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Brought to you by Penguin. A gruesome secret is about to be unearthed... When a human skull is dug up in a garden near Boston, Dr Maura Isles is called in to investigate. She quickly discovers that the skeleton - that of a young woman - has been buried for over a hundred years. But who was the...

Rediscover this classic story from master thriller author Tess Gerritsen The quiet scandal surrounding the death of her parents has always haunted Beryl Tavistock. Now she’s asking dangerous questions, and the answers are proving that the past does not die easily. Pulled into a world of...

Brought to you by Penguin. Don't miss the brand new action-packed thriller featuring retired spy Maggie Bird (Martini Club 3) from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Spy Coast and The Summer Guests. The Shadow Friends . . . Can they trust each other? THE MARTINI CLUB IS NOT YOUR USUAL...

No one takes readers to the dark side and back with more razor-sharp jolts and sheer suspense than the storytelling master behind Ice Cold and The Keepsake. When New York Times best-selling author Tess Gerritsen has a tale to tell, put yourself in her expert hands and prepare for the shocks and thrills that are certain to follow.

In Wyoming for a medical conference, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles joins a group of friends on a spur-of-the-moment ski trip. Days later, Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli is determined to learn what happened to her friend. The investigation plunges Jane into the twisted history of Kingdom Come, where a gruesome discovery lies buried beneath the snow.

Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli is on the case of a big game hunter found dead in his apartment, alone with the body of a beautiful white snow leopard he had recently been commissioned to procure and stuff for a high-profile museum in the area. Medical examiner Maura Isles connects the case to a number of seemingly unrelated deaths where the victims have all been found hanging upside down, the hallmark of a leopard's kill.

With her acclaimed novels Harvest and Life Support, Tess Gerritsen has injected a powerful dose of adrenaline into the medical thriller. Now, Gerritsen melds page-turning suspense with chilling realism as a small-town doctor races to unravel the roots of a violent outbreak—before it destroys...

In this propulsive, “nonstop read” (USA TODAY) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shape of Night, a NASA doctor is in a deadly race against time to destroy a lethal microbe as it multiplies in the International Space Station. Dr. Emma Watson’s lifelong dream of working and...

While visiting Julian “Rat” Perkins, the 16-year-old boy with whom she survived a terrible ordeal, Maura Isles is startled to learn that all the students at Evensong are survivors of violence. Isolated in the Maine wilderness, the boarding school teaches its students the science and investigative skills needed for a high-level crime fighting career. Meanwhile in Boston, Detective Jane Rizzoli investigates the murder of Teddy Clock’s foster family, a slaughter that only Teddy survived.

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles—the inspiration for the hit TNT series—continue their crime-solving streak. The bestselling author of The Surgeon returns—and so does that chilling novel’s diabolical villain. Though held behind bars, Warren Hoyt still haunts a helpless city, seeming to...

From New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen, a terrifying novel of deadly proportions as an ER doctor tries to determine the cause and cure of a fatal and mysterious virus before it becomes an epidemic. The quiet overnight shift at Springer Hospital ER suits Dr. Toby Harper just...

Be thrilled by this classic romantic suspense! Reformed cat burglar Clea Rice has witnessed enough crime to put her on the straight and narrow. But little does she suspect that her search for justice will land her in the arms of a wealthy English gentleman. As her attraction to Jordan Tavistock...

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...

Da quando Maggie Bird si è trasferita in quella serena cittadina, le uniche ombre in grado di offuscare la sua vita sono le articolazioni ormai irrigidite dall'età, le volpi ingorde delle sue galline e il caffè bruciato del vicino di casa. Ma i problemi, se devono, riescono a trovarti anche nel luogo più calmo e sperduto del mondo. Perché quello sul vialetto di casa sua non è soltanto un cadavere. È un messaggio chiaro, l'ultimo che Maggie avrebbe mai voluto ricevere: il file dell'Operazione Cyrano è stato riaperto.

Ein Kunstfehler bei einer Operation kostet eine Frau das Leben. Dr. Kate Chesne gerät unter Verdacht. Erst als eine weitere Frau stirbt, beginnt der Anwalt David Ransom zu ahnen, dass Kate unschuldig ist und das nächste Opfer sein könnte. Er spürt, dass die schöne Ärztin seine Hilfe braucht, und will alles tun, um sie zu beschützen.

Den unga, ambitiösa läkaren Abby DiMatteo har med en kombination av skicklighet och järnhård vilja lyckats få fast anställning som kirurg på det ansedda Bayside Hospital i Boston. Och hon är nära att nå sina drömmars mål – att få ingå i sjukhusets berömda transplantationsteam. Men så inträffar något som äventyrar hennes utnämning, hela hennes karriär. Ett trafikoffer, en hjärndöd kvinna, kommer en kväll in till sjukhuset, där en sjuttonårig pojke väntar på hjärttransplantation.

Nadie la oyó gritar... El cadáver decapitado y mutilado de una mujer es encontrado en el barrio de Chinatown en Boston. Las únicas pistas que tienen la detective de homicidios Jane Rizzoli y su compañera, la médico forense Maura Isles, son dos hebras de pelo gris plateado —no humano— que se han adherido al cuerpo. Pero pronto descubrirán que esa muerte violenta ha tenido una escalofriante precuela. Diecinueve años antes un brutal asesinato, seguido de un suicidio, dejó cinco muertos.

Mumien blir ett fall för kriminalinspektör Jane Rizzoli från mordroteln. Och när sedan ännu en ohyggligt bevarad rest av en mördad kvinna hittas undangömd i museets källare står det klart att en seriemördare går lös en mördare som vill bevara sina offer som souvenirer med hjälp av forntida konserveringstekniker. Medan Rizzoli och Isles metodiskt försöker spåra mördaren är det bara en enda människa som anar sanningen, egyptologen Josephine Pulcillo vid Crispinmuseet.

Da una regina del thriller un romanzo che mantiene alta la tensione fino all’ultimo, incredibile colpo di scena. Maura Isles, medico legale di Boston, lavora a contatto con la morte e vede cadaveri tutti i giorni, gran parte dei quali vittime di sanguinosi delitti. Mai però prima d’ora aveva sentito il sangue gelarsi nelle vene, mai prima d’ora l’espressione «sosia» le era parsa tanto inquietante e reale, perché mai prima d’ora sul tavolo autoptico aveva visto il suo stesso corpo senza vita...

Present day: Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural Massachusetts: a skull buried in the rocky soil–human, female, and, according to the trained eye of Boston medical examiner Maura Isles, scarred with the unmistakable marks of murder. Boston, 1830...