Helpful Score: 6
I am an avid reader. Especially of mystery/suspense books. This book was one of the best ones I have read in a while and I read a LOT of books.I have also passed this around to a couple of friends who enjoyed it as well. You won't be disapointed!
Helpful Score: 6
Not as compelling as other books Ms. Gerritsen has written, this gruesome story nonetheless moves fast and draws you in with revelation after stunning revelation. Eerie in parts, downright scary in others. Definitely a page-turner.
Helpful Score: 6
This book has some twists and turns though, the story overall is a wonderful and fast paced. Just when you think you have read it all here comes the fast pitch out of left field with another blow to the story. It will take your breath and make you wish that you could fast forward to the end for it will put you on the edge of your seat.
Helpful Score: 5
A Can't put it down read! Boston Med. Examiner comes home from a trip to find flasing lights and crime scene tape in her front yard. BUT WHY is everyone looking at her so strangely? She soon finds out when she sees the Body of a women that is a "Dead Ringer" for her!! Only gets better from here!!!
Helpful Score: 5
Great Book! I couldn't put it down, if you are into the series, you must read it, if you haven't started the series, you will not be lost.
Helpful Score: 4
Another exciting mystery by my new favorite author. The medical details are very much like Patrica Cornwell's books about Kay Scarpetta. Kept me up long into the night!
Helpful Score: 3
Another excellent thriller from Tess Gerritsen! She's quickly become one of my faves! Body Double picks up where The Sinner leaves off, bringing back her cast of fabulously human characters. Tightly plotted, very smartly written, sometimes brutal, often funny ... most recommended!
Helpful Score: 2
this is a story that keeps you on the edge of your seat,keeping you guessing to who did it.
Helpful Score: 2
This is the first book I've read by this author and it is Great! I can't wait to sink into more of her books!
Helpful Score: 1
This is the 4th book in the Rizzoli & Isles series and it was another fabulous page turner! Made me want to keep reading - can't wait to read them all!
Helpful Score: 1
Wow! This is #4 in the Jane Rizzoli series, and it is my favorite so far! All were very good but this one was EXCELLENT!!
Helpful Score: 1
Just finished this one this morning. Couldn't put it down. If you love medical related mysteries Tess Gerritsen is the best and this one won't disappoint you.
Helpful Score: 1
Awesome book! Love all of them, this surely wasn't the last!
Helpful Score: 1
Gerritsen is always good. Familiar characters Dr Maura Isles and Jane Rizolli. A couple of twists and very good reading. Hard to put down.
Helpful Score: 1
Wow! Great mystery Gerritsen-style. Dr. Maura Isles, a continuing character in Gerritsen's later mysteries, finds out that she shares the DNA of a "stranger" ... a dead stranger. Bizarre and evil characters, dark secrets, and twisted truths.
Helpful Score: 1
fast-paced thriller about a medical examiner who discovers that a murdered woman looks just like her. Well written.
Helpful Score: 1
Well written thriller. Great use of suspense and characters. Dialogue and descriptions were well done.
Helpful Score: 1
Dr. Maura Isles finds a woman dead in a car in front of her house who looks exactly like her. The mystery is not only who the woman is, but who killed her and why. Great story!
Helpful Score: 1
Wow! Imagine coming home and finding yourself murdered! Thats just the beginning of the twists in this one. Dr. Isles and Jane Rizzoli are working together again. Possibly my favorite of the 5 featuring these characters.
Helpful Score: 1
I loved this book! It keeps you wanting to read. The twist at the end is wonderful and so unexpected
Much better than I'd expected! I don't read the covers and so was carried away by the story with no warnings of what might happen. It held together particularly well with plenty of twists and turns.
Helpful Score: 1
This book is riveting! Tess is a wonderful writer who will hold you in suspense until the very end. I really enjoyed this one! EXCELLENT!
Helpful Score: 1
Excellent read. I thought I had it figured out, but took a turn at the end.
Helpful Score: 1
This book in the series reveals a lot of backstory on Dr. Isles, and it explores where she comes from and who her parents are. Very creepy premise - to find a dead twin that you didn't know you had, murdered on your doorstep!
Helpful Score: 1
You will not lose interest in this one!
Helpful Score: 1
Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. As a only child, a DNA test confirms the fact that the victim is her twin.
Wonderful Thriller!
Great summer read. Lots of twists.
Excellent read...keeps you up through the night!
Wow, this book really gets to you. Very well done as all of her books!
A dead body in your own image. Family secrets dating back years. A good read.
Well written with lots of suspense until the very last word.
terrific book and author
Great book if you are fan of Patricia Cornwell, you will probably like this series
A typical Gerritsen. Fans will approve. The paperback itself is in mint condition.
This was a very accurate book from a medical standpoint. Before reading her bio I knew she had to have had prior medical training. Some readers may get a little bogged down, but many will just pick up a thing or two....interesting tidbit here and there.
Plot thought out, and I didn't feel it was a dry read. I feel it's helpful when feedback includes this::
According to her website the order for Rizzoli/Isles is:
The Surgeon
The Apprentice
The Sinner
Body Double
Vanish
Mephisto Club
Plot thought out, and I didn't feel it was a dry read. I feel it's helpful when feedback includes this::
According to her website the order for Rizzoli/Isles is:
The Surgeon
The Apprentice
The Sinner
Body Double
Vanish
Mephisto Club
Tess Gerritsen books are always good.
Real page turner! Loved it.
fantastic story
Good read.
When Boston medical examiner Dr Maura Isles returnes from a vacation, she is shocked to find police in front of her home, because someone who is her exact double is found murdered out front.
Medical examiner discovers a murdered woman who looks just like her. Good crime novel, quick read.
Tess Gerritsen was an internist before she became a bestselling author. That's where she got her medical knowledge and makes her fiction so realistic. She lives about 15 miles from me in Maine. And Stephen King lives about 30 miles away. What is it up here, the water?!
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. for Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths. It is a jouney that leads Marua to the mother she never knew - an icy and cunning woman who gave Maura life...and who just might have a plan to take it away.
Enjoyed this book. Gruesome, but well written and suspensful to the end. Best Seller
Pregnant women play key roles in this bone-chilling fourth novel in Gerritsen's edgy, suspenseful series of thrillers featuring Boston Medical Examiner Maura Isles and Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli. Both of the usually gritty crime fighters are uncharacteristically vulnerable. Rizzoli is carrying her first child, and Islesdivorced and alone at age 40 and suddenly, unsettlingly aware of her biological clockis experiencing decidedly unspiritual feelings for her priest. As the novel begins, Islesan adopted child who never knew the identity of her birth parentsis confronted by the corpse of a murdered woman who is apparently her identical twin. Another detective, Rick Ballard, comes forward to say that he knew the victim and is certain her killer is a powerful pharmaceutical baron known to have stalked her. Isles falls for the handsome Ballard, but she isn't convinced by his theory, and she launches an investigation into her sister's past, following the trail to a state correctional facility and a schizophrenic inmate who may be her mother. This opens the cobwebbed pages of a nightmarish family album and leads Isles to a remote cabin in Maine where the long-dead body of a pregnant woman is discovered buried in the woods. The killer, Isles discovers, has been murdering pregnant women for decades, making periodic sweeps of the country. Meanwhile, brief scenes chronicle the diabolical kidnapping of an affluent pregnant housewife who is kept buried in a crude coffin. An electric series of startling twists, the revelation of ghoulishly practical motives and a nail-biting finale make this Gerritsen's best to date.
A good read....!
My first introduction to this author. I'll be reading more of her books!! GREAT READ!!! ShereeR
Wow, I thought I had this story all figured out - turns out I was totally wrong!!
This was a good book. Twists and turns. Keeps you reading.
My first Tess Gerritsen, won't be my last!!!!
Good thriller with a little romance thrown in.
She's shocked to find a body that's an exact double of her own. Even the DNA is in the same category. What gives.
Another great thriller from Tess Gerritsen!
THIS IS A GOOD BOOK THAT I ENJOYED READING.
Another GREAT Jane Rizzoli story! Tess Gerritsen does it again!
Great suspence book!!!
Fourth book in the Jane Rizzoli/Dr. Maura Isles series. Dr. Isles, medical examiner, is shocked when she finds a body that looks exactly like her. DNA test confirm that she is the Dr.'s identical twin. Dr. Isles must go in search of secrets from the past to solve thsi mystery.
