This is another series I’m reading with a group on Goodreads. We’re a bit further along but I’m posting the earlier reviews. This book series was developed into the television series Rizzoli & Isles that aired on TNT starring Angie Harmon & Sasha Alexander. The books are much grittier than the television show, however.
Maura Isles returns home from a business trip abroad to find a very strange reception. There are emergency vehicles clogging her street with neighbors and friends within the Boston Police Department looking at her as if they’d seen a ghost. That’s because the dead woman in the car in front of her house is her doppelgänger. But, she soon learns she’s more than a random lookalike…she’s the twin sister she never knew she had!
Obviously, this book grabs you from the very beginning and it never let me go. Maura’s pursuit of her past leads to some startling and stunning revelations, investigated by an eight-months pregnant Jane Rizzoli who didn’t let that slow her down one bit. Maura’s findings subject her to danger from unknown sources, which only heightens the anxiety. There are also two other situations in play that seem to be disconnected from Maura’s circumstances but deep down I knew they would eventually intersect. They both were harrowing, playing to my worst fears.
This is my most favorite in the series to date and I’ve enjoyed all of them. The narrator was just excellent and I hope she continues. I’m so enjoying these stories, even though they are nerve wracking at times…just the way I like it.
Book Info
- Release Date: August 17, 2004
- Series: Rizzoli & Isles #4
- Narrator: Käthe Mazur
- Audio Length: 11 hours, 4 minutes
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Outstanding review. I want to start this now along with several other books. All now.
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Thanks, Anne! It’s great on audio.
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So glad you are loving this series! It really is one of my favorites, and I wish a new one would come out soon! I can’t think of a book by Gerritsen that I don’t like; she’s a favorite author for me. Wonderful review, Jonetta!
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Thanks, Stephanie! She’s got a new book coming out in October, The Shape Of Night. I don’t believe it’s the start of a new series but it’s not connected to this one.
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I did not know that-thank you! I’ll add it to my TBR now and be on the prowl for an ARC. She has several standalones and they are excellent; there are a few that I enjoy as much if not more than some of the books in the Rizzoli and Isles series, so I’m sure it will be fantastic!
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I have yet to read something by this author…sad but true. I must get busy soon….I do love those nerve wracking books! Terrific review, Jonetta!
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Thanks, Marialyce! I believe you’d get into this series.
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Fantastic review! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! I need to pick up book up from her, I have not read her in a while!
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Thanks, Berit! These books are perfect to listen to when you want to get engrossed in a story. Have a great weekend, too💜
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Fab review! I’ve been meaning to try this series for ages… It sounds like a good one!
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Thanks, Yvo! It’s definitely one I’d recommend.
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Great review, Jonetta! This is the only book in this series that I have read. I picked it up without realizing it was part of a series. Anyway, I really enjoyed it and want to read the others in this series too.
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Thanks, Darinda! Wow, you missed some major events. The first two are really interesting as it relates to Jane.
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Awesome review! Another series I’ve been meaning to try since forever. I got book #1 now tho 😀
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Thanks, Norrie! Go ahead, open that first book😏
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I used to love this series!!! You e convinced me to pick another one up 💕
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I hope I have! I’d let it stall, too, and I’m so glad I restarted. It held up well.
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