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‘Tess Gerritsen is an automatic must-read in my house. If you’ve never read Gerritsen, figure in the price of electricity when you buy your first novel by her ‘cause baby, you are going to be up all night. She is better than Palmer, better than Cook… Yes, even better than Crichton’ Stephen King
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In April came the rains. In August came the heat. In November came the horror. It’s paying a return visit.
Lapped by the gentle waters of Locust Lake, the small resort town of Tranquility, Maine, seems like the perfect spot for Dr Claire Elliot to shelter her adolescent son, Noah, from the temptations of the big city and the lingering memory of his father’s death. And she’s hopeful that she can earn the trust of the town as she builds a new practice. But all her plans unravel with the onset of winter when a rash of teenage violence, far more deadly than anything she’d encountered in the city, erupts in the local school.
As she tries to find a medical explanation for this murderous epidemic, Claire stumbles upon an insidious evil which has blighted the town’s past and threatens its future. Fearful that Noah, too, is at risk, she must race to prove her theory before everything she loves is destroyed.
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"Someone's going to get hurt out there," said Dr. Claire Elliot, looking out her kitchen window. Read the first page
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90 of 92 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After the first few chapters I was pleased to find that this book was as good as Gerritsen's Surgeon/Apprentice series of books, as I read on I found it was better. This is a story about a small community in Maine where people start to behave strangely and violently for no apparent reason. Is the problem a medical one? Is it down to a chemical contaminant? Or is the problem more sinister than that? This novel is reminiscent of Cornwell and Reichs at their best, although with a bit less emphasis on forensic pathology and a touch more Stephen King. A well paced thriller.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read The Surgeon and The Apprentice I was hoping for good things. It starts really well, but from about half-time descends into such tedium that I couldn't wait to finish it and move onto something else. I simply didn't care what was going to happen next.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Dr. Claire Elliot moved to quiet Tranquility, Maine with her rebellious teenage son Noah after the death of her husband. She takes over a small medical practice and starts to rebuild her life, but after only being in town for a short while, strange things start happening among the town's youth. Teenage pranks rapidly accelerate into a shooting spree at the local school. Clare wonders why some of the town's residents want to cover up the incidents and she also wonders if there might be a medical explanation for everything that is going on. Then folks start blaming her for what's happening and it looks like they want to drive her out of town.
Convinced that there's a medical reason for the evil behavior of the town's teenagers, Claire chases after every clue she can find. Then her son is arrested for a hit and run and that leads to the clue that might solve the puzzle.
BLOODSTREAM is a fast and fun five star read that will have you deeply involved in the mystery while you work along with Claire as she tries to figure it all out.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
Convinced that there's a medical reason for the evil behavior of the town's teenagers, Claire chases after every clue she can find. Then her son is arrested for a hit and run and that leads to the clue that might solve the puzzle.
BLOODSTREAM is a fast and fun five star read that will have you deeply involved in the mystery while you work along with Claire as she tries to figure it all out.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
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A good stand-alone medical thriller
A fast-paced medical thriller with twists and turns. Not as gory and violent as the Rizzoli and Isles series, with a touch of romance (not too much) and an unexpected ending. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Avid reader
Bloodstream
This book was recommended to me by a friend. It was a book that I just couldn't put down. Tess Gerritsen knows how to get you totally engrossed in her books to the point that when... Read more
Published 1 month ago by KT
Disappointing
I had high expectations of this book because I loved some of the author's other thrillers (especially "The Surgeon" and "The Apprentice".
Alas, this was a let-down. Read more
Alas, this was a let-down. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Rayne
okay
i have read all her previous books and quite enjoyed them but was bit dissapointed with this one, found it a bit predictable in a few places. Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. Gair
Not as good as others
although this had a different apprach and story line I did not think it was as good as some of her other books. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Susie N.
addictive
LOVED it!
gripping, suspense, twists, turns you name it
unusually for me didnt work out how it would end half way through - which was fantastic... Read more
gripping, suspense, twists, turns you name it
unusually for me didnt work out how it would end half way through - which was fantastic... Read more
Published 4 months ago by catwoman
Brilliant
This is different to lots of other Tess Gerritsen's I've read, but equally as clever and just fantastic to read. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Vik1000
A Gerritsen winner
Bloodstream is Tess Gerritsen's 11th stand-alone novel. The action is set in the small town of Tranquility, Maine, where Dr Claire Elliott has relocated with her son, Noah, to... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Cloggie Downunder
A Real Let-Down
I found this book to be a real let-down perhaps 50 to 60% through the book. The ending in particular was extrememly dissapointing and I had to speed read to finish it as I was... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Sparky
Very disappointing.
Really not up to usual standard! The story dragged-and I found it highly implausible. More Sci-Fi than crime/thriller. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Scottish reader
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