A blessed event becomes a nightmare for pregnant homicide detective Jane Rizzoli when she finds herself on the wrong side of a hostage crisis in this timely and relentless new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Body Double.
A nameless, beautiful woman appears to be just another corpse in the morgue. An apparent suicide, she lies on a gurney, awaiting the dissecting scalpel of medical examiner Maura Isles. But when Maura unzips the body bag and looks down at the body, she gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes.
Very much alive, the woman is rushed to the hospital, where with shockingly cool precision, she murders a security guard and seizes hostages . . . one of them a pregnant patient, Jane Rizzoli.
Who is this violent, desperate soul, and what does she want? As the tense hours tick by, Maura joins forces with Jane’s husband, FBI agent Gabriel Dean, to track down the mysterious killer’s identity. When federal agents suddenly appear on the scene, Maura and Gabriel realize that they are dealing with a case that goes far deeper than just an ordinary hostage crisis.
Only Jane, trapped with the armed madwoman, holds the key to the mystery. And only she can solve it–if she survives the night.
Settings Boston, Massachusetts Leesburg, Virginia
38 Chapters
Character List (view spoiler)[ Jane Rizzoli: Homicide detective with the Boston Police Department (BPD). She’s the only female and is partnered with Barry Frost. She’s 34-years old, married to Gabriel Dean and eight-months pregnant. Maura Isles: Medical examiner who Tierney recruited a year ago. Nicknamed Queen of the Dead by the Homicide Unit. She has shoulder length black hair with blunt bangs. Gabriel Dean: FBI agent and Jane’s husband. Barry Frost: Homicide detective with the BPD and Jane’s partner. Thomas Moore: Homicide detective with the BPD who worked with Jane on The Surgeon case. He’s now married to Catherine. Darren Crowe: Boston Police Department homicide detective. Hayder: Police captain with the Boston PD’s special ops commander. Leroy Stillman: Hostage negotiator. Eddie Wardlaw: Leesburg, Virginia detective. Dