A Boston, de nos jours. Des jeunes femmes sont retrouvées à leur domicile, après avoir été torturées et tuées. Même modus operandi que ceux d'un serial killer qui avait sévi en Géorgie trois ans auparavant. Mais pour la brillante Jane Rizzoli et son équipier Thomas Moore, inspecteurs de la brigade criminelle, cette nouvelle enquête s'annonce plus déroutante que Jamais: le tueur en question a trouvé la mort, de la main même de sa dernière victime, des années auparavant. Ayant miraculeusement survécue, cette dernière, aujourd'hui médecin reconnue, a refait sa vie à Boston, justement. Coïncidence? Rizzoli et le très intègre " Saint Thomas " vont tout faire pour éviter que le " Chirurgien " n'opère de nouveau...
Jane Rizzoli et Maura Isles Séries
Cette série se concentre sur deux femmes fortes, la détective Jane Rizzoli et la médecin légiste Maura Isles, qui collaborent pour résoudre des crimes à Boston. Leur amitié et leur relation professionnelle évoluent alors qu'elles affrontent des affaires sombres et complexes. La série est connue pour son suspense, son drame et ses personnages bien développés qui luttent avec leurs problèmes personnels. Chaque épisode apporte de nouveaux crimes et défis qui mettent à l'épreuve leurs compétences et leur détermination.
Ordre de lecture recommandé
It is a boiling hot summer in Boston. 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 death. The MO seems to point to Warren Hoyt, recently jailed.
The Sinner
- 355pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Investigating the brutal murder of one nun and the critical injury of another within a cloistered convent, medical examiner Maura Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli stumble upon long-buried secrets that link these horrific crimes.
Lien fatal
- 447pages
- 16 heures de lecture
Roman policier
Au bout de la nuit
- 441pages
- 16 heures de lecture
Institut médico-légal de Boston, 20h. Le docteur Maura Isles finit sa journée de travail en tapant le rapport de sa dernière autopsie. Elle doit retourner à la chambre froide vérifier un détail. Dans le silence de la morgue, il lui semble entendre un bruit. Puis son champ de vision détecte un mouvement. Ouvrant une à une les housses mortuaires, elle se retrouve face au cadavre d'une jeune noyée. Qui ouvre brusquement les yeux... "De quoi frissonner avec une intrigue bien orchestrée" - L'Est-Eclair / Libération Champagne.
Méphisto club
- 490pages
- 18 heures de lecture
HE HIDES, HE KILLS, HE KEEPS . . . Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles is asked to attend an intriguing examination. An ancient mummy has been found in a museum basement, prompting great media excitement. But with horror she realises that itâe(tm)s not as ancient as they thought...A very modern bullet is showing up on the scan. Detective Jane Rizzoli is called to investigate and soon discovers a second âe" and then a third âe" mummified body. Who is this killer and why does he preserve his victims so meticulously? And who will be the next to join his monstrous collection?
'The most bone-chilling story featuring on-going characters Rizzoli and Isles.' Daily Mail HE WATCHES Something terrible has happened in the snowbound village of Kingdom Come, Wyoming. Twelve eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. The people who lived in them appear to have vanished, seemingly into thin air. HE WAITS Maura Isles is driving through the area with a group of friends when they find themselves trapped in a snowstorm. They stumble into the abandoned village to take shelter. But their nightmare has only just begun. THEY DISAPPEAR Days later, Jane Rizzoli flies to Wyoming to search for her missing friend. A crashed vehicle has been found with four badly burned bodies still inside. Can one of the corpses be Maura's? Jane's hunt for the truth leads her to Kingdom Come. Where the person who was watching Maura now lies waiting for her ...
Evil is on the prowl. A severed hand is found in an alleyway in Boston's Chinatown. Detective Jane Rizzoli discovers the rest of the body on a nearby rooftop, the head nearly severed. The only clue Jane has is two strands of hair, but it's enough for Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles to make a startling connection. This violent attack has its roots in an unsolved murder-suicide case from nineteen years ago. The only witness, a beautiful martial arts master, has never dared to speak. And she may never get the chance ...
Last to die
- 336pages
- 12 heures de lecture
Visiting sixteen-year-old "Rat" Perkins at the isolated Evensong boarding school for emotionally traumatized children, Maura Isles is astonished to learn that all of his classmates, survivors of violence, are being instructed in scientific detective skills, a discovery that coincides with Jane Rizzoli's investigation into the murder of a boy's foster family.
Die Again
- 336pages
- 12 heures de lecture
'With DIE AGAIN Tess Gerritsen proves that she is still at the top of her game. I love this fantastically gripping story and can't wait for more' KARIN SLAUGHTER THE VICTIMS In Boston, Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles are investigating a bizarre murder. A man has been found gutted and hanging in his home. When the remains of another victim are found, it is clear that this murderer has been at work for years, and not just in Boston. THE KILLER Six years ago, a group of travellers set off on an African safari. None of them are seen again - apart from one woman who stumbled out of the bush weeks later, barely alive. The only woman to have seen the killer's face. THE SURVIVOR Has the 'safari killer' resurfaced in Boston? Jane is sent to Africa to find the one link between the two cases - the only survivor - and convince her to face death once again...
I Know a Secret : (Rizzoli & Isles 12)
- 416pages
- 15 heures de lecture
When a young woman is found dead, Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles are called to the scene of the murder. Though the body bears startling wounds, the actual cause of death is not immediately clear. A few days later, another body is discovered - a seemingly unrelated crime, but the lack of an obvious cause of death shows they have more in common than it would first appear. As Rizzoli and Isles race to discover the link between the victims before the killer can strike again, a mysterious person watches from the sidelines. She has the answers they're looking for. But she knows she has to stay quiet, if she wants to stay alive . . .
Listen To Me
- 302pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Rizzoli & Isles return, in the nail-biting new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles are investigating the gruesome murder of a nurse, whilst also protecting a young student from a stalker.
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Le Voleur de Morts
- 474pages
- 17 heures de lecture
Boston, 1830. La jeune Rose rencontre Norris, futur médecin. D'origine modeste, ce dernier vole des cadavres dans les cimetières et les revend au marché noir afin de financer ses études. Quand une vague de meurtres sanglants secoue la ville, c'est sur lui que se portent tous les soupçons. De son côté, Rose comprend qu'elle est suivie et menacée... De nos jours, dans le Massachusetts. Julia déterre un cadavre dans son jardin : le squelette d'une femme, assassinée il y a plus d'un siècle et dont elle va chercher à découvrir l'identité. Son enquête la mènera sur les traces d'un sinistre ancêtre de Jack l'Eventreur : le "Faucheur".