Good complex mystery for readers who devour books. Great for vacation. Easy and fast read for 390 pages.
another great gerritsen thriller.
A woman is found shot to death outside Boston Medical Examiner Maura Isles' home. Everyone is shocked when they see she is a dead ringer for Dr. Isles. Even more shocking is the fact that they share the same blood type and birth date. Maura, an only child, is stunned when DNA tests confirm that the murdered woman is her twin sister.
This book was very hard to put down. As always, Tess Gerritsen delivers a great mystery with a twist at the end. My rating: 5 Stars.
This book was very hard to put down. As always, Tess Gerritsen delivers a great mystery with a twist at the end. My rating: 5 Stars.
Kept me on the edge of my seat. I couldn't put it down at all. I loved how the story took you in many different directions and I couldn't tell if it was present day or not. I must admit that I didn't figure it all out until the end.
If you like Patricia Cromwell's character Dr. Kay Scarpetta, you will like Tess Gerritsen's character Dr.Maura Isles. I was very impressed by this author. The story line had many twists and turns and keeps you guessing until the end.
Great series!
This book was very gooD
Most excellent suspense - Tess Gerritsen does it again. Keeps you entertained to the end. A "must read" in her Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series. Keep reading her series - she only gets better, if that's possible.
Another excellent Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles book! Worth reading!
This book was excellent! I couldn't put it down. Just when I thought I had it all figured out I realized I didn't. Great book!
Very good read!
Great read with lots of twists.
I read this book in one sitting. It is riveting and keeps you wanting more, even when it is over. Highly recommend this for Gerritsen fans and mystery lovers.
A good thriller. I don't have any experience with this author, but the book was enough of a stand-alone that I didn't feel like I was missing out by not starting with book #1 featuring this character.
I've read elsewhere that it's great for a medical mystery, but I don't really consider it a medical mystery. Sure, the main character is a Medical Examiner, but the only medical jargon is appropriate when describing causes of death. (Or maybe I'm too steeped in Discovery Channel medical shows and Kathy Reichs' "Bones" novels)
A little gory, but not done to death. The premise is creepy, and the ending might surprise you.
(This review was originally written for the unabridged audio book edition.)
I've read elsewhere that it's great for a medical mystery, but I don't really consider it a medical mystery. Sure, the main character is a Medical Examiner, but the only medical jargon is appropriate when describing causes of death. (Or maybe I'm too steeped in Discovery Channel medical shows and Kathy Reichs' "Bones" novels)
A little gory, but not done to death. The premise is creepy, and the ending might surprise you.
(This review was originally written for the unabridged audio book edition.)
Lots of twists and turns. Always anxious to see what was coming. I thought it was easy to be in tuned with the characters.
Looking forward to reading the next book in series!!
Looking forward to reading the next book in series!!
Wonderful and engaging thriller
In the prologue to this Rizzoli and Isles thriller, a teenage girl is lured into the woods by a handsome classmate and then left in a pit to die. The boys name is Elijah Lanks.
The scene then switches over to Dr. Maura Isles visiting the catacombs under the city of lights, Paris, during a pathology conference. She returns home to find police cruisers with flashing lights outside of her home and Detective Jane Rizzoli on her front lawn with a puzzled expression on her face.
A dead woman has been found in a car parked on Mauras street, and the corpse is Mauras doublean identical twin. The corpse shares not only her birth date but her blood type. Maura, an adoptee, knows nothing about her birth mother or any family still living. Discovering that the same lawyer who handled Mauras adoption also handled the adoption of the dead woman is the starting point for Mauras journey to find her birth mother.
Janes investigation converges with Mauras personal journey. Jane realizes that the killeror killersare inextricably linked to Mauras past (and present), and Maura may be the next target. Jane finds Mauras birth mother, and shes not a mother to love.
Meanwhile, a serial killer is abducting pregnant women. One of his final victims, a pregnant unhappy woman named Mattie Purviswho has just realized that her husband is cheating on heris taken from her home. Ironically enough, she becomes the real hero of the book, not Jane or Maura, although they do have their moments. This is particularly true of Jane, who is 8 months pregnant in this book. The storys POV shifts between Jane, Maura, and Mattie. Jane is competent and strong, and Maura is the same with an appealing vulnerability.
