The Silent Girl

A Rizzoli & Isles Novel (Rizzoli & Isles, Book 9)

By: Tess Gerritsen

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

In the murky shadows of an alley lies a female’s severed hand. On the tenement rooftop above is the corpse belonging to that hand, a red-haired woman dressed all in black, the body nearly decapitated. Two strands of silver hair — not human — cling to her body. They are Rizzoli’s only clues, but they’re enough for her and medical examiner Maura Isles to make a startling discovery: 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 knows a secret she dares not tell, a secret that lives and breathes in the shadows of Chinatown. A secret that may not even be human. Now she’s the target of someone, or something, deeply and relentlessly evil. Cracking a crime resonating 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.

©2011 Tess Gerritsen (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

wish the show was still on

I loved listening to this while walking my dog. It was an incredible listen. Thank you

HISTORY AND CHINESE FOLKLORE!

Very action packed and exciting as the consequences play out. Binding each character to the other! Well done!

Wonderful story

I Love Yess Gerritsen’s books! She is a masterful writer. It keeps you entranced with the story without any lurid or graphic crudity! She can keep the reader interested without the Unnecessary smut other authors seem to need. I will read anything she writes. I Love the Rizolli and Isles books especially!

Great Story

As usual, a great murder mystery. This time it is speckled with some of the mystical elements of ancient martial arts, and something possibly otherworldly to add to the spice of the conundrum. Maura is a low-key character again, which always disappoints me. I love Jane, but I wish Ms. Gerritsen would allow Maura to play a larger role in her novels. I suppose as an ME it might be normal to only see her when she is performing an autopsy, but I always enjoy it when her character is woven into the story. Also, as usual, a TERRIBLE narrator AGAIN! This one has to be one of the top two worst of all, and I have listened to almost all of her books now. I don't know why Brilliance Audio can't seem to find a narrator that is not only great for the stories (and someone who can emulate a real Bostonian accent - not sound as though they are from Queens!) but it would give the Rizzoli and Isles books some continuity that is sorely lacking. Going from book to book it would be nice to hear that familiar voice who you have come to know as Rizzoli or Frost, but they are all just terrible. In this one, Frost sounded as though he was talking through his nose, or had a really bad cold every time he spoke. It was awful. I can't punish the book for a terrible narrator, so my star rating doesn't reflect that, but Hey! Brilliance Audio! Get with the program!

A Little Disappointing

I did not enjoy this as much as her others. I just wasn't as enthralled with the story and found myself daydreaming while listening.

A very robotic performance!

I love the Tess Gerritsen novels and have read most of them. However, this is the first time that I have listened to any of her books. I have a large audible collection besides this. Anyway, there were times when it sounded like a robot was reading. The inflections were all in the wrong places. Story was good as usual!

Complex, but no loose ends!

(As posted in GoodReads)
I'm not sure that I have ever read a Rizzoli and Isles book before; I was only familiar with the TV series which I really liked. This book is NOT like series, but I still really liked it! It was fascinating the way streams and ideas woven together to make a complex but believable story that had true mystery and suspense! The culprits were unexpected but honestly believable. The way Ms. Gerritsen went back to close all open questions and doubts was wonderful! And all questionable characters became well explained and settled. Well done!

Great

Really enjoyed listening. Well read. Kept my interest and I couldn't stop listening. I'm looking forward to the next book.

Absolutely spell-binding

The story was fantastic as I have found all of Tess Gerritsen's novels, the narrator kept the story alive and I found it difficult to stop listening!

Thank you, and God bless

Suspenseful and Interesting

While the narrator's attempts to speak with "accents" didn't go over so well, I thoroughly enjoyed the plot/story itself. The narration was good, but could have been better. Even so, I'd buy another Tess Gerritsen book/audiobook any day!!