Review: Another excellent Gerritsen tale!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2013
Gerritsen can weave a complex tale any time she likes! Whether it’s a normal length novel, or a short story, as this one is, the grit and tension will pull you in every time.Dr Maura Isles is at a glitzy, champagne filled fund raiser at the Museum of Science, she is bored, her 6” heels are killing her, and she can’t wait to go home and take them off. Suddenly her spirits lift, as she is approached by a handsome young man in a tuxedo…the night starts to look brighter. When he brings her more champagne, she feels the bubbles making her a little light-headed….When she wakes the next morning, she can’t work out how she’s on her sofa at home, fully clothed in last night’s silk gown, one shoe still on, with a demonic headache, and a massive hangover. What has happened, what DID happen? She has no memory of the events of the evening… With the phone ringing, which she ignores, and the knowledge it is 11am (she NEVER sleeps this late, even on the weekend!), and the sudden frantic knocking on her door, she is understandably frightened.Detective Jane Rizzoli needs to get to the bottom of Maura’s night out, as there has been a body found in the park, and in his pocket is one of Maura’s cards. Does Maura know him, did she kill him? Maura can’t remember…Jane trusts Maura, but has to investigate this death properly, and when things are suddenly not as they seem, the investigation takes on another turn. What will Maura do, is she in further danger…can Jane find the answer to this seemingly complex situation?A thoroughly entertaining read, one I highly recommend.