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Praise for Tess Gerritsen
“[The author] has a knack for creating great characters and mysterious plots that seem straightforward but also dazzle with complexity and twists.”—Associated Press
“[Gerritsen] has an imagination that allows her to conjure up depths of human behavior so dark and frightening that she makes Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft seem like goody-two-shoes.”—Chicago Tribune
“One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today.”—The Providence Journal
“[The author] has a knack for creating great characters and mysterious plots that seem straightforward but also dazzle with complexity and twists.”—Associated Press
“[Gerritsen] has an imagination that allows her to conjure up depths of human behavior so dark and frightening that she makes Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft seem like goody-two-shoes.”—Chicago Tribune
“One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today.”—The Providence Journal
About the Author
Tess Gerritsen is a physician and an internationally bestselling author. She gained nationwide acclaim for her first New York Times bestselling novel of suspense, Harvest. She is also the author of the bestsellers Last to Die, The Silent Girl, Ice Cold, The Keepsake, The Bone Garden, The Mephisto Club, Vanish, Body Double, The Sinner, The Apprentice, The Surgeon, Life Support, Bloodstream, and Gravity. Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine.
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Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D.
While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote a screenplay, "Adrift", which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.
Tess's first medical thriller, Harvest, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Her suspense novels since then have been: Life Support (1997), Bloodstream (1998), Gravity (1999), The Surgeon (2001), The Apprentice (2002), The Sinner (2003), Body Double (2004), Vanish (2005), The Mephisto Club (2006), The Bone Garden (2007), The Keepsake (2008; UK title: Keeping the Dead), Ice Cold (2010; UK title: The Killing Place), The Silent Girl (2011), and Last To Die (August 2012.) Her books have been published in forty countries, and more than 30 million copies have been sold around the world.
Her books have been top-3 bestsellers in the United States and number one bestsellers abroad. She has won both the Nero Wolfe Award (for Vanish) and the Rita Award (for The Surgeon). Critics around the world have praised her novels as "Pulse-pounding fun" (Philadelphia Inquirer), "Scary and brilliant" (Toronto Globe and Mail), and "Polished, riveting prose" (Chicago Tribune). Publisher Weekly has dubbed her the "medical suspense queen".
Her series of novels featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the TNT television series "Rizzoli & Isles" starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.
Now retired from medicine, she writes full time. She lives in Maine.
While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote a screenplay, "Adrift", which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.
Tess's first medical thriller, Harvest, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Her suspense novels since then have been: Life Support (1997), Bloodstream (1998), Gravity (1999), The Surgeon (2001), The Apprentice (2002), The Sinner (2003), Body Double (2004), Vanish (2005), The Mephisto Club (2006), The Bone Garden (2007), The Keepsake (2008; UK title: Keeping the Dead), Ice Cold (2010; UK title: The Killing Place), The Silent Girl (2011), and Last To Die (August 2012.) Her books have been published in forty countries, and more than 30 million copies have been sold around the world.
Her books have been top-3 bestsellers in the United States and number one bestsellers abroad. She has won both the Nero Wolfe Award (for Vanish) and the Rita Award (for The Surgeon). Critics around the world have praised her novels as "Pulse-pounding fun" (Philadelphia Inquirer), "Scary and brilliant" (Toronto Globe and Mail), and "Polished, riveting prose" (Chicago Tribune). Publisher Weekly has dubbed her the "medical suspense queen".
Her series of novels featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the TNT television series "Rizzoli & Isles" starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.
Now retired from medicine, she writes full time. She lives in Maine.
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55 of 56 people found the following review helpful
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Bill Garrison
VINE VOICE on February 13, 2010
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Tess Gerrittsen's GIRL MISSING is an audiobook only release that is a reprint of a mid 1990s book she wrote. As the author says in the introduction, this is one of her first forays into suspense after spending a lot of years writing romance. I've read several recent Gerritsen novels, and was excited to get this book through the Amazon Vine program. Truthfully, this is a plain vanilla novel that lacks the suspense and twists and turns that highlight the author's later works.
