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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Good book. Started slow to me, yet when it all started connecting...Great!!
Tess Gerritsen never fails to disappoint. This book was brilliant and a fantastic edition to the Rizzoli and Isles series.
4! Well the ending got me on this one...Just when you think you know...you don't! This novel was so well written...Botswana and Boston...a link no one would put together, well except Maura...Miss the women on my television! Glad they live on in a better version!
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Thank You Librarything for providing me with a copy of this book. I always love Tess' writing style, and this book is no different. I enjoyed the story, although I really liked the second half better. Regardless, this was a quick and easy read.
Back to back 5 star reads in 2015 and it's only Jan 5. Good stuff.
I could not put this book down. Gerritsen has written a story of predators and their prey while still keeping her Rizzoli and Isles story line moving forward. This could be a standalone novel but there are references to previous books in the series so it is best to read the books in order.
The book opens in Botswana with a group of tourists on a big game safari. Told in 1st person POV by one of the tourists, Millie, the reader gets a (ha!) first hand feel/fear of roughing it in a tent at night surrounded by leopards, lions and hyenas. With one gun and two guides between you and the big cats the tension builds quickly.
Back in Boston, Gerritsen returns to her usual writing style and her theme of predators and their prey continues. Rizzoli and her partner are called to a renowned taxidermist's home after a postman has investigated why the mail is piling up in the man's mailbox. He peers through the window of the home and sees a friendly Golden Retriever with a finger in his mouth. The body of the taxidermist is found strung up and gutted in the garage, as much prey as all the stuffed big game hanging from the walls of his home.
This is not a book for the squeamish reader. For those with a strong stomach this fast paced whodunit will keep you guessing right up to the final pages of the novel. The story can be a bit jarring as it moves back and forth from Botswana to Boston, from six years ago to the present but its worth the ride.
A terrific read. If you have ever wondered what your house pets will do if you don't wake up one morning, then this is the book for you.
I could not put this book down. Gerritsen has written a story of predators and their prey while still keeping her Rizzoli and Isles story line moving forward. This could be a standalone novel but there are references to previous books in the series so it is best to read the books in order.
The book opens in Botswana with a group of tourists on a big game safari. Told in 1st person POV by one of the tourists, Millie, the reader gets a (ha!) first hand feel/fear of roughing it in a tent at night surrounded by leopards, lions and hyenas. With one gun and two guides between you and the big cats the tension builds quickly.
Back in Boston, Gerritsen returns to her usual writing style and her theme of predators and their prey continues. Rizzoli and her partner are called to a renowned taxidermist's home after a postman has investigated why the mail is piling up in the man's mailbox. He peers through the window of the home and sees a friendly Golden Retriever with a finger in his mouth. The body of the taxidermist is found strung up and gutted in the garage, as much prey as all the stuffed big game hanging from the walls of his home.
This is not a book for the squeamish reader. For those with a strong stomach this fast paced whodunit will keep you guessing right up to the final pages of the novel. The story can be a bit jarring as it moves back and forth from Botswana to Boston, from six years ago to the present but its worth the ride.
A terrific read. If you have ever wondered what your house pets will do if you don't wake up one morning, then this is the book for you.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The first Rizzoli and Isles book I've read and I'm very impressed! I've been meaning to start reading them for ages and finally found this in my local library. Incredibly gripping and full of proper violence; just the way I like my crime thrillers!
Enjoyed this - very quick to read.
Humerous in spots.
Mystery who-dunit scenario well done.
The exotic animals in the story were interesting to read about also.
A group of people travel to Botswana for a safari, one by one they are bumbed off, then only the killer and one person left. Seven or so years later a series of murders take place (some of the murders pre-date the murder they are investigating to begin with. How do these tie in with what happened in Botswana, if in fact they do.
I don't read that many of these types of books, but I did enjoy this one. I was a little worried that the descriptions of the murders may be really gorey and gruesome, but they were not. No nightmares took over my dreams. Would recommend.
Humerous in spots.
Mystery who-dunit scenario well done.
The exotic animals in the story were interesting to read about also.
A group of people travel to Botswana for a safari, one by one they are bumbed off, then only the killer and one person left. Seven or so years later a series of murders take place (some of the murders pre-date the murder they are investigating to begin with. How do these tie in with what happened in Botswana, if in fact they do.
I don't read that many of these types of books, but I did enjoy this one. I was a little worried that the descriptions of the murders may be really gorey and gruesome, but they were not. No nightmares took over my dreams. Would recommend.