The Sinner (Rizzoli and Isles Series #3)

On a par with Cornwell and Reichs

It¿s only four days before Christmas and the citizens of Boston are in an uproar because two nuns in a cloistered abbey are bludgeoned with one dead and the other barely alive. Boston Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles discovers that Sister Camille gave birth to a stillborn deformed son. The other nun that was attacked, Sister Ursula was only back in the abbey a year after doing nursing work at a leper colony in India. She remains in intensive care but the doctors aren¿t hopeful that she will recover.

Maura is called out on another case when a woman is shot to death, her hands and feet are amputated, and her facial skin peeled away. The woman also has some strange lesions on her body and after exhaustive study, they learn she was suffering from Hansen¿s Disease. A vice president of a company that has a factory near the leper¿s colony is found shot to death, the victim of an assassin just before he was scheduled to talk to the Justice Department. All three of these cases are linked and once that connection is discovered, the police will probably know who the killer is.

Tess Gerritsen has joined the ranks of Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs with this fantastic and shocking medical thriller. Jane Rizzoli, one of the more popular Boston detectives, plays a secondary role in THE SINNER because she is as concerned about her unexpected pregnancy as she is about these cases. Dr. Maura Isles is the star of this tale because it is her esoteric medical knowledge that is needed if the case is to be solved.

Harriet Klausner

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Highly Recommend - I'm addicted to this series

Began reading the series (starting with the first book) just this year and I was so happy to finally have found a series that I don't want to stop reading. Luckily with my nook, I don't have to wait. As soon as I'm finished with one book, I download the next and start reading right away!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Rizzoli and Isles are back.

Rizzoli is plunged into a murder that also forces her to confront her feelings about Dean once more. Her current situation involves a decision that must be made quickly and will set the course of her life to come. Isles must also make decisions about her personal life while maintaining her continued image as a strong woman-in-charge. Both of the tough female characters are vulnerable in their introspection as revealed to the reader. Gerritson is good at this sort of writing.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

a good continuation

This is a series of must reads for people who enjoy complex characters and good detective stories. You can welome the continuing characters into your home and root for them to catch the "bad guys". I thoroughly enjoyed the entire series and hope for more.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book was so much better than The Apprentice, the previous b

This book was so much better than The Apprentice, the previous book in the series. Why did I enjoy it more? The characters were more interactive, expanded into their personal lives, and showed their struggles with the cases extending into their lives. If you didn’t like The Apprentice, please give this book a try. I think you will think differently about the author and her ability to write stories.

Dr. Isles became more personable. Last book she was portrayed as a medical examiner who was very smart, but to me a cold person. There was really no interaction with other characters or activity outside of the office/morgue. This left me feeling like things were black and white with her. In this book, she is portrayed as a human being with feelings and struggles, not a perfect person with a perfect life. Her personal life is a larger part of the story. I liked that.

Rizzoli is dealing with issues of the case for various reasons. She is also struggling with some personal issues from the past as well as the new. We also get to learn a little more about her family, including the Golden Child, her brother, Frankie.

I really liked this book. It was a good mix of all the personal stories and the mystery. The mystery for me was awesome. I enjoyed it all the way to the end and the outcome was unique. Just a good blend of church, medical, and corporate issues blended into one.

I thoroughly enjoy the details involved in these books. They are

I thoroughly enjoy the details involved in these books. They are a very good thriller, mystery with sub-stories. I would recommend for adult readers.

Highly recommended.

I had watched the series on TV and so I decided to buy the Nook books starting with #1. They have all been so good so far the I can't wait to get to the next one.

Not as good as the last two books.

Not as good as the last two books.

Great series

Good characters and storylines. You won't want to put it down.

Definetely a good one

I love all of Tess Gerristen's books, whether they are about Rizzoli & Isles or another character.

Excellent story!

I found THE SINNER by Tess Gerritsen very entertaining. It continues with the very likeable characters Rizzoli & Isles. The murders are messy and the solution quite involved but intriguing. There is a big suprise in this book for the lovers of Rizzoli! Be ready!

positive

Loved the strong female protagonists that is not overdone or one dimensional the way I find Larsson to be. Characters are dealing with real human dilemmas at the same time as telling a great stopry with twists and turns. Enjoyable rread!

Highly recommended. A must read.

I could not put this ( book ) down. I give it a 10!

Recommend, especially for viewers of the TV series

As is Ms Gerritsen's style, this included many detailed description of corpses and bodies, but well served in the telling of a compelling tale. I liked the continuing development of the 2 major characters. One blemish for me is her usage of an often confused term for the main premise of the plot, namely Immaculate Conception to describe a miraculous conception. Immaculate Conception is a dogma related to Mary herself being conceived immaculately, that is, without (Original) Sin. This really detracted from the perception of her usually thorough research standard.

Such a good series

This is such a good series. The first book was from mostly one detectives point of view, the second was mostly from Rizzoli's and this one was from Dr. Isles perspective. I love this series and the show on TNT

Lots of twists and turns.

Keeps your interest. When you think you know what's going on, a surpise happens. I thought the end of the book was two chapters before the end. I like the characters. Tess's writing is very easy and enjoyable reading. It has some gruesome details of the mysteries in this book. This was my third book and I think I will continue reading her series.

Difficult to put down.

I loved the book. It held my interest from beginning to end. It had a touch of romance and humor to lighten the horror of the crimes.

Poor Ending

Did I miss something? Why was Camille murdered? Was she in the wrong place at the wrong time? I don't think this was fully explained. Ending left a lot to be desired.

Good Book

This isn't as good as The Apprentice or the Surgeon but a good book. I liked getting to understand the charactors better in this book. Worth the read.

Great!!!

I have yet to read a bad book by this author. I usually finish her books in a day or less....only because I cannot seem to put them down...for anything!! I have read almost all of her books..and I have not one bad thing to say about any of them so far!!