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by Tess Gerritsen (Author)
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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books; Reprint edition (15 Jan 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553816837
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553816839
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.6 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,939 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Tess Gerritsen’s Vanish sports precisely those qualities that her much-acclaimed Body Double had in profusion: razor-sharp plotting, tight and economical characterisation and (most of all) the inexorable capture of the reader’s attention as her grim plot disturbingly unfolds.

Of course, none of this will come as a surprise to long-term Gerritsen fans (an ever-growing legion)--The Surgeon rang some fascinating changes on the serial killer theme, with a threat from the grave terrifying a doctor, and )--The Apprentice, with its killer utilising medical acumen, took no prisoners. But Body Double was the ace in the hole, with resourceful cop Jane Rizzoli tracking down the murderer of her doppelganger. Jane Rizzoli, readers will be glad to hear, is back in Vanish.

Medical examiner Maura Isles is looking at another body in a slab. Not a new experience for her, but she’s in for another shock when the body opens its eyes and proves to be alive. And violence swiftly follows, as the mystery woman--strikingly beautiful--kills a security guard in the hospital she’s taken to, before capturing a group of hostages. One of them is a pregnant woman--Detective Jane Rizzoli, no less. And if Jane can find out what this lethal abductor wants, she may be able to save her own life--and those of the other hostages. But the clock is ticking.

One might argue that Gerritsen has played safe with this scenario in terms of ratcheting up the tension. After all, a hostage situation is always surefire, with its constant threat of impending violence. But the author (as ever) studiously avoid clichés, and ensures a palm-sweating experience for the reader. A good notion, too, to make Jane Rizzoli more vulnerable in this outing.

--Barry Forshaw --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The beautiful woman appears to be just another corpse in the morgue. But when medical examiner Maura Isles looks down at the body, she gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes. Now very much alive, the woman is rushed to the hospital, where she murders a security guard and seizes hostages, one of whom is the heavily pregnant homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. But who is this woman, and what does she want? Only Jane can solve the mystery - if she survives the night.

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52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars You have GOT to read this one!, 19 Aug 2005
By Detra Fitch (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vanish (Hardcover)
Dr. Maura Isles is doing paperwork on an autopsy late one night. She needs some information to continue and goes into the Cold Room to locate it. There, she hears a noise coming from one of the body bags. Upon opening it, Maura is horrified to discover that the woman is still alive! Shortly thereafter, Maura goes to the hospital to follow up on her Jane Doe. She enters Doe's room just in time to see Doe kill a security cop. Doe ends up barricading herself and six other people in the Diagnostic Imaging area.

Jane Rizzoli is a Homicide Detective with Boston Police Department. She is also about to deliver a baby. She naps on the exam table and wakes up to find herself one of six hostages. Then a stranger walks past the police and SWAT Team members without anyone noticing until it is too late. Doe and the stranger know each other. They are on the same side. Rizzoli's husband is FBI agent Gabriel Dean, who is outside the hospital worried about his wife. He becomes frantic when he learns that the stranger is a specially trained black-ops agent, Joseph Roke ... and Joe is NOT on the police's side this time. No one knows what these two, seemingly crazy people, could possibly have in common.

When the crisis is over, Dean, Rizzoli, and Maura cannot seem to drop all their unanswered questions. They begin their own investigation. Soon they realize that Doe and Roke may not have been crazy after all. Sometimes there are secrets so terrible that powerful people will stop at nothing to keep quiet.

***** You have GOT to read this one! Author Tess Gerritsen has created a story that I can only classify as a "Medical, Detective, & Political Thriller". This novel covers all of them. The scariest part about the story is that what it describes, the lost girls, is totally true. These girls ARE out there. And more are added to their numbers daily.

Make sure you do not begin reading this novel until you have a couple days off work with no pressing plans. Once you start reading, you will not be able to stop. Highly recommended reading. *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Tess rolls on with another cracking story, 8 Mar 2006
By Phil Robertshaw (Wirral, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Vanish (Hardcover)
There's a sense with Tess Gerritsen of waiting for a novel that doesn't live up to her usual standards. After all, you don't get any better than The Surgeon, and somehow she's managed to consistently deliver the goods with all the follow-up Rizzoli/Isles novels. Vanish has been eagerly awaited, and one could only hope it wasn't a let down.

