Nadine (23dollars) - reviewed on 10/6/2015 + 432 more book reviews

I'm a long time fan of Tess Gerritsen's books and was growing weary of the Rizzoli/Isles trope of either character winding up in harm's way by the end, because an intelligent readership knows that nothing will happen to them (unless it's the end of the series, of course!), hence the tension and suspense would tank immediately.

I'm happy to say there wasn't really much of that in DIE AGAIN and I think the book is definitely the better for it.

The mystery here had to do with a group on safari in Botswana, Africa. All but one of them is killed and Jane and Maura discover a connection to recent murders happening on their own turf.

You get a first-person POV from the one surviving member of the safari group and the story flashes back and forth between the present day investigation, and what took place six years prior during the Botswana trip.

I was on the edge of my seat as usual with the mystery of who was behind it all and why. However, the ending was disappointing as to the why, since you don't get any dialogue at all from the murderer once this person was revealed. It would have been more satisfying to hear from him and have his POV as to what he'd been thinking, etc. As it stands, the narrative treated it as incidental to the investigation, which made it a less than satisfying wrap up.

So overall, I did enjoy DIE AGAIN and give it a solid B. I look forward to the next Rizzoli & Isles book.

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