Vanish - Tess Gerritsen

A blessed event becomes a nightmare for pregnant homicide detective Jane Rizzoli when she finds herself on the wrong side of a hostage crisis in this timely and relentless thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Body Double. A nameless, beautiful woman appears to be just another corpse in the morgue. An apparent suicide, she lies on a gurney, awaiting the dissecting scalpel of medical examiner Maura Isles. But when Maura unzips the body bag and looks down at the body, she gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes. Very much alive, the woman is rushed to the hospital, where with shockingly cool precision, she murders a security guard and seizes hostages . . . one of them a pregnant patient, Jane Rizzoli. Who is this violent, desperate soul, and what does she want? As the tense hours tick by, Maura joins forces with Jane s husband, FBI agent Gabriel Dean, to track down the mysterious killer s identity. When federal agents suddenly appear on the scene, Maura and Gabriel realize that they are dealing with a case that goes far deeper than just an ordinary hostage crisis. Only Jane, trapped with the armed madwoman, holds the key to the mystery. And only she can solve it if she survives the night. From the Hardcover edition."

Published: 2006-08-29 (Ballantine Books)

ISBN: 9780345476982

Language: English

Format: Paperback, 401 pages

Goodreads' rating: -

Genres

Crime Mystery Thriller Fiction Suspense

Reviews

Anita rated it

5/5 SERNN EN Y KTABIYDI.Kitapta istediim her ey vard.Yazar tam istediim gibi Rizzoli'nin üstünde durmutu daha çok.Rizzoli'ye ak bir insan olarak,kitab beenmemem imkanszd zaten.Maura'nn ve ergen ak ikilemlerinin bu kitapta olmamas da beenmem için ayr bir sebepti tabii.Ve..Dean.Koruyucu tavrlar,Rizzoli için endielenmesi çok houma gitti.Dean kesinlikle en sevdiim karakterlerden biri.Kitabn ilk üç yüz sayfasn trnaklarm kemirerek okudum.Bandan kalkamadm kitabn.-Okuyanlar sebebini tahmin ediyordur-Kitabn kalan daha durgundu.Karakterlerin üzerine younlalm,özel hayatlarna daha çok girilmiti.Ve bu beni asla rahatsz etmedi.Aksine,çok houma gitti.Yazarn hep Rizzoli karakterinin üzerinde durmasn istiyorum çünkü.Sadece tek bir eletirim olacak; gizem unsuru biraz arka planda kalmt.Ama tabii Tess okuyanlar bilir,son sayfada yine hepimizi artmay baard.Gerçi ben hafiften tahmin etmitim ama ardm yinede.Ayrca Mila'nn hikayesini çok sevdim.Ne olursa olsun,ben Mila'nn çok güçlü bir karakter olduunu düünüyorum.Ama baz yerlerde o küçük kzlara yaplanlar okurken içim acd.Çok üzüldüm.Kitap her eyiyle çok güzeldi.Tess bu kitapla birlikte kesinlikle favori yazarlarmdan biri oldu.

Dionysus rated it

Another good plot in the Rizzoli & Isles series. I'm really enjoying "binge" reading this series.

Ilaire rated it

I liked this book, but not as much as the other Rizzoli and Isles I read. The story fell a little flat to me and it felt like it took until the middle of the book to really get started, and then it was done. Case solved. What I did like was this book was more about Jane and her husband, with a little Maura sprinkled in. It was nice to get to know Jane a little more and how she views crimes from a detective point of view. Maura was good in her appearances, but she stills is a little frisky flirty whenever a handsome man looks her way. That's the one thing I'm glad that didn't carry over to the show. Overall, if you're reading the series, definitely read this one. It's a good read, and worth learning more about Jane.