The plot device of twins separated at birth has been done before, and better, but Gerritsens story is intense and personal. The melodrama that often characterizes her other Rizzoli and Isles novels is noticeably lessened here.
The scene then switches over to Dr. Maura Isles visiting the catacombs under the city of lights, Paris, during a pathology conference. She returns home to find police cruisers with flashing lights outside of her home and Detective Jane Rizzoli on her front lawn with a puzzled expression on her face.
A dead woman has been found in a car parked on Mauras street, and the corpse is Mauras doublean identical twin. The corpse shares not only her birth date but her blood type. Maura, an adoptee, knows nothing about her birth mother or any family still living. Discovering that the same lawyer who handled Mauras adoption also handled the adoption of the dead woman is the starting point for Mauras journey to find her birth mother.
Janes investigation converges with Mauras personal journey. Jane realizes that the killeror killersare inextricably linked to Mauras past (and present), and Maura may be the next target. Jane finds Mauras birth mother, and shes not a mother to love.
Meanwhile, a serial killer is abducting pregnant women. One of his final victims, a pregnant unhappy woman named Mattie Purviswho has just realized that her husband is cheating on heris taken from her home. Ironically enough, she becomes the real hero of the book, not Jane or Maura, although they do have their moments. This is particularly true of Jane, who is 8 months pregnant in this book. The storys POV shifts between Jane, Maura, and Mattie. Jane is competent and strong, and Maura is the same with an appealing vulnerability.
The plot device of twins separated at birth has been done before, and better, but Gerritsens story is intense and personal. The melodrama that often characterizes her other Rizzoli and Isles novels is noticeably lessened here.
This author never disappoints. I have read several of her books now and none are repetitive like some series. Each is an original unique suspense novel. One of my favorite authors!
Great read but there isn't a Gerritsen book that I don't love.
Good book. I enjoyed it. A little predictible in the love story area with Dr. Isles. Fast read.
Another great mystery by Gerritsen. I recommend it. Great characters, great plot.
Thought this book was great.
A real page turner. Keeps you guessing til the end.
medical thriller with good plot..enjoyed
This is a wonderful book. I could not put it down..
Medical dr. does not realize she has a twin until she see the body on her medical table
GReat story- kept you guessing until the end!
Great and Suspenseful!!
Very good book - very suspenseful
Great, suspenseful mystery. I really liked this one.
Continuing saga of Dr. Maura Isles. A real page turner.
wHEN THE EDITORS SAY THERE ARE DARK SECRETS THAT PUZZLE THE MAIN CHARACTER THEY WERE BEING TRUTHFUL...WOW WHAT A BOOK.
Suspenseful! I couldn't put it down.
I thought this book was very suspenseful- a good read.
"Dr. Maura Isles makes her living dealing with death. As a pathologist in a major metropolitan city, she has seen more than her share of corpses every day - many of them victims of violent murder. But never before has her blood run cold, and never has the grim expression "dead ringer" rung so terrifyingly true. Because never before has the lifeless body on the medical examiner's table been her own." "Yet there can be no denying the mind-reeling evidence before her shocked eyes and those of her colleagues, including Detective Jane Rizzoli: the woman found shot to death outside Maura's home is the mirror image of Maura, down to the most intimate physical nuances. Even more chilling is the discovery that they share the same birth date and blood type. For the stunned Maura, an only child, there can be just one explanation. And when a DNA test confirms that Maura's mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister, an already bizarre murder investigation becomes a disturbing and dangerous excursion into a past full of dark secrets." Searching for answers, Maura is drawn to a seaside town in Maine where other horrifying surprises await. But perhaps more frightening, an unknown murderer is at large on a cross-country killing spree. To stop the massacre and uncover the twisted truth about her own roots, Maura must probe her first living subject: the mother that she never knew...an icy and cunning woman who could be responsible for giving Maura life - and who just may have a plan to take it away.
This one was GREAT! If you like the series with Dr. Maura Isles, this is a wonderful book. It keeps you guessing until the end. WOW!
This one was GREAT! If you like the series with Dr. Maura Isles, this is a wonderful book. It keeps you guessing until the end. WOW!
