The Surgeon

by Christine Marshall, Tess Gerritsen · 2001

Detective Thomas Moore, who despises the smell of latex, is called to a chilling series of murders that have Boston’s press dubbing the perpetrator “The Surgeon.” The killer slips into women’s bedrooms at night, using the precision of a medical mind to stage terrifying assaults that echo a past crime. Two years earlier, trauma surgeon Dr. Catherine Cordell fought off a similar attacker, killing him before he could finish his work. Now the new murderer is recreating Cordell’s ordeal with chilling accuracy, taunting her from the hospital corridors to her own home. As Moore and his partner Jane Rizzoli race against time, they must rely on Cordell’s knowledge of the human body and her own trauma to anticipate the hunter’s next move. Gerritsen’s masterful blend of forensic detail and relentless suspense builds to a terrifying climax that keeps readers glued to the page.