But even Moore cannot protect Cordell from a brilliant hunter who somehow understands-and savors-the secret fears of every woman he kills.įilled with the authentic detail that is the trademark of this doctor turned author. Her only comfort comes from Thomas Moore, the detective assigned to the case. With every new murder he seems to be taunting her, cutting ever closer, from her hospital to her home. Now she hides her fears of intimacy behind a cool and elegant exterior and a well-earned reputation as a top trauma surgeon.Ĭordell's careful facade is about to crack as this new killer recreates, with chilling accuracy, the details of Cordell's own ordeal. Catherine Cordell fought back and killed her attacker before he could complete his assault. The cops' only clue rests with another surgeon, the victim of a nearly identical crime. The precision of the killer's methods suggests he is a deranged man of medicine, propelling the Boston newspapers and the frightened public to name him 'The Surgeon.'
He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, unaware of the horrors they soon will endure. The Surgeon received a RITA award Romance Writers of America in 2002 for Best Romantic Suspense Novel.In her most masterful novel of medical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen creates a villain of unforgettable evil-and the one woman who can catch him before he kills again. In the end, Jane manages to save Cordell from the Surgeon, and Moore marries Cordell. The Surgeon is also starting to get closer and closer to Cordell, who is creating a romantic and sexual connection with Thomas Moore. Meanwhile, the Surgeon begins targeting his third victim, Nina Peyton, and Cordell continues to save lives, starting with Herman Gwadowski. Rizzoli and Moore note that both had no contact or connection whatsoever, and are perplexed by these two murders. The murder is tied to another murder by the Surgeon, Diana Sterling, a year previous. The story opens up with the death of Elena Ortiz at the hands of the Surgeon, and Thomas Moore is sent to investigate. Rizzoli soon establishes a connection between the two cases, concluding that she may be on the trail of a deranged copycat. As Jane Rizzoli, accompanied by detective Thomas Moore, works the case, she comes across trauma doctor Catherine Cordell, who almost died in the same fashion at the hands of another psychopath several years before, but killed him before he could kill her.
The Surgeon ( 2001) is a suspense novel by Tess Gerritsen, the first of the Maura Isles/ Jane Rizzoli series.Ī terrifying new serial killer begins stalking the streets of Boston, using his vast medical knowledge to systematically torture and kill vulnerable women, a modus operandi which has earned him the nickname "the Surgeon".
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