This book was a thrilling page turner. It had deep foreshadowing, but still surprised me at the end! It is a great medical thriller, but it can be violently graphic. The main character is a forensic pathologist (coroner) so she details a lot about corpses. Enjoy reading!
good book
An interesting plot written by a pro.
REALLY GOOD LOTS OF UNEXPECTED TWISTS
A gripping tale with twists and turns that makes reading through the book in one sitting almost a must. I loved it and if you like mysteries, you will too.
Loved this! I love Gerritsen's books -- especially this one.
did not enjoy.
This was my first Det. Rizzoli and Dr. Isles book, but won't be my last. The fact that I didn't start at Book #1 didn't hinder me at all. The reader is woven into the lives and storyline so quickly and well that you don't know you're missing any previous books. Body Double takes the reader into the mind(s) of a horrible serial killer and doesn't let go. A few good twists and turns along the way, some great police work, and excellent character development made it hard to put this book down. I'm on the lookout now for my next Tess Gerritsen and Rizzoli/Isles book!
This is #4 in the Rizzoli and Ayles series. It was even better than the first three. I thought it was better written and the characters seemed to come alive. An excellent read!
Chilling suspence.... lots of twists in this great book.....
It's different and I stayed interested the whole way through.
First book I have read by Tess Gerritsen..I watch the show all the time but if you are hoping this follows the show it does not. It was a good book.
great read
Love all of Tess Gerritsens books. Shes a great writer!
I am reading this series in order. This one is the best yet! Looking forward to reading Book 5.
One of the best books I've read recently, I couldn't put it down!!
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles discovers a murdered woman looks exactly like her...a DNA test coinfirms the startling fact the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. This already bizarre homicide investigation is full of secrets and twisted truths...just when you think you have if figured out you find you've been fooled. A fast paced story which was hard to put down.
THIS BOOK WAS EXCELLENT FOR IT KEPT ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT AND VERY FAST MOVING THROUGHOUT THE STORY. FOR I COULDN'T PUT TI DOWN TILL THE END AND THIS IS THE SECOND I HAVE READ BY HER FOR THE ENDING THREW ME FOR A LOOP.
Another good one by Gerritsen.
Tightly-plotted about a hunt for a serial killer that is kicked off when the main character, Dr. Maura Isles, arrives at a murder scene to discover that the victim looks exactly like her.
One question leads to another as the investigation unrolls, and the careful reader will probably see most of the big reveals coming, but it's a satisfying trip.
This is part of Gerritsen's "Rizzoli & Isles" series, but stands well alone.
One question leads to another as the investigation unrolls, and the careful reader will probably see most of the big reveals coming, but it's a satisfying trip.
This is part of Gerritsen's "Rizzoli & Isles" series, but stands well alone.
Pregnant women play key roles in this bone-chilling fourth novel in Gerritsen's edgy, suspenseful series of thrillers featuring Boston Medical Examiner Maura Isles and Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli. Both of the usually gritty crime fighters are uncharacteristically vulnerable. Rizzoli is carrying her first child, and Islesdivorced and alone at age 40 and suddenly, unsettlingly aware of her biological clockis experiencing decidedly unspiritual feelings for her priest. As the novel begins, Islesan adopted child who never knew the identity of her birth parentsis confronted by the corpse of a murdered woman who is apparently her identical twin. Another detective, Rick Ballard, comes forward to say that he knew the victim and is certain her killer is a powerful pharmaceutical baron known to have stalked her. Isles falls for the handsome Ballard, but she isn't convinced by his theory, and she launches an investigation into her sister's past, following the trail to a state correctional facility and a schizophrenic inmate who may be her mother. This opens the cobwebbed pages of a nightmarish family album and leads Isles to a remote cabin in Maine where the long-dead body of a pregnant woman is discovered buried in the woods. The killer, Isles discovers, has been murdering pregnant women for decades, making periodic sweeps of the country. Meanwhile, brief scenes chronicle the diabolical kidnapping of an affluent pregnant housewife who is kept buried in a crude coffin.
Best book I've read in years! I read the whole thing at one sitting, couldn't put it down!
I enjoyed this book very much. Couldn't put it down. Now i want to read all her books.
