- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Press (1 Sep 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0593050479
- ISBN-13: 978-0593050477
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 221,688 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Thou shalt not kill" but that doesn't apply to whoever brutally bludgeons to death two nuns in a New England nunnery. Detective Jane Rizzoli, called to the scene, is brought up short when an autopsy reveals an earth-shattering revelation, so closely linked to her own troubled personal life it taints the investigation, bringing it nearer to her heart and away from professionalism, and, worst of all, breaking down the impenetrable veneer she so closely protects. Accompanied by medical examiner Maura Iles, the two women embark on a hunt for the killer, with Maura too becoming inextricably linked when a global connection is discovered. Fast paced and a "one-session" read, it is another cracker from this talented American crime writer, expanding on previous characters and introducing the new. Rizzoli looks set to rival the best of American fictional detectives whilst Iles is a gentler version of Cornwell's Scarpetta. It is a partnership one hopes will continue into the future, with each complementing the other in their various different aspects of the job and personality. - Lucy Watson
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Absolutely riveting - you won't be able to put this down.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is my third Tess Gerritsen novel after reading The Surgeon and The Apprentice. While The Surgeon had me hooked from the get-go I was a little disappointed with the last two books.
This story starts with the discovery of a dead nun in a convent in Boston. Found beside her is another nun.....badly injured but still alive. Meanwhile, further across town the corpse of another victim is found in an abandoned building. Dr Maura Isles is the Medical Examiner on both cases and while she tries to figure out the why's surrounding each case she also finds herself having to handle the reemergence of somebody from her past.
Detectives Jane Rizzoli and Barry Frost are the investigating officers on both cases, bringing back the characters from The Surgeon and The Apprentice.
What I liked about The Surgeon was the page-turning drama involved in the search for a serial killer and the fact that the story wasn't focused on just one character. Ms Gerritsen has changed tact for The Sinner and I don't think it worked. The Sinner was disappointing because it didn't have that drama and instead the story seemed to focus more on the love-lives of Dr. Isles and Det. Rizzoli with the cases going on around them acting as mere background.
As for the ending.....it was obvious who the baddie was in the last few chapters but there was no build-up and we still know virtually nothing about our baddie and that in itself was disappointing.
I know this review seems negative and that's not my intention. The Sinner is still a very good book but it lacked the punch I expected after reading The Surgeon. I've now started reading Body Double so we'll see how that turns out before I abandon all hope!
This story starts with the discovery of a dead nun in a convent in Boston. Found beside her is another nun.....badly injured but still alive. Meanwhile, further across town the corpse of another victim is found in an abandoned building. Dr Maura Isles is the Medical Examiner on both cases and while she tries to figure out the why's surrounding each case she also finds herself having to handle the reemergence of somebody from her past.
Detectives Jane Rizzoli and Barry Frost are the investigating officers on both cases, bringing back the characters from The Surgeon and The Apprentice.
What I liked about The Surgeon was the page-turning drama involved in the search for a serial killer and the fact that the story wasn't focused on just one character. Ms Gerritsen has changed tact for The Sinner and I don't think it worked. The Sinner was disappointing because it didn't have that drama and instead the story seemed to focus more on the love-lives of Dr. Isles and Det. Rizzoli with the cases going on around them acting as mere background.
As for the ending.....it was obvious who the baddie was in the last few chapters but there was no build-up and we still know virtually nothing about our baddie and that in itself was disappointing.
I know this review seems negative and that's not my intention. The Sinner is still a very good book but it lacked the punch I expected after reading The Surgeon. I've now started reading Body Double so we'll see how that turns out before I abandon all hope!
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Tess Gerritsen was a doctor and it shows in her writing.
The scenes in hospitals, morgues and the the descriptions of medical 'stuff' ooze authenticity, but, I feel, with this book she has 'cracked it' as a detective novelist. I don't suppose she will be too worried about this validation from me, sitting as she will be on the millions of dollars made from the earlier books in the series, but here, with Detective Jane Rizzoli and Dr Maura Isles, she has created characters that you really care about, which is the trick in making people buy not just one of your books, but all of them.
