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The Surgeon
by Tess Gerritsen
I probably started reading this series more than 20yrs ago, long before I joined GR. Several years later, the show started, and I LOVED the show so much, I abandoned the series (I think around #7). After joining GR, I would come across so many great reviews of the books, I vowed to someday pick it back up where I left off. Then recently I saw that the Crime, Mystery and Thrillers group had selected this one as a July group read and decided that now was as good a time as any to reread the series.
Over the past 11yrs that I’ve been a member of GR, I have read the books of some of my fave tv shows and movies and have almost always enjoyed the books more. However, this installment was never adapted to a tv episode, in its current form, and Maura Isles isn’t even in it, and I do remember that from when I started watching the show. However, the killer in this installment was a character/killer in the show and a significant one too. Additionally, this Jane Rizzoli is a lot more jaded and bitter than the Angie Harmon Jane, who I found to be ridiculously snarky and funny, which is what I absolutely loved about her! I had forgotten this about the books.
Anyway, the book summary pretty much lays out the entire primary storyline of Jane and her partner, Thomas Moore (whose nickname is St Moore after the priest), investigating the murders of former rape victims by someone that appears to be a medical professional and is called “the Surgeon” by the law enforcement and the media. I’m not going to get into the nitty gritty details of what this wacko does to the victims though, I kind of forgot how much darker and grittier the books were from the tv show. There is another storyline of Jane being the first and only women assigned to the Boston Homicide division and she is getting the run of the mill misogynistic initiation from her @$$#*!% male coworkers. Later, when she makes a grave mistake (in the second half) and is looking for some support from her partner Moore, she is reminded that she is on her own.
It's deep into the second half that the investigation takes a bit of a turn. Up to that point, I was certain I had remembered who the Surgeon was and possibly even the motive, but at this point, I’m starting to second guess my memory. It turns out I was wrong and totally forgot that whole part. Lol, it seems my memory of this book has become a little fuzzy.
The character development of Jane and Moore as well as a couple of other characters was well done. The pacing was steady to fast and the storyline interesting, even if it got a little too descriptive for my comfort. The writing was really good too and read it in two sittings. Reading this again reminded me of one of the reasons I really liked this series so long ago. I’m looking at an overall rating of 4.3 that I will be rounding down to a 4.25star review.
Over the past 11yrs that I’ve been a member of GR, I have read the books of some of my fave tv shows and movies and have almost always enjoyed the books more. However, this installment was never adapted to a tv episode, in its current form, and Maura Isles isn’t even in it, and I do remember that from when I started watching the show. However, the killer in this installment was a character/killer in the show and a significant one too. Additionally, this Jane Rizzoli is a lot more jaded and bitter than the Angie Harmon Jane, who I found to be ridiculously snarky and funny, which is what I absolutely loved about her! I had forgotten this about the books.
Anyway, the book summary pretty much lays out the entire primary storyline of Jane and her partner, Thomas Moore (whose nickname is St Moore after the priest), investigating the murders of former rape victims by someone that appears to be a medical professional and is called “the Surgeon” by the law enforcement and the media. I’m not going to get into the nitty gritty details of what this wacko does to the victims though, I kind of forgot how much darker and grittier the books were from the tv show. There is another storyline of Jane being the first and only women assigned to the Boston Homicide division and she is getting the run of the mill misogynistic initiation from her @$$#*!% male coworkers. Later, when she makes a grave mistake (in the second half) and is looking for some support from her partner Moore, she is reminded that she is on her own.
It's deep into the second half that the investigation takes a bit of a turn. Up to that point, I was certain I had remembered who the Surgeon was and possibly even the motive, but at this point, I’m starting to second guess my memory. It turns out I was wrong and totally forgot that whole part. Lol, it seems my memory of this book has become a little fuzzy.
The character development of Jane and Moore as well as a couple of other characters was well done. The pacing was steady to fast and the storyline interesting, even if it got a little too descriptive for my comfort. The writing was really good too and read it in two sittings. Reading this again reminded me of one of the reasons I really liked this series so long ago. I’m looking at an overall rating of 4.3 that I will be rounding down to a 4.25star review.