Long time heroine Kat Novak is the medical examiner and recently divorced. A sudden slew of deaths are coming in, and Kat can't explain why they died. But, she finds a phone number in one of the dead girl's pocket. The number is Adam Quantrell's, the rich CEO of a pharmaceutical company. She suspects him at first, but soon finds that Adam is concerned his daughter Maeve is involved in drugs.
The biggest problem for me in this book is that the plot never advances past the first level. There is never a discovery that leads to a new mystery. Kat and Adam spend the entire novel trying to figure out what drug is killing the kids and where it came from.
While interesting, this novel isn't nearly as good as Gerritsen's latest thrillers. I recommend you take a pass on this one.
Long time heroine Kat Novak is the medical examiner and recently divorced. A sudden slew of deaths are coming in, and Kat can't explain why they died. But, she finds a phone number in one of the dead girl's pocket. The number is Adam Quantrell's, the rich CEO of a pharmaceutical company. She suspects him at first, but soon finds that Adam is concerned his daughter Maeve is involved in drugs.
The biggest problem for me in this book is that the plot never advances past the first level. There is never a discovery that leads to a new mystery. Kat and Adam spend the entire novel trying to figure out what drug is killing the kids and where it came from.
While interesting, this novel isn't nearly as good as Gerritsen's latest thrillers. I recommend you take a pass on this one.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Denise Crawford
TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on January 26, 2010
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It's difficult to get the gist of what this book is about from reading the fairly inaccurate product description. This was a mystery about the deaths of some young people from a new narcotic-type drug that hadn't been released to market yet. Kat Novak, the medical examiner, gets suspicious that there's more to these deaths than accidental drug overdoses.
I have read all of Tess Gerritsen's previous suspense books and even some of her early romances. It is easy to see the progression and development of her skills as author by reading them in order of publication dates. It was fairly evident that this was an earlier work, but without having seen the original printed book, Peggy Sue Got Murdered, I can't say for certain what changes and updates were made for this particular version of the novel.
This is a review of an audiobook, which I find quite a different medium than print, and tend to like and enjoy less. I found the narrator of this version to be acceptable, but some of her voices, accents and affectations did bother me somewhat -- especially the male voices. Adam sounded completely stilted most of the time and the cops were portrayed as whiny and inept (so cliche). Some of her pronunciations of medical and chemical terms were off -- perhaps some coaching should have been done prior to the recording session. I feel that it would enhance the audiobook if different voices were used for the various characters - make it much more realistic and dramatic.
As far as a story -- well this was OK. I didn't think the denouement was very exciting and the motivation for the murders was slim.Read more ›
I have read all of Tess Gerritsen's previous suspense books and even some of her early romances. It is easy to see the progression and development of her skills as author by reading them in order of publication dates. It was fairly evident that this was an earlier work, but without having seen the original printed book, Peggy Sue Got Murdered, I can't say for certain what changes and updates were made for this particular version of the novel.
This is a review of an audiobook, which I find quite a different medium than print, and tend to like and enjoy less. I found the narrator of this version to be acceptable, but some of her voices, accents and affectations did bother me somewhat -- especially the male voices. Adam sounded completely stilted most of the time and the cops were portrayed as whiny and inept (so cliche). Some of her pronunciations of medical and chemical terms were off -- perhaps some coaching should have been done prior to the recording session. I feel that it would enhance the audiobook if different voices were used for the various characters - make it much more realistic and dramatic.
As far as a story -- well this was OK. I didn't think the denouement was very exciting and the motivation for the murders was slim.Read more ›
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Linda Pagliuco
VINE VOICE on March 29, 2011
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Drug addicts from the projects are dying of overdoses of an unidentifiable substance. Those who run the city are not especially concerned, but medical examiner Kat Novak, who grew up in that neighborhood, is determined to find out what's going on. Adam Quantrell is the handsome, wealthy CEO of a local pharmaceutical giant, whose wild-child step daughter has been missing for some time. When Kat contacts him about the lethal drug, and tells Adam about her roots, he asks her to assist him in locating the girl.
