The Sinner

A Rizzoli & Isles Novel

By: Tess Gerritsen

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

The cloistered grounds of the convent have traditionally represented a place of faith and peace. Now, that peace is shattered as two nuns are found, one dead, one mortally wounded. The killings appear to be without motive, without an obvious suspect, and are further complicated by the murder and mutilation of a third woman. Together, medical examiner Maura Isles and intense, moody homicide detective Jane Rizzoli (both introduced in earlier Tess Gerritsen novels) uncover an ancient horror that connects these terrible slaughters. As long-buried secrets come to light, Isles finds herself drawn inexorably towards the heart of an investigation that strikes closer to home, and towards a dawning revelation about the killer's identity too shattering to consider.

©2003 Tess Gerritsen (P)2003 Books on Tape, Inc.

Critic reviews

"A briskly paced, terrifically suspenseful work that steadily builds towards a tense and terrifying climax." (People)

"Another captivating, horrific thriller in her extremely popular canon." (Booklist)

Always a Rizzoli and Isles fan, made me mad when they cancelled

The series, but it drove me crazy that they kept calling Jane
Ritzoli, I mean you should at least call her main character by her correct name and pronunciation. Other than that I loved it.

Asked Dr. Gerritsen About Pronunciation

I really enjoyed this book. I had read reviews talking about the way the narrator pronounced Rizzoli as "Ritzoli" as I found it a tiny bit distracting as well. I was fortunate enough to meet Dr. Gerritsen at a book signing for her latest novel & mentioned the way the narrator pronounced it. She explained it as the way a Bostonian would pronounce it. Her example was "Hey..Ritzoli." and did it in the dialect like this narrator did. I would have preferred the narrator to stay in a regional dialect through out as that would have made it clearer to the listener. Anyway, after she said that, it made a lot more sense to me. If you like the TNT series, Rizzoli & Isles, this book as well as The Surgeon are combined for the pilot episode. I don't want to give anything away as I enjoyed both reading and listening to these books. I highly recommend this series to anyone who likes police/medical examiner murder mysteries. One thing I loved from listening to Dr. Gerritsen was that she came up with the idea for this series from a suggestion from one of her readers at a book signing. The woman asked if she could do a book with murderers & kinky sex. It's always great to learn that authors do take in to consideration what their readers would like. I hope this clears up the pronounciation issues for any listeners who may have been put off by some of the reviews. She researches her books thoroughly and if there is something she wants in her books that she doesn't personally know, she does web, book & interviews with people in those fields of study to make sure the information she is putting in her books is as accurate as possible. And don't worry fans, I also expressed my dismay that The Surgeon is only available abridged, which she did not know. So, maybe if the future we will get an unabridged version of that book. Please give this series a try, you won't be sorry

Great story, wasn't thrilled with the narrator

Love this series but didn't love Anna Fields' narration. Her pronunciation of 'Rizzoli' drove me nuts. She does a great job on the Susan Elizabeth Phillips novels but I don't think this is her genre. Otherwise, great story.

Great Story but...

this was an excellent story line. Tess Gerritsen is an exciting writer but the narrator was terrible. The men's voices sounds dead and plugged up. If you can get past that, the book was really good.

Excellent read very fast paced

I enjoyed getting to know the characters better. Great book. It talked about the topic of love, life and family on endearingly realistic terms.

storyline good, Mora is depressing, not great voic

story was great. Narrator didn't do much voice differentiation. Hard to take Moras self reflection

Good story

The narrator does a good job, but occasionally makes the characters, especially the children, sound overly whiny or pouty and not particularly credible, which I found a little distracting.

Great book I love the series

Where does The Sinner rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This book ranks up with one of my favorate series

What other book might you compare The Sinner to and why?

The in Death series by J. D. Robb. Because they and both strong female cops. Also the story line never ends.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Good for its genre

Similar to others in this genre. The characters are all just a touch outside reality. Good for a flight or hours on the beach.

Well Done

This is an excellent story . Tess Gerritsen out together a check of a story. Anna Fields does an outstanding telling the story.