(The Surgeon) By Gerritsen, Tess (Author) mass_market on (07 , 2002)

A briskly paced, terrifically suspenseful work that steadily builds toward a tense and terrifying climax. " People" (Page-turner of the week) He slips into homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, about to awaken to a living nightmare. The precision of his methods suggests that he is a deranged man of medicine, prompting the Boston newspapers to dub him The Surgeon. Led by Detectives Thomas Moore and Jane Rizzoli, the cops must consult the victim of a nearly identical crime: Two years ago, Dr. Catherine Cordell fought back and filled an attacker before he could complete his assault. Now this new killer is re-creating, with chilling accuracy, the details of Cordell s ordeal. With every new murder he seems to be taunting her, cutting ever closer, from her hospital to her home. And neither Moore nor Rizzoli can protect Cordell from a ruthless hunter who somehow understands and savors the secret fears of every woman he kills. [A] top-grade thriller . . . Sharp characters stitch your eye to the page. An all-nighter. "Kirkus Reviews" (starred review) Creepy . . . will exert a powerful grip on readers. "Chicago Tribune""