Tess Gerritsen - The Rizzoli & Isles Series

The Silent Girl, Last to Die, Die Again

By: Tess Gerritsen

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 30 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

The Silent Girl
In the shadows of an alley lies a female's severed hand. On the tenement rooftop above is the corpse belonging to that hand, 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 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.

Last to Die
For the second time in his short life, Teddy Clock has survived a massacre. Two years ago, he barely escaped when his entire family was slaughtered. Now, at 14, in a hideous echo of the past, Teddy is the lone survivor of his foster family's mass murder. Orphaned once more, the traumatized teenager has nowhere to turn - until the Boston PD puts Detective Jane Rizzoli on the case. Determined to protect this young man, Jane discovers that what seemed like a coincidence is instead just one horrifying part of a relentless killer's merciless mission.

Jane spirits Teddy to the exclusive Evensong boarding school, a sanctuary where young victims of violent crime learn the secrets and skills of survival in a dangerous world. But even behind locked gates, and surrounded by acres of sheltering Maine wilderness, Jane fears that Evensong's mysterious benefactors aren't the only ones watching. When strange blood-splattered dolls are found dangling from a tree, Jane knows that her instincts are dead on. And when she learns of Will Yablonski and Claire Ward, students whose tragic pasts bear a shocking resemblance to Teddy's, it becomes chillingly clear that a circling predator has more than one victim in mind.

Joining forces with her trusted partner, medical examiner Maura Isles, Jane is determined to keep these orphans safe from harm. But an unspeakable secret dooms the children's fate - unless Jane and Maura can finally put an end to an obsessed killer's twisted quest.

Die Again
When Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are summoned to a crime scene, they find a killing worthy of the most ferocious beast - right down to the claw marks on the corpse. But only the most sinister human hands could have left renowned big-game hunter and taxidermist Leon Gott gruesomely displayed like the once-proud animals whose heads adorn his walls. Did Gott unwittingly awaken a predator more dangerous than any he had ever hunted?

©2011, 2012, 2014 Tess Gerritsen (P)2011, 2012, 2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Great stories.

There was a lot of plot twists. The narrator. was very good. I did not want to stop listening. I would definitely recommend these stories.

Excellent Rizzoli and Isles Collection!

Would you listen to Tess Gerritsen - The Rizzoli & Isles Series again? Why?

Oh, yes! I would listen to this series again, and again, and again!

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Yes, the plot of each of these three books kept me on the edge of my seat. The Silent Girl was my least favorite of the series, Last to Die was one of my favorites so far, and Die Again was great. With almost each of the books, I was surprised at the end.

What about Tanya Eby’s performance did you like?

I like that in the third book there were characters from London and she did not try and make some terrible attempt at an English accent, she just spoke normal. I liked that. I thought she did a wonderful job with Rizzoli as well.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Just When You Think You Have It Figured Out, Think Again!!!

Any additional comments?

Get this collection instead of buying all the books individually!

Very good set at great price!

Problem with these books is that they grip you and you stay up late just to keep listening, so it's best if you start early in the day so you don't lose sleep.

Love cats!

This was very enjoyable to me to learn more about big cats. Good entertaining of two continents and their story.