num_pages: 338
description: For the second time in his short life Teddy Clock has survived a massacre. Two years ago he barely escaped when his entire family was slaughtered. Now at fourteen in a hideous echo of the past Teddy is the lone survivor of his foster familys mass murder. Orphaned once more the traumatized teenager has nowhere to turnuntil the Boston PD puts detective Jane Rizzoli on the case. Determined to protect this young man Jane discovers that what seemed like a coincidence is instead just one horrifying part of a relentless killers merciless mission. Jane spirits Teddy to the exclusive Evensong boarding school a sanctuary where young victims of violent crime learn the secrets and skills of survival in a dangerous world. But even behind locked gates and surrounded by acres of sheltering Maine wilderness Jane fears that Evensongs mysterious benefactors arent the only ones watching. When strange blood-splattered dolls are found dangling from a tree Jane knows that her instincts are dead on. And when she meets Will Yablonski and Claire Ward students whose tragic pasts bear a shocking resemblance to Teddys it becomes chillingly clear that a circling predator has more than one victim in mind. Joining forces with her trusted partner medical examiner Maura Isles Jane is determined to keep these orphans safe from harm. But an unspeakable secret dooms the childrens fateunless Jane and Maura can finally put an end to an obsessed killers twisted quest.
language: English
title: Last to Die
publisher: Ballantine Books