Thursday, July 7, 2016

The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen



'The Apprentice', by Tess Gerritsen, is the second of the Rizzoli and Isles series. When Rizzoli finally puts Warren Hoyt, otherwise known as The Surgeon, in prison for life, she thought that she was through with him.  Just like 'The Surgeon', which was first of this series, 'The Apprentice' is a real page turner.  

Detective Rizzoli gets called into a string of murders because the MO is the same as her old nemesis, Warren Hoyt.  Hoyt, the man of her nightmares. 
Hoyt.  The man who pinned her to the floor with a scapel in both of her hands. Hoyt.  The devil incarnate.  

Even from his prison cell, it seems as though he was still killing.  A copycat? Doubtful.  Jane Rizzoli believed that Hoyt had somehow engineered these murders.  Every detail was there, from the teacup on the husband's knee to the folded nightgown in the bedroom.  It was Hoyt all over.  Jane gets the courage up to face Hoyt in prison.  She is looking for some answers to questions that would help her solve these murders.  Hoyt, who is obsessed with Jane, was pleased that she had come to him, but was no help, of course.  Maura Isles, the Medical Examiner, helps to keep her best friend, Jane, on an even keel, working tirelessly to find this maniacal killer.  Every murder that Jane worked in the case, brings more memories of Hoyt to her mind. 

We see the world through Rizzoli's eyes and feel the hate that she has for the one man that she cannot get out of her life, Hoyt.  Ms. Gerritsen has done it again.  I thoroughly enjoyed 'The Apprentice' and gave it 5 stars.  I am looking forward to more of Rizzoli and Isles books.