harlequin Publishing bought the rights to her first professional romance thriller, Call After Midnight, and for almost a decade published a steady stream of r...
Tess Gerritsen’s first medical thriller, Harvest, was written after she had decided to change genres, and garnered immediate success, eventually gaining the number 13 spot of the New York Times bestseller list. It was published in the year 1996, and was inspired by a conversation she had had with a retired homicide detective. This led to her publis...
Tess Gerritsen’s most enduring and popular novels are undoubtedly the Rizolli and Isles series(2001 to present). The series focuses on homicide detective Jane Rizzoli, and medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. The series pairs the two in the investigation of horrific and imaginative crimes, buoyed by Gerritsen’s vast knowledge of both the medical profe...
Like any successful thriller writer, Tess Gerritsen is a master of plot and timing, incorporating beautiful timing into an involved plot to bring her vibrant and colorful characters to life. Learning to balance dangerous and fantastic situation with cold, hard facts helps to bring the page to life, while still maintaining a sense of mystery and won...
Tess Gerritsen’s novel Vanish received a Nero Award for Best Mystery Novel in the year 2006, and was also nominated both for an Macavity Award as well as an Edgar Award.
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Tess Gerritsen is an accomplished American author, who was born on June 12, 1953, in San Diego, California. With a medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, she practiced as a physician before transitioning to a full-time writing career.
Aug 3, 2004 · The Surgeon (Jane Rizzoli, Book 1) Mass Market Paperback – August 3, 2004. He slips into homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, about to awaken to a living nightmare. The precision of the killer’s methods suggests that he is a deranged man of medicine, propelling the Boston newspapers to dub him “The ...
Oct 2, 2001 · The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1), Tess Gerritsen Tess Gerritsen is the pseudonym of Terry Gerritsen, an American novelist. The story opens up with the death of Elena Ortiz at the hands of the Surgeon, and Thomas Moore is sent to investigate. The murder is tied to another murder by the Surgeon, Diana Sterling, a year previous.
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The Surgeon. In her most masterful novel of medical suspense, "New York Times" bestselling author Tess Gerritsen creates a villain of unforgettable evil--and the one woman who can catch him before he kills again. He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, unaware of the horrors they soon will ...
A serial killer stalks the women of Boston, killing with surgical precision and the same methods that a previous killer had used. The only hope for catching him seems to lie in Dr. Catherine Cordell, a trauma surgeon who two years earlier killed her attacker and now finds herself being hunted by the copy-cat murderer.