Well, it's far from it. Vanish is one heck of a thriller, with the 'just one more chapter' feeling that has you racing to the end before you know it. You almost don't want it to end, because you've just spent the best part of the day caught up in it.

It's evident here that Tess Gerritsen has used Vanish to draw attention to politics and make the reader question the nature and validity of American policy with regard to terrorism. The book draws close parallels with real events, and one suspects that the seed of the plot has a strong link with actual happenings. But make no mistake about it. Vanish is first and foremost a work of fiction, and the latest in an increasingly excellent series.

Tess Gerritsen is onto a winner. She has likeable heroines in Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles. She has the ability to leave the reader spellbound and compelled by the stories she creates, desperate to know what is going to happen next. And she is virtually unrivalled in the genre at the moment, having left a good deal of crime writers in her wake.

Read this book. Do it now.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Tess rolls on with another cracking story, 1 Feb 2007
By Phil Robertshaw (Wirral, England) - See all my reviews
There's a sense with Tess Gerritsen of waiting for a novel that doesn't live up to her usual standards. After all, you don't get any better than The Surgeon, and somehow she's managed to consistently deliver the goods with all the follow-up Rizzoli/Isles novels. Vanish has been eagerly awaited, and one could only hope it wasn't a let down.
Well, it's far from it. Vanish is one heck of a thriller, with the 'just one more chapter' feeling that has you racing to the end before you know it. You almost don't want it to end, because you've just spent the best part of the day caught up in it.

It's evident here that Tess Gerritsen has used Vanish to draw attention to politics and make the reader question the nature and validity of American policy with regard to terrorism. The book draws close parallels with real events, and one suspects that the seed of the plot has a strong link with actual happenings. But make no mistake about it. Vanish is first and foremost a work of fiction, and the latest in an increasingly excellent series.

Tess Gerritsen is onto a winner. She has likeable heroines in Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles. She has the ability to leave the reader spellbound and compelled by the stories she creates, desperate to know what is going to happen next. And she is virtually unrivalled in the genre at the moment, having left a good deal of crime writers in her wake.

Read this book. Do it now.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Vanish away from everyone to devour this in one sitting!
Vanish is in fact the fifth book in what was the Jane Rizzoli series and then became the Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isle series of crime/thriller novels that Tess Gerritsen has become... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Simon Savidge "savidgeread...

5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping
This is my third Tess Gerritsen book and the more I read, the more I want to read. I know that I have read these completely out of order but I still found the story very... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. S. Payne

5.0 out of 5 stars gripping like a claw
This is the first for me from Gerritsen. And it was a superlative experience, it's truly gripping, sometimes hard, but really unputdownable. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Leone Riello

4.0 out of 5 stars A must read!
This is the first book i have read from Tess Gerritsen..and it certainly WILL NOT be the last! I read this book in less then a day because i just simply couldn't put it down. Read more
Published 16 months ago by L. Hutchinson

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
I'm a big fan of Tess Gerritsen and her stories with medical examiner Maura Isles, and Detective Jane Rizzoli. In this story, Dr. Read more
Published 17 months ago by S. Mazumder

5.0 out of 5 stars A+ - just what you'd expect from Tess Gerritsen
A book that describes the coming back to life of a corpse....its not the usual plot to the start of a crime thriller that's for sure. Read more
Published 18 months ago by O. Doyle

4.0 out of 5 stars This is just the begining of Tess Gerritsen's latest thriller, and the story gets better with every page.
A corpse suddenly comes to life in the cold storage of the Medical Examiner's office. A Boston policewoman, nine months pregnant, goes into labor when the Diagnostic Imaging... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Smitee

1.0 out of 5 stars Stodgy .
Not very well plotted with dire characterisation and you find that you have apparently raced through it because there are approximately 5 sentences per page in huge type. Read more
Published 19 months ago by M. M. Burns

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good!!
I found Vanish an engrossing read. The parts of the plot dealing with people trafficing, and forced prostitution was shocking in places. Read more
Published 20 months ago by J.Flood

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth buying.....you'll finish it in days
I've read the previous titles in the Jane Rizzoli series and actually thought that nothing could top The Surgeon but I have to say that this really comes close. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Cosmic

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