Boston medical examiner, Dr. Maura Isles, is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. for Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths. It is a journey that leads Maura to the mother she never knew -- an icy and cunning woman who gave Maura life . . . and who just might have a plan to take it away.
Unusual. But a great read.
My first read by this author, and I could not put it down - will be reading more of her. Very scary.
Another great Gerritsen book!
Couldn't put it down!
Great book. starts out sorta slow, but then it just takes off. 2nd book i have read from her. will read more.
Suspenseful. Tess Gerritsen keeps your attention
This is one of her best.
NY Times Bestseller
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths. It is a journey that leads Maura to the mother she never knew--an icy and cunning woman who gave Maura life...and who just might have a plan to take it away
Good book, would recommend.
Another great book by Gerritsen. Definately one of my favorites.
The woman found shot to death outside Maura's home is the mirror image of Maura, down to the most intimate physical nuances. They even share the same birthdate and blood type. But Maura is an only child.
Hard to put down.
" It's scary just how good Tess Gerritsen is ---- this is a crime writing at it's unputdownable, nerve tingling best" Harlan Coben
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. Maura, an only child, finds out the DNA test confirms the startling fact; the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now the investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths.
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Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to disvoer that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths. It is a journey that leads Maura to the mother she never knew--an icy and cunning woman who gave Maura life...and who just might have a plan to take it away.
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths. It is a journey that leads Maura to the mother she never knew-an icy and cunning woman who gave Maura life..and who just might have a plan to take it away.
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths.
great thriller
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious woman is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets. It is a journey that leads Maura to the mother she never knew ... an icy & cunning woman who gave Maura life ...& who just might have a plan to take it away.
Dr. Maura Isles, Boston medical examiner, makes her living dealing with death, and sees more than her share of corpses every day. But never before has her blood run cold, and never has the grim expression "dead ringer" rung so terrifyingly true. Because never before has the lifeless body on the medical examiner's table been her own.
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"Dr. Maura Isles makes her living dealing with death. As a pathologist in a major metropolitan city, she has seen more than her share of corpses every day - many of them victims of violent murder. But never before has her blood run cold, and never has the grim expression "dead ringer" rung so terrifyingly true. Because never before has the lifeless body on the medical examiner's table been her own." "Yet there can be no denying the mind-reeling evidence before her shocked eyes and those of her colleagues, including Detective Jane Rizzoli: the woman found shot to death outside Maura's home is the mirror image of Maura, down to the most intimate physical nuances. Even more chilling is the discovery that they share the same birth date and blood type. For the stunned Maura, an only child, there can be just one explanation. And when a DNA test confirms that Maura's mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister, an already bizarre murder investigation becomes a disturbing and dangerous excursion into a past full of dark secrets." Searching for answers, Maura is drawn to a seaside town in Maine where other horrifying surprises await. But perhaps more frightening, an unknown murderer is at large on a cross-country killing spree. To stop the massacre and uncover the twisted truth about her own roots, Maura must probe her first living subject: the mother that she never knew...an icy and cunning woman who could be responsible for giving Maura life - and who just may have a plan to take it away.
"Dr. Maura Isles makes her living dealing with death. As a pathologist in a major metropolitan city, she has seen more than her share of corpses every day - many of them victims of violent murder. But never before has her blood run cold, and never has the grim expression "dead ringer" rung so terrifyingly true. Because never before has the lifeless body on the medical examiner's table been her own." "Yet there can be no denying the mind-reeling evidence before her shocked eyes and those of her colleagues, including Detective Jane Rizzoli: the woman found shot to death outside Maura's home is the mirror image of Maura, down to the most intimate physical nuances. Even more chilling is the discovery that they share the same birth date and blood type. For the stunned Maura, an only child, there can be just one explanation. And when a DNA test confirms that Maura's mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister, an already bizarre murder investigation becomes a disturbing and dangerous excursion into a past full of dark secrets." Searching for answers, Maura is drawn to a seaside town in Maine where other horrifying surprises await. But perhaps more frightening, an unknown murderer is at large on a cross-country killing spree. To stop the massacre and uncover the twisted truth about her own roots, Maura must probe her first living subject: the mother that she never knew...an icy and cunning woman who could be responsible for giving Maura life - and who just may have a plan to take it away.
