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The Killing Place (Rizzoli & Isles) |  | Author: Tess Gerritsen
Publisher: Bantam Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 947
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition, 1st Impression
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0593063228
EAN: 9780593063224
ASIN: 0593063228
Publication Date: June 24, 2010
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Product Description
Something terrible has happened in the snowbound village of Kingdom Come, Wyoming. Twelve eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Meals remain untouched on dining room tables. The human occupants have vanished, seemingly into thin air. This is the unsettling place where Maura Isles finds herself trapped during a snowstorm.
Amazon.co.uk Review
Tess Gerritsen’s new book The Killing Place is markedly different from her usual fare, but sports all her usual narrative acumen. The well-established page-turning abilities that marked out such earlier Gerritsen novels as The Mephisto Club and The Bone Garden are fully in evidence here, and the characters remain as sharply defined as ever – welcome news for followers of Gerritsen’s much-loved series heroines, forensic anthropologist Maura Isles and detective Jane Rizzoli.In Wyoming, the quaintly-named village of Kingdom Come is snowed in, and twelve identical houses are abandoned and in darkness. Cars, similarly, are abandoned. Where are all the human inhabitants? The snowstorm has marooned Maura Isles – and the private road that took her to the village has also led her into a frightening and disturbing puzzle. Subsequently, Jane Rizzoli arrives to find a car containing four bodies, all burnt to a crisp. Is one of the corpses Maura Isles? Rizzoli and Isles often find themselves investigating gruesome and baffling murder mysteries – very much the case here, but with Isles missing from the investigative team. As the tension is screwed ever tighter, it’s clear that, as ever, Tess Gerritsen has the full measure of the crime genre at her fingertips. Both her heroines – women who have to fight to remain at the top of their professions – are capable, but it’s Jane Rizzoli who is, in The Killing Place , stretched to her limits. --Barry Forshaw
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 CHILLING!! June 22, 2010
C. Jeffery (London)
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
This has all the ingredients you would expect in a Tess Gerritsen; suspense, a bit of CSI forensic action and a great plot. But The Killing Place has something more... It is bloody scary! I read this in two sittings and could not put it down. My husband is reading it at the moment, he didn't think he would like it as he had tried one of her earlier novels and it wasn't really his cup of tea. This time it is different, he loves it and he is sooo scared (don't tell him I said that).
This is definitely the best Rizzoli/Isles novel yet!
scary!!!!!! June 23, 2010
Susan M M M M M (England)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
if you are familiar with the Rizzoli/ isles series - this will not disappoint.
this book concentrates more upon Maura isles initially and the first half of the book was very scary and even haunting.
If you haven't read these books before ( best to read in order but not necessary ) they involve two strong women characters who solve crimes - why this series is so good is the characters have normal foibles and the pace of the books is great - thoroughly recommend.
The Killing Place July 1, 2010
Leah Graham (Tenerife)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Killing Place was a fantastic read, and I literally could not put it down. Like Stephen King says, it gripped me by the neck and refused to let go. It had suspense (it had that in bucket-loads), it was chilling and I literally could not put it down because I wanted to know how it was all going to end. It can, in case you're wondering, be read as a stand-alone book however it's best read as a series otherwise you'll miss really getting to know the characters and you won't be aware of what they've been through previously. It's not as if you're going to regret it, because the series is fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed The Killing Place and I was so sad to see it end because it means I now have to wait at least another year for the next Rizzoli/Isles thriller and I just don't think I can wait that long. When you have writing as good as Gerritsen's to read, you want to read it all day long, so I think a re-read of the entire series could well be in order pretty soon.
The Killing Place September 4, 2010
bethmck
The Killing Place (Rizzoli & Isles) As with all Tess Gerritsen books this has you hooked right from the start. A must for Rizzoli & Isles fans.
A hugely entertaining read! August 23, 2010
CeeCee (Ldn)
This is the first Rizzoli/Isles book I've read and wow! What a great read it is! Gerritsen writes with an excellent pace that'll have you turning the pages very quickly whilst at the same time sucking you in until you are too scared to move from the spot you are in!
A great story, fantastic characters and a very sastifying ending. 5 stars all round!
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