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JaneRizzoliandMauraIsles—theinspirationforthehitTNTseries—continuetheircrime-solvingstreak.
ThebestsellingauthorofTheSurgeonreturns—andsodoesthatchillingnovel’sdiabolicalvillain.Thoughheldbehindbars,WarrenHoytstillhauntsahelplesscity,seemingtobequeathhisevillegacytoastudentall-too-diligent...andall-too-deadly.
ItisaboilinghotBostonsummer.Addingtothecity’swoesisaseriesofshockingcrimes,inwhichwealthymenaremadetowatchwhiletheirwivesarebrutalized.Asadisticdemandthatendsinabductionanddeath.
Thepatternsuggestsoneman:serialkillerWarrenHoyt,recentlyremovedfromthecity’sstreets.Policecanonlyassumeanacolyteisatlarge,amaniacbasinghisattacksonthetwistedmedicaltechniquesofthemadmanhesoadmires.Atleastthat’swhatDetectiveJaneRizzolithinks.Forcedagaintoconfrontthekillerwhoscarredher—literallyandfiguratively—sheisdeterminedtofinallyendHoyt’sawfulinfluence...evenifitmeansreceivingmoreresistancefromherall-malehomicidesquad.
ButRizzoliisn’tcountingontheU.S.government’ssuddeninterest.OronmeetingSpecialAgentGabrielDean,whoknowsmorethanhewilltell.Mostofall,sheisn’tcountingonbecomingatargetherself,onceHoytissuddenlyfree,joininghismysteriousbloodbrotherinaviciousvendetta....
Filledwithsuperblycreatedcharacters—andthemedicalandpoliceproceduraldetailsthatarehertrademark—TheApprenticeisTessGerritsenatherbrilliantbest.Setinastunningworldwhereeviliseasytolearnandhardtoend,thisisathrillerbyamasterwhocouldteachotherauthorsathingortwo. |
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发表于 2026-6-15 17:45:22