The Silent Girl

Zusatztext “Suspense doesn't get smarter than this. Not just recommended but mandatory.”—Lee Child   “Another great thrill ride . . . The Silent Girl is one of [Tess] Gerritsen’s best.”—Associated Press   “Gripping . . . Both women deal with personal and family issues that reveal their humanity and lend credibility to this deft thriller.”— Publishers Weekly   “Chilling and thrilling . . .  an exciting and suspense-filled adventure.”—Wichita Falls Times Record News Informationen zum Autor New York Times  bestselling author  Tess Gerritsen  earned international acclaim for her first novel of suspense!  Harvest . She introduced detective Jane Rizzoli in  The Surgeon  (2001) and Dr. Maura Isles in  The Apprentice  (2002) and has gone on to write numerous other titles in the celebrated Rizzoli & Isles series! including  The Mephisto Club! The Keepsake! Ice Cold! The Silent Girl! Last to Die!  and  Die Again.  Her latest novel is the standalone thriller  Playing with Fire.  A physician! Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In the murky shadows of Boston's Chinatown lies a severed hand. On the tenement rooftop above is the corpse belonging to that hand, a red-haired woman dressed in black, her head nearly decapitated. Two strands of silver hair-not human-cling to her body. They are homicide cop Jane Rizzoli's only clues, but they're enough for her and medical examiner Maura Isles to make the startling discovery: that this violent death had a chilling prequel. Nineteen years earlier, a horrifying murder-suicide in a Chinatown restaurant left five people dead. One woman connected to that massacre is still alive-a mysterious martial arts master who is now the target of someone, or something, deeply and relentlessly evil. Cracking a crime with bone-chilling echoes of an ancient Chinese legend, Rizzoli and Isles must outwit an unseen enemy with centuries of cunning-and a swift, avenging blade. Leseprobe ONE San Francisco ALL DAY, I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE GIRL. She gives no indication that she's aware of me, although my rental car is within view of the street corner where she and the other teenagers have gathered this afternoon, doing whatever bored kids do to pass the time. She looks younger than the others, but perhaps it's because she's Asian and petite at seventeen, just a wisp of a girl. Her black hair is cropped as short as a boy's, and her blue jeans are ragged and torn. Not a fashion statement, I think, but a result of hard use and life on the streets. She puffs on a cigarette and exhales a cloud of smoke with the nonchalance of a street thug, an attitude that doesn't match her pale face and delicate Chinese features. She is pretty enough to attract the hungry stares of two men who pass by. The girl notices their looks and glares straight back at them, unafraid, but it's easy to be fearless when danger is merely an abstract concept. Faced with a real threat, how would this girl react, I wonder. Would she put up a fight or would she crumble? I want to know what she's made of, but I have not seen her put to the test. As evening falls, the teenagers on the corner begin to disband. First one and then another wanders away. In San Francisco, even summer nights are chilly, and those who remain huddle together in their sweaters and jackets, lighting one another's cigarettes, savoring the ephemeral heat of the flame. But cold and hunger eventually disperse the last of them, leaving only the girl, who has nowhere to go. She waves to her departing friends and for a while lingers alone, as though waiting for someone. At last, with a shr...

Info autore

New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen earned international acclaim for her first novel of suspense, Harvest. She introduced detective Jane Rizzoli in The Surgeon (2001) and Dr. Maura Isles in The Apprentice (2002) and has gone on to write numerous other titles in the celebrated Rizzoli & Isles series, including The Mephisto Club, The Keepsake, Ice Cold, The Silent Girl, Last to Die, and Die Again. Her latest novel is the standalone thriller Playing with Fire. A physician, Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tess Gerritsen
• Editore: Ballantine
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2012
• EAN: 9780345515513
• ISBN: 978-0-345-51551-3
• Pagine: 480
• Dimensioni: 106 mm x 191 mm x 29 mm
• Serie: Jane-Rizzoli- & Maura-Isles-Serie; Rizzoli & Isles; Rizzoli & Isles
• Categoria: Narrativa > Gialli > Polizieschi, thriller, spionaggio