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The Surgeon | 
 enlarge | Author: Tess Gerritsen
Publisher: Bantam Books
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 3049
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 430
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 055381706X
EAN: 9780553817065
ASIN: 055381706X
Publication Date: January 17, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Comes from pet free and smoke free home - slights worn on edges
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Tess Gerritsen left a very successful career as an internist to raise her children and devote more time to writing. The Surgeon, following several books that met with moderate success, is a gruesome and frightening story that should put Gerritsen among the top women thriller writers working today. A serial killer is on the loose in Boston. The victims are killed in a particularly nasty way: cut with a scalpel on the stomach, the intestines and uterus removed, and then the throat slashed. The killer obviously has medical knowledge and has been dubbed "the Surgeon" by the media. Detective Thomas Moore and his partner Rizzoli of the Boston Homicide Unit have discovered something that makes this case even more chilling. Years ago in Savannah a serial killer murdered in exactly the same way. He was finally stopped by his last victim who shot him as he tried to cut her. That last victim is Dr Catherine Cordell, who now works as a cardiac surgeon at one of Boston's prestigious hospitals. As the murders continue, it becomes obvious that the killer is drawing closer and closer to Dr Cordell, who is becoming so frightened that she is virtually unable to function. But she is the only person who can help the police catch this copycat killer. Or is it a copycat? To complicate matters even further, Detective Moore, often referred to as Saint Thomas as he continues to mourn the loss of his wife, is getting emotionally involved with the doctor. The suspense in The Surgeon is almost unbearable. The writing is superb and the stunning twists and turns make it almost impossible to put down. --Otto Penzler, Amazon.com
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| Customer Reviews: Read 49 more reviews...
 A class act July 16, 2008
Quite simply one of the best thrillers ive ever read. Gripping, frightening, absorbing.
A must read!
 Well worth the money... May 29, 2008
This is the first Tess Gerritsen novel I have read (I am a die-hard Karin Slaughter fan but needed something to tide me over 'til Karin's next release). I bought this on an Amazon recommendation and boy am I glad I did. The cover says "A real page-turner. A read-in-one-go novel if ever there was one." Although I have never had the luxury of enough spare time to read a book in one sitting, I have found this book almost un-put-down-able. I take it everywhere I go so that if I find myself turning up somewhere 5 minutes early (er, hello?) I can read it. I sit reading it while everyone else is watching tele. I even go to bed early so that I can spend longer reading it. It's good. It's very good. I like the way the author builds relationships; and I haven't worked out who the bad guy is yet, even though I'm trying! It IS gory in places, sometimes a little too much so, but I would highly recommend it. Consider me a new Tess Gerritsen fan!
Brilliant Book April 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was passed to me by a friend as she knew i loved reading thrillers i.e. Relentless 'Simon Kernick'and i found it to be a fantastic read with which i couldn't put down. There were parts that made my heart pound and parts where i had to put the book down because i was scared to read anymore. I passed the book onto my mum and she was ringing me up and we found we ended up discussing it. My single friend would like to read it but i advised her not to i felt nervous reading it even with my husband sat at the side of me i'm never sleeping with my window open again!!!!!
Brilliant March 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have looked at Tess Gerritsen books many times and for some reason they never appealed to me, but a few days ago I thought I'd give this one a go and I'm glad I did. It had me hooked straightaway, it was fascinating and gripping, and now I can't wait to try her others, although some of the follow ups to The Surgeon seem to get less great reviews. I hope they are as good as this one because this was utterly compelling, one of those that you just don't want to put down.
The surgeon makes the first deadly cut February 9, 2008
The Surgeon is the first of Gerritsen's Jane Rizzoli books, and it's quite the compelling read. As detailed and gory as CSI would be if it weren't on network television, it's also full of vivid characters and an intriguing serial killer that will test Rizzoli and her compatriots to the bitter end.
Gerritsen seems to be easing her readers into Jane Rizzoli's personality, because the book has multiple viewpoints and often seems to be more about Cordell and the cop who is falling for her, Thomas Moore. Rizzoli's definitely in there, though, and Gerritsen does a wonderful job with her. Subsequent books are all told from Rizzoli's point of view, so perhaps Gerritsen was concerned that Rizzoli's prickly personality would not hit it off with fans? I don't know, but I'd say her concerns were unfounded if that is the case. While she's not the most likable person around, that's part of what makes her interesting.
Gerritsen also does well with the killer, tapdancing along the line between revealing who he is and giving us some insight into his psyche. The brief scenes from his point of view are set off in italics, so it's obvious from a glance that he's the one talking. We hear a lot about what drives him without being given any detail about who he is, keeping the mystery. Slowly, as the book goes on, these passages add more detail, revealing where he is and what he does.
Gerritsen's plotting is superb in this one, creating an intricate web that's slowly revealed to the reader as the cops discover it. She shows her medical knowledge, but usually in an interesting fashion. There are lots of medical details, but it never sounds like a textbook, as characters like Rizzoli are forced to ask for a clearer explanation. Of course, readers with very weak stomachs may want to avoid these books, as Gerritsen doesn't pull any punches in describing crime scenes, autopsies, and the like. There is a lot of blood, though it's almost always after the fact (with the exception of the riveting conclusion, where there's actually some "on-screen" violence).
The only fault I can really find with The Surgeon is the relentless negativity in the book. It is extremely dark, but none of the cops even make any good, black-humored jokes. There is no lightness in the book whatsoever. I think Gerritsen may have realized that, as there is some levity amidst all the blood and sex crimes in subsequent books. Not a whole lot, as a subject like this shouldn't be trivialized, but enough to make it more realistic.
This darkness carries over into Rizzoli's character in general, as she has nothing good in her life. I loved the friendship that she develops with Moore, as he's the only man who seems to understand that she's having problems being the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, but even that doesn't bring a lot of joy considering some of the events in the novel. While I'm sure she probably did, I don't remember her even cracking a smile, which illustrates how gloomy it all is.
That being said, The Surgeon is a wonderful first novel in the series, as Gerritsen turned her sights from medical thrillers and romance novels to crime fiction. She holds it together wonderfully, giving her characters enough hooks to make them interesting and making us want to read subsequent books about them. This novel is for CSI fans and for fans of gritty crime stories everywhere. Just make sure you're not eating when you read it.
David Roy
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