Let's be honest, this book is pants. The crime is ludicrous, the exposition silly, the coincidences amatuerish and the killer was a total 'well, who the Hell is he?' followed by frantic thumbing back. It doesn't matter.
I wanted to know how things were going to turn out for Jane and Maura. I like them (particularly Maura - foxy lady). They are real people. All that tosh about shooting people pales next to the thrill of their personal lives.
I don't feel this gooey about all detective fiction and that these characters do that to me means Ms Gerritsen has done it. Books that can be enjoyed whatever the shortcomings of the plot because the characters are involving. The Holy Grail. Nice one.
No five stars though. Write a decent plot and I'll relent
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Sinner is a decent medical thriller which I enjoyed, although not as much as the past two books by the author, The Surgeon and The Apprentice. The strength for me was the plot which had me guessing and the style of writing which was lyrical and descriptive.
The characters Jane Rizzoli (a detective) and Dr.Maura Isles (a forensic examiner) were interesting but it seemed strange that they both were successful professionally and yet hopeless with men and relationships in general. The book was written in a
way that made it seem as though only cold, extremely tough and blunt women can succeed in a professional arena. In the Surgeon I liked reading about a controversial, edgy female (Jane Rizzoli) and that still stands. However, I found some of Rizzoli's needless rudeness and nastiness towards anyone who shows her concern to be wearying this time around because it was so unnecessary in many cases and she came across as petty rather than angry about sexism in the police force.
I also found the dealing of the Catholic Church to be very heavy handed and biased. All the nuns were described many times as old and detached - not a single one of them was given any personality, depth or kindness. The only young nun was written about in an equally negative way. Secondly, both Maura and Jane were lapsed Catholics and were highly cynical about religion of any kind. Of course, this is fine, but there was simply no balance to the book as no religious characters were allowed to speak. In the end I found the constant sniping about faith and belief to be jarring.
Overall the Sinner is a competent thriller and the medical details were excellent. There were surprises and shocks along the way and the characters were believable if not always likeable.
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sinners
I always enjoy reading Tess Gerritsen and this book was just as good as any others she has written, they always leave you on the edge of your seat.
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. J. Rogers
Disappointing
The Surgeon and The Apprentice are fantastic reads... "unputdownable" is the best way that I can describe them. Read more
Published 2 months ago by D. Tolmie
Not very good at all
The first half of this book is deadly dull with a capital DD!
I almost lost the will to live (or at least to read) at around 52% on Kindle. Read more
I almost lost the will to live (or at least to read) at around 52% on Kindle. Read more
Published 5 months ago by D. W. Lees
It's a Sin not to read!!!
The Sinner is the 3rd in Gerritsen's Rizolli and Isles series and it is definately no disappointment. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Suzanne
Th Sinner
Not up to standard of first two books , does Rizzoli have to get pregnant.
sorry i think it was uneccessary ,it spoils the story.
sorry i think it was uneccessary ,it spoils the story.
Published 7 months ago by Mr. A. J. Cox
more excellent Gerritsen
The Sinner is the 3rd in Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli/Isles series. The action starts with a murder and an attempted murder in a convent of aging nuns. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Cloggie Downunder
its a sin...
...that this book isn't better - the cover blurb would have you believe that its a taunt thriller, with a killer on the loose and two nun's dead. Read more
Published 12 months ago by R. L. Judd
She never lets me down
The third book in the Rizzoli and Isles series, and to be honest one that I thought I wouldn't enjoy as much as the first two. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Boof
Can somebody fill me in on the blanks please?!
I agree with many other reviews on here; that this was a good riveting read but lacking in some areas and at the end it felt like I had loads of questions left unanswered and I am... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Titania
Moves away from the serial killer genre
I realise I'm late to the Gerritsen party but this is a genuinely compelling read which I found difficult to put down. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Roman Clodia
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