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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved this book. It throws you in different directions and keeps you intrigued. This is a must-read, for sure! I had a lot of fun trying to figure out this mystery, which I did, but not quite!
Great plottwist, amazing characters.
Great plottwist, amazing characters.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Once again, I step into a series right in the middle. Will I ever learn?
Rizzoli & Isles is a series, and apparently a TV show, with a Boston Detective and a Medical Examiner as the main characters. Women characters. Just so you know....
I got this book as an Advanced Reader's Edition from LibraryThings Early Reviewers. I feel bad I'm just getting to it but not that bad, because I devoured it in a day and am already searching out the other books in the series
Rizzoli is on the case of Leon Gott, a big game hunter, who was found suspended by his ankles and gutted - much like the game he hunts. He was low hanging fruit and when the family pets get hungry.... the detail was pretty descriptive for how Bruno the dog and the kitties had to fend for themselves.
Isles is the ME assigned to the autopsy. As gruesome as it is, it seems like a stand alone. Someone angry at big game hunters and takes their revenge.
The story jumps back six years to a safari team in Botswana. Six of the seven members of the vacationing group are either murdered or missing. One of those is Gott's son.
A vicious attack on a zoo keeper leads Rizzoli and Isles to the zoo where a leopard is munching on Debra. What is happening here? More deaths, most are seemingly unrelated, more jumps back to the bush camp in Botswana, more confusion.
This really was a fantastic mystery. I don't hunt, so that didn't hold any appeal to me, but it was a great addition to the story. Well worth picking up even if you haven't read any of the series (like me).
Rizzoli & Isles is a series, and apparently a TV show, with a Boston Detective and a Medical Examiner as the main characters. Women characters. Just so you know....
I got this book as an Advanced Reader's Edition from LibraryThings Early Reviewers. I feel bad I'm just getting to it but not that bad, because I devoured it in a day and am already searching out the other books in the series
Rizzoli is on the case of Leon Gott, a big game hunter, who was found suspended by his ankles and gutted - much like the game he hunts. He was low hanging fruit and when the family pets get hungry.... the detail was pretty descriptive for how Bruno the dog and the kitties had to fend for themselves.
Isles is the ME assigned to the autopsy. As gruesome as it is, it seems like a stand alone. Someone angry at big game hunters and takes their revenge.
The story jumps back six years to a safari team in Botswana. Six of the seven members of the vacationing group are either murdered or missing. One of those is Gott's son.
A vicious attack on a zoo keeper leads Rizzoli and Isles to the zoo where a leopard is munching on Debra. What is happening here? More deaths, most are seemingly unrelated, more jumps back to the bush camp in Botswana, more confusion.
This really was a fantastic mystery. I don't hunt, so that didn't hold any appeal to me, but it was a great addition to the story. Well worth picking up even if you haven't read any of the series (like me).
Another Incredible Rizzoli & Isles Instalment!
Tess Gerritsen’s original ideas, well-executed mystery suspense, beloved characters, and writing style continue to amaze me. This has to be one of my top favourite Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles novels. A flawless, enjoyable, at times scary, read. Big cats like Leopards, Cougars, etc have always fascinated me, so I loved how they featured in the plot, and I learnt a lot of interesting facts about them during the course of this novel. I was thrilled that it was part adventure – an excursion to remote Botswanna – where the tourists not only came face-to-face with the normal dangers found in the African bush, but a serial killer as well. I also liked how Jane and Gabriel made the trip to Africa, as I love them as a couple, and in some novels we don't see enough of them together. A pleasure to read from start to finish. I can’t wait to devour ‘I Know a Secret’ next.
Tess Gerritsen’s original ideas, well-executed mystery suspense, beloved characters, and writing style continue to amaze me. This has to be one of my top favourite Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles novels. A flawless, enjoyable, at times scary, read. Big cats like Leopards, Cougars, etc have always fascinated me, so I loved how they featured in the plot, and I learnt a lot of interesting facts about them during the course of this novel. I was thrilled that it was part adventure – an excursion to remote Botswanna – where the tourists not only came face-to-face with the normal dangers found in the African bush, but a serial killer as well. I also liked how Jane and Gabriel made the trip to Africa, as I love them as a couple, and in some novels we don't see enough of them together. A pleasure to read from start to finish. I can’t wait to devour ‘I Know a Secret’ next.
3.5 stars
I didn't quite get into this as much as normal, but the setting kept drawing me back (and prevented me from picking up another book that I intended to read) and I appreciated the chance to see Jane, Maura and Gabriel from an outsider's viewpoint.
And then there's the crux of the plot: What happened in Botswana obviously had some import, but how... and who?
I didn't quite get into this as much as normal, but the setting kept drawing me back (and prevented me from picking up another book that I intended to read) and I appreciated the chance to see Jane, Maura and Gabriel from an outsider's viewpoint.
And then there's the crux of the plot: What happened in Botswana obviously had some import, but how... and who?