A review by meloches
Die Again by Tess Gerritsen

5.0

Die Again, the eleventh in the Rizzoli and Isles series, is, by far, my favourite novel in the entire Rizzoli and Isles series. Rizzoli is on the case after a big game hunter is found dead in his apartment, alone with the body of a snow leopard that he had been commissioned to stuff. Medical examiner, Maura Isles, connects the case to a number of seemingly unrelated deaths where the victims have been found hanging upside down, the same way a snow leopard would hang their prey. Into the world of big cats, Rizzoli and Isles find themselves connecting their trail to a sole survivor of a tragic trip to Botswana to find out who, or what, is behind these deaths.

The opening of this one was amazing. I was completely engaged right from the start. It was so completely different from other works in the series, and really different from anything I have read recently. My favourite parts of this novel were the sections of the safari and I could have read those chapters as a book by themselves. I absolutely loved it.

Like the other books in the series, this book could be read as a standalone but I absolutely recommend the series in their entirety. When I read Rizzoli and Isles , they end up feeling like old friends, catching up over a coffee, as I settle down easily into their narrative. I love reading what they have been up to and how their personal characters are developing.

Another smash hit for me by Gerritsen.