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Last to die : a novel

Gerritsen, Tess. (Author).

Summary: <b><i>Rizzoli & Isles </i>Hit series on TNT</b><br> <br> <b>Suspense doesnt get smarter than this. Not just recommended but mandatory.Lee Child</b><br> <br> For the second time in his short life, Teddy Clock has survived a massacre. Two years ago, he barely escaped when his entire family was slaughtered. Now, at fourteen, in a hideous echo of the past, Teddy is the lone survivor of his foster familys mass murder. Orphaned once more, the traumatized teenager has nowhere to turnuntil the Boston PD puts detective Jane Rizzoli on the case. Determined to protect this young man, Jane discovers that what seemed like a coincidence is instead just one horrifying part of a relentless killers merciless mission.<br> <br> Jane spirits Teddy to the exclusive Evensong boarding school, a sanctuary where young victims of violent crime learn the secrets and skills of survival in a dangerous world. But even behind locked gates, and surrounded by acres of sheltering Maine wilderness, Jane fears that Evensongs mysterious benefactors arent the only ones watching. When strange blood-splattered dolls are found dangling from a tree, Jane knows that her instincts are dead on. And when she meets Will Yablonski and Claire Ward, students whose tragic pasts bear a shocking resemblance to Teddys, it becomes chillingly clear that a circling predator has more than one victim in mind.<br> <br> Joining forces with her trusted partner, medical examiner Maura Isles, Jane is determined to keep these orphans safe from harm. But an unspeakable secret dooms the childrens fateunless Jane and Maura can finally put an end to an obsessed killers twisted quest.<br> <br> <b>PRAISE FOR TESS GERRITSEN</b><br> <b></b><br> [Gerritsen] has an imagination that allows her to conjure up depths of human behavior so dark and frightening that she makes Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft seem like goody-two-shoes.<i>Chicago Tribune</i><br> <br> One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today.<i>The Providence Journal</i><br> <b><i></i></b><br> <b>The Silent Girl</b><br> <br> Another great thrill ride . . . one of Gerritsens best.Associated Press<br> <br> An exciting and suspense-filled adventure.Wichita Falls <i>Times Record News</i><br> <b></b><br> <b>Ice Cold</b><br> <br> Gerritsen paces <i>Ice Cold</i> with surgical precision.Salon<br> <br> The kind of book youd read in one sitting.<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>

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  • ISBN: 9780345515520 (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 9780345515636
  • ISBN: 0345515633
  • Physical Description: 338 p. ; 25 cm.
    print
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, c2012.
Subject: Boarding schools -- Fiction
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
Women forensic scientists -- Fiction
Policewomen -- Fiction
Isles, Maura (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Rizzoli, Jane, Detective (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Genre: Mystery fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Alert Bay Public Library.

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Summary: <b><i>Rizzoli & Isles </i>Hit series on TNT</b><br> <br> <b>Suspense doesnt get smarter than this. Not just recommended but mandatory.Lee Child</b><br> <br> For the second time in his short life, Teddy Clock has survived a massacre. Two years ago, he barely escaped when his entire family was slaughtered. Now, at fourteen, in a hideous echo of the past, Teddy is the lone survivor of his foster familys mass murder. Orphaned once more, the traumatized teenager has nowhere to turnuntil the Boston PD puts detective Jane Rizzoli on the case. Determined to protect this young man, Jane discovers that what seemed like a coincidence is instead just one horrifying part of a relentless killers merciless mission.<br> <br> Jane spirits Teddy to the exclusive Evensong boarding school, a sanctuary where young victims of violent crime learn the secrets and skills of survival in a dangerous world. But even behind locked gates, and surrounded by acres of sheltering Maine wilderness, Jane fears that Evensongs mysterious benefactors arent the only ones watching. When strange blood-splattered dolls are found dangling from a tree, Jane knows that her instincts are dead on. And when she meets Will Yablonski and Claire Ward, students whose tragic pasts bear a shocking resemblance to Teddys, it becomes chillingly clear that a circling predator has more than one victim in mind.<br> <br> Joining forces with her trusted partner, medical examiner Maura Isles, Jane is determined to keep these orphans safe from harm. But an unspeakable secret dooms the childrens fateunless Jane and Maura can finally put an end to an obsessed killers twisted quest.<br> <br> <b>PRAISE FOR TESS GERRITSEN</b><br> <b></b><br> [Gerritsen] has an imagination that allows her to conjure up depths of human behavior so dark and frightening that she makes Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft seem like goody-two-shoes.<i>Chicago Tribune</i><br> <br> One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today.<i>The Providence Journal</i><br> <b><i></i></b><br> <b>The Silent Girl</b><br> <br> Another great thrill ride . . . one of Gerritsens best.Associated Press<br> <br> An exciting and suspense-filled adventure.Wichita Falls <i>Times Record News</i><br> <b></b><br> <b>Ice Cold</b><br> <br> Gerritsen paces <i>Ice Cold</i> with surgical precision.Salon<br> <br> The kind of book youd read in one sitting.<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>
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