When a perfectly preserved "mummy" is discovered in the dusty basement of Boston's Crispin Museum and an archaeologist turns up missing, medical examiner Maura Isles and Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli have precious little time to derail the Archaeology Killer before he adds another chilling piece to his monstrous collection.
Today they will find her body. I know how it will happen. I can picture, quite vividly, the sequence of events that will lead to the discovery... In Boston, there's a killer on the loose. A killer who targets lone women, who breaks into their apartments and performs terrifying ritualistic acts of torture on his victims before finishing them off. His surgical skills lead police to suspect he is a physician - a physician who, instead of saving lives, takes them. But as homicide detective Thomas Moore and his partner Jane Rizzoli begin their investigation, they make a startling discovery. Closely linked to these killings is Catherine Cordell, a beautiful medic with a mysterious past. Two years ago she was subjected to a horrifying rape and attempted murder but shot her attacker dead. Now she is being targeted by this new killer who appears to know all about her past, her work at the Pilgrim Medical Center, and where she lives. The man she believes she killed seems to be stalking her once again, and this time he knows exactly where to find her...
As a pathologist in downtown Boston, Maura Isles has seen more than her fair share of corpses. But never before has the body been her mirror image. A DNA test confirms the dead woman is indeed Maura's twin and begins a disturbing journey into a past full of dark and deadly secrets.
The Beautiful Woman Appears To Be Just Another Corpse In The Morgue. But When Medical Examiner Maura Isles Looks Down At The Body, She Gets The Fright Of Her Life. The Corpse Opens Its Eyes. Now Very Much Alive, The Woman Is Rushed To The Hospital, Where She Murders A Security Guard And Seizes Hostages, One Of Whom Is The Heavily Pregnant Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli. But Who Is This Woman, And What Does She Want? Only Jane Can Solve The Mystery If She Survives The Night.
In April came the rains. In August came the heat. In November came the horror. Itâe(tm)s paying a return visit. Lapped by the gentle waters of Locust Lake, the small resort town of Tranquility, Maine, seems like the perfect spot for Dr Claire Elliot to shelter her adolescent son, Noah, from the temptations of the big city and the lingering memory of his fatherâe(tm)s death. And sheâe(tm)s hopeful that she can earn the trust of the town as she builds a new practice. But all her plans unravel with the onset of winter when a rash of teenage violence, far more deadly than anything sheâe(tm)d encountered in the city, erupts in the local school. As she tries to find a medical explanation for this murderous epidemic, Claire stumbles upon an insidious evil which has blighted the townâe(tm)s past and threatens its future. Fearful that Noah, too, is at risk, she must race to prove her theory before everything she loves is destroyed.