The Apprentice: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles—the inspiration for the hit TNT series—continue their crime-solving streak.
The bestselling author of The Surgeon returns—and so does that chilling novel’s diabolical villain. Though held behind bars, Warren Hoyt still haunts a helpless city, seeming to bequeath his evil legacy to a student all-too-diligent . . . and all-too-deadly.
It is a boiling hot Boston summer. Adding to the city’s woes is a series of shocking crimes, in which wealthy men are made to watch while their wives are brutalized. A sadistic demand that ends in abduction and death.
The pattern suggests one man: serial killer Warren Hoyt, recently removed from the city’s streets. Police can only assume an acolyte is at large, a maniac basing his attacks on the twisted medical techniques of the madman he so admires. At least that’s what Detective Jane Rizzoli thinks. Forced again to confront the killer who scarred her—literally and figuratively—she is determined to finally end Hoyt’s awful influence . . . even if it means receiving more resistance from her all-male homicide squad.
But Rizzoli isn’t counting on the U.S. government’s sudden interest. Or on meeting Special Agent Gabriel Dean, who knows more than he will tell. Most of all, she isn’t counting on becoming a target herself, once Hoyt is suddenly free, joining his mysterious blood brother in a vicious vendetta. . . .
Filled with superbly created characters—and the medical and police procedural details that are her trademark—The Apprentice is Tess Gerritsen at her brilliant best. Set in a stunning world where evil is easy to learn and hard to end, this is a thriller by a master who could teach other authors a thing or two.
The bestselling author of The Surgeon returns—and so does that chilling novel’s diabolical villain. Though held behind bars, Warren Hoyt still haunts a helpless city, seeming to bequeath his evil legacy to a student all-too-diligent . . . and all-too-deadly.
It is a boiling hot Boston summer. Adding to the city’s woes is a series of shocking crimes, in which wealthy men are made to watch while their wives are brutalized. A sadistic demand that ends in abduction and death.
The pattern suggests one man: serial killer Warren Hoyt, recently removed from the city’s streets. Police can only assume an acolyte is at large, a maniac basing his attacks on the twisted medical techniques of the madman he so admires. At least that’s what Detective Jane Rizzoli thinks. Forced again to confront the killer who scarred her—literally and figuratively—she is determined to finally end Hoyt’s awful influence . . . even if it means receiving more resistance from her all-male homicide squad.
But Rizzoli isn’t counting on the U.S. government’s sudden interest. Or on meeting Special Agent Gabriel Dean, who knows more than he will tell. Most of all, she isn’t counting on becoming a target herself, once Hoyt is suddenly free, joining his mysterious blood brother in a vicious vendetta. . . .
Filled with superbly created characters—and the medical and police procedural details that are her trademark—The Apprentice is Tess Gerritsen at her brilliant best. Set in a stunning world where evil is easy to learn and hard to end, this is a thriller by a master who could teach other authors a thing or two.
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Community Reviews
I'm glad that this book focused more on Rizzoli (and a little bit on Isles). I'm interested to see more of their interactions in the future since they didn't really do a lot together even though the series is named after them. I also enjoyed the return of Holt and Rizzoli's PTSD symptoms. I thought that her PTSD and her attempts at denial were very well done. I did miss the main character from the first book as well since I got attached, but I suppose he's not who the series is named after and all, so he needed to step out of the limelight lol.
As always, I liked the crimes and the main villains of the story. Having not one, but two Holt's running around out there is as dangerous as it can be, and it upped the stakes of the book after he escapes prison. At the time, I felt that it was a bit much, having two different evil people for Jane to focus on and that the story should just choose one as the main villain, but then the book made it clear that they were connected with strong bonds, and that it would take Jane to bring both of them down.
I'm excited to read the next book in the series, and I definitely hope that Jane and Isles are going on more adventures together. Isles deserves her representation in the book too!
As always, I liked the crimes and the main villains of the story. Having not one, but two Holt's running around out there is as dangerous as it can be, and it upped the stakes of the book after he escapes prison. At the time, I felt that it was a bit much, having two different evil people for Jane to focus on and that the story should just choose one as the main villain, but then the book made it clear that they were connected with strong bonds, and that it would take Jane to bring both of them down.
I'm excited to read the next book in the series, and I definitely hope that Jane and Isles are going on more adventures together. Isles deserves her representation in the book too!
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