Tess Gerritsen, known for her taut crime novels, started out writing romantic thrillers. Girl Missing is one of her earliest efforts (1994), and boy, does it show. To extend the benefit of the doubt, perhaps it's merely time that makes this book seem mundane, contrived, and predictable, and loaded with cliches. Parts of this plot are downright silly. Kat and Adam land in some extremely perilous situations, but that never stops them from jumping right back in danger, not even when Kat's home is blown up as she watches from the sidewalk (she had forgotten something in the car and went out not a moment too soon.)
Readers who enjoy romance novels with an aura of menace may find this novel satisfying, but if you're hoping for something in the way of a true thriller/police procedural, give it a miss.
Tess Gerritsen, known for her taut crime novels, started out writing romantic thrillers. Girl Missing is one of her earliest efforts (1994), and boy, does it show. To extend the benefit of the doubt, perhaps it's merely time that makes this book seem mundane, contrived, and predictable, and loaded with cliches. Parts of this plot are downright silly. Kat and Adam land in some extremely perilous situations, but that never stops them from jumping right back in danger, not even when Kat's home is blown up as she watches from the sidewalk (she had forgotten something in the car and went out not a moment too soon.)
Readers who enjoy romance novels with an aura of menace may find this novel satisfying, but if you're hoping for something in the way of a true thriller/police procedural, give it a miss.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Can I give 0 stars? This was absolutely brutal...I could not believe Tess Gerritsen wrote it..I really like her Isles and Rizzoli material. Don't waste your money. It is AWFUL!!!!!!!!! Poor writing, poor story...poor attempt to create a love affair type secenario that just makes you cringe...i only read to the end because i paid 8 euro for it...I'd like a refund!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Gail Rodgers
VINE VOICE on January 14, 2010
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This was my first experience with an audio book and after the shock of realizing that it would take over 8 hours to listen to the unabridged version of the story (I can usually read one of Gerritsen's books in 4-5 hours) I then set down to figure out what to do while listening to the CDs as my usual free time is spent reading. I didn't think I could read a book and listen to a different book at the same time. After solving the logistical problems for me, I settled down to listen to the story.
The narrator of the story did a good job with changing her voice to go with each of the characters and by the time the book was finished, I didn't usually need to be reminded verbally as to who was talking. Other than the narrator, there is no sounds on the CDs so this is not like an experience of listening to a TV show with all the background noises.
This was Tess Gerritsen's bridge work between writing romantic fiction and suspense books. I'm glad that she made the break from romantic fiction as I doubt she would have ever become as well known as a writer and the world is much better off for having her suspense novels than romantic drivel. As I am only familiar with her suspense works, I am happy to say she did a good job with this story. The story appeared well thought out and was an enjoyable tale. As usual she brings her background as an MD into the story which is the story of a medical examiner who sees a developing trend with the cause of death some drug addicts and is concerned that there is a bad batch of a new drug out on the streets. She proceeds to have her car destroyed and her house bombed as she follows the leads and finds that no one is talking about or even caring that these people are dying as they are just `street people' and it is an election year.Read more ›
The narrator of the story did a good job with changing her voice to go with each of the characters and by the time the book was finished, I didn't usually need to be reminded verbally as to who was talking. Other than the narrator, there is no sounds on the CDs so this is not like an experience of listening to a TV show with all the background noises.
This was Tess Gerritsen's bridge work between writing romantic fiction and suspense books. I'm glad that she made the break from romantic fiction as I doubt she would have ever become as well known as a writer and the world is much better off for having her suspense novels than romantic drivel. As I am only familiar with her suspense works, I am happy to say she did a good job with this story. The story appeared well thought out and was an enjoyable tale. As usual she brings her background as an MD into the story which is the story of a medical examiner who sees a developing trend with the cause of death some drug addicts and is concerned that there is a bad batch of a new drug out on the streets. She proceeds to have her car destroyed and her house bombed as she follows the leads and finds that no one is talking about or even caring that these people are dying as they are just `street people' and it is an election year.Read more ›
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