| The Surgeon grabbed me and kept me reading. The | | | | from the killer's point of view. The reader |
| suspense builds with every page. There are no dull | | | | understands his thoughts and motives. The terror of |
| moments, no holes in the plot. A serial killer is on the | | | | a rape survivor, even years after her attack is |
| loose in Boston. He enters women's bedroom | | | | brilliantly written into Dr. Catherine Cordell's character, |
| windows at night, chloroforms them and takes away | | | | the only victim that lived through the surgeon's |
| the very thing that makes them female. While his | | | | attack two years before this current series of killings. |
| victim is awake, tied to her own bed with duct tape, | | | | Catharine is virtually unable to function, crippled by |
| he cuts her with a scalpel, removes her uterus and | | | | terror after it becomes obvious that the surgeon has |
| then slashes her throat. Death comes while the victim | | | | made the killings personal and Catharine is his target. |
| watches her own blood spray from her throat. This | | | | Through detectives Thomas Moore and Jane Rizzoli, |
| story is even more chilling than Silence of the Lambs | | | | the reader develops an intimate understanding of the |
| because this killer tells the victim exactly how he will | | | | intricacies of the Boston Homicide Unit. The heat of |
| torture and then kill her. He draws death out over | | | | Boston is a symbol for the heat between Catherine |
| several hours while the victim waits alert and in pain. | | | | and detective Moore. |
| What sets this novel apart from other thrillers is | | | | I was pleasantly surprised by the very satisfying |
| Gerritsen's skill at bringing her characters to life. This | | | | ending of this fantastic murder thriller. I highly |
| is not just a shocking horror tale. The book opens | | | | recommend it for anyone who loves a thrilling read. |