Listen To Me
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'Suspenseful and clever - nobody is who they seem to be in this shocking and fast-paced mystery.' KARIN SLAUGHTER The nail-biting new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. Have you met Rizzoli & Isles yet? Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles are investigating a gruesome and seemingly senseless murder. The victim was a respected, much loved nurse. But she was guarding a dangerous secret - a secret that may have lead the killer straight to her door. Meanwhile, Jane's watchful mother Angela Rizzoli is convinced there's something strange, perhaps even dangerous, about her new neighbours across the street. The problem is, no one is listening to her. Not even her own daughter. Ignored and frustrated, and with danger mounting in her neighbourhood, Angela may be forced to take action on her own . . . 'Outstanding - inventive, scary, and funny. Listen to Me is Gerritsen at her best!' KATHY REICHS 'Gerritsen walks that high wire between humour and suspense without ever falling off as she plays a great game of bait and switch with her readers.' LINWOOD BARCLAY ___ Readers are raving about Listen to Me! 'Tightly woven plot, sharp characters and some laugh out loud scenes. LOVED IT' ***** 'Twisting and turning with an intriguing plotline and maintaining a dark undercurrent throughout' ***** 'This may have been my first Gerritsen book but it won't be the last!' ***** __ Praise for Tess Gerritsen: 'Tess Gerritsen's clever plotting and medical knowledge give her thrillers that extra edge. Expect a white-knuckle ride to very dark places.' PAULA HAWKINS 'Suspense doesn't get smarter than this.' LEE CHILD 'Crime-writing at its nerve-tingling best.' HARLAN COBEN 'Baby, you are going to be up all night.' STEPHEN KING 'Gruesome, seductive and creepily credible.' THE TIMES 'Hair-raising, nail-biting stuff.' GUARDIAN Sunday Times bestseller, January 2024
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11 primary books12 released books#13 in Rizzoli & Isles
Rizzoli & Isles is a 12-book series with 13 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Tess Gerritsen.
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In some aspects, “[b:Listen To Me 58885794 Listen To Me (Rizzoli & Isles, #13) Tess Gerritsen https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1634656796l/58885794.SY75.jpg 90963080]” is a departure from earlier books in the series: The story is told (mostly) alternatingly from the perspectives of the main characters: There's, of course, Jane Rizzoli, cop, married to Gabriel, mother to their daughter Regina. Another but rather disappointingly short and inconsequential major character is Maura Isles, Medical Examiner, but she's playing second fiddle to Angela Rizzoli, Jane's mother, who is also the local neighbourhood spy...»Yes, I've come to know them all a little better and they've come to know me, and even though we don't always see eye-to-eye, and we sometimes stop talking to one another and occasionally even try to kill one another, this is my neighborhood. Someone has to keep an eye on it.It might as well be me.«Finally, there's Amy's point of view which becomes increasingly important. Apart from those familiar faces, things seem to have changed over the past five years since the previous instalment. At least to me, all characters feel more like the great-but-different TV series: Everyone is more quirky and things are much less gritty than usual.Don't get me wrong: This isn't bad because I like both the TV series as well as these books, I've come to expect darker, grittier stories whereas this one does have a thrill at the end, it does feel more tame and there's more comic relief.Sadly, Kossack is mostly away to help his sister and, thus, most of the secondary characters like Frankie (Jane's brother) and others are mostly or completely missing. Only Frost is allowed to help.Still, it's a good, thrilling, suspenseful read which garners four out of five stars from me.Blog Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest Medium Matrix TumblrCeterum censeo Putin esse delendam
