Body Double

A Rizzoli & Isles Novel

By: Tess Gerritsen

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 11 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

Returning home from a trip to Paris, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles confronts a nightmarish scene. Police cruisers line her street and slumped in a car at the end of Maura's driveway is a dead woman, her head bloodied by a gunshot wound. Cops and neighbors gape at her as she approaches. Only when Maura looks at the victim does she understand why everyone is so shocked by her arrival. The dead woman looks exactly like Maura. Within a week, the DNA lab delivers a stunning verdict: the dead woman is Maura's twin. A twin she never knew she had. Detective Jane Rizzoli, now eight months pregnant, tackles the case as chief investigator. But for Maura, this murder is far more personal and frightening.

©2004 Tess Gerritsen (P)2004 Books on Tape, Inc.

Critic reviews

• Romantic Times Award Winner - Best Contemporary Mystery, 2004

"An electric series of startling twists, the revelation of ghoulishly practical motives and a nail-biting finale make this Gerritsen's best to date. (Publishers Weekly)

"We are all descended from monsters."

(As posted in GoodReads)
"We are all descended from monsters." Best line in the book! There was a surprise at the end; the man I suspected from the beginning was killed and not guilty of anything :-(. I have watched the entire "Rizzoli and Isles" TV series, and this is really only vaguely related to it, but the book was good! It was the fourth book in the series, but I really like the development of the primary characters. I own a couple more books in the series, and I don't know what they will do about character development, but this one was really good.

Awesome

This is one of the best books that I have listened to. She weaves three stories together and keeps you on your toes to the very end. I thought I had figured it out and boy, was I wrong. This was the first one of her books that I have read but won't be the last.

Very enjoyable

This was the first I read of this series, and I enjoyed the characters and the setting. It was the right level of suspense for me, which is to say a mild thriller. I will read more of these.

Scary and well written

This is a scary story for me anyway. But it is woven so well I just had to get to the end. Very interesting book. Well narrated.

Didn't see it coming

Love when a story has twists and turns and ultimately takes you by surprise. Thought I had it figured out until the very end.

Overly dramatic

I listened to this series out of order and I’ll say the story line is actually very good and typical Gerritsen; however the protagonists seem way more overly dramatic, almost histrionic, than they’ve been in other books of the series. I found myself rolling my eyes on more than one occasion. It was a mixture of corny dialogue and overacting by the narrator. If you can get past those 2 issues, it’s a good story.

Great Book Bad Narration

The story is another twist that was unexpected. The narrator was horrible. It was so hard for me to finish listening to her. I am going to stay away from any books read by her.

Top Notch

When I finish on of Tess Gerritsens books i usuall say this is on of the best yet. This one is by far her best effort.

excellent!

another excellent test gerritsen novel. !! action-packed until the end. good narration. highly recommend

Best book yet

I really enjoyed the storylines of this book, I think this was the best so far.