Vanish

A Rizzoli & Isles Novel

By: Tess Gerritsen

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles— the inspiration for the hit TNT series —continue their bestselling crime-solving streak.

A blessed event becomes a nightmare for pregnant homicide detective Jane Rizzoli when she finds herself on the wrong side of a hostage crisis in this timely and relentless thriller.

A nameless, beautiful woman appears to be just another corpse in the morgue. An apparent suicide, she lies on a gurney, awaiting the dissecting scalpel of medical examiner Maura Isles. But when Maura unzips the body bag and looks down at the body, she gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes.

Very much alive, the woman is rushed to the hospital, where with shockingly cool precision, she murders a security guard and seizes hostages...one of them a pregnant patient, Jane Rizzoli.

Who is this violent, desperate soul, and what does she want? As the tense hours tick by, Maura joins forces with Jane's husband, FBI agent Gabriel Dean, to track down the mysterious killer's identity. When federal agents suddenly appear on the scene, Maura and Gabriel realize that they are dealing with a case that goes far deeper than just an ordinary hostage crisis.

Only Jane, trapped with the armed madwoman, holds the key to the mystery. And only she can solve it, if she survives the night.

©2005 Tess Gerritsen (P)2005 Books on Tape, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Never fails to deliver chilling suspense...leaves the reader breathless." (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
"Drawing on current events, Gerritsen's latest novel is a tense, taut thriller that grabs readers from the get-go and never lets up." (Booklist)
"It's scary how good Tess Gerritsen is; this is crime writing at its unputdownable, nerve-tingling best." (Harlan Coben)

Great entertainment

I've really come to love this series. Yes, its descriptions of the autopsy can be rather.. graphic.. but, the story is intelligent, the characters are realistic and developing and the writing is great!

In this installment, Rizzoli becomes a witness in the underground sex-slave trade from the Slovic countries. The injustices in that trade are portrayed in detail and not "pleasantly' .. but, it isn't lewd, just realistic. The story of the victim is very poignant.

I must admit, that I got a bit angry with Rizzoli for not putting her baby first.. but, that is me.. not her.

The narrator is good. I don't have any trouble distinguishing voices, and don't need to keep rewinding because I don't understand or miss something.

Yes, I'd recommend this book.. with a caution to those with sensitive souls.. You will hurt for and with the victims quite a bit.

A good Read

Vanish moves fast and kept me wanting to hear more. The bad guys were sufficiently evil and the good guys were fine. Not too much on character development, but Rizzoli is as good as usual.

Best of Rizzoli & Isles to date.

Great story. Kept me engaged the whole book. Susan the narrator is very good as well.

Up to Par for Tess

This book brings across quite shockingly the underworld of the flesh trade that occurs in our world just beneath the veneer of our civilization. I enjoyed and the good read by the narrator. An exciting read.

Awesome

Awesome book, can’t wait to listen to the next in this series. A must read.

Another heart/gut wrenching Gerritsen Treasure

Excellent plot with well-developed characters. Gerritsen always engages her readers and listeners to the very final seconds!

Not my favorite

Haven’t read this author before. Plot and writing seem less creative and interesting than some others I follow.

Great story, but....

I think the reader was channelling Fran Drescher when she decided what a Bostonian should sound like. What were the producers thinking?

If you can ignore the accent then the story is worthwhile.

Enjoyable Listen

I really enjoyed this book. It was suspenseful yet easy to follow.

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Admitedly, I am a Tess Gerritsen fan. This was my first "audio Gerritsen" and I wasn't disaapointed.....it kept my attention until the very end. The narrator was a little difficult to understand when she switched to a different charactor that had an accent.....but all and all it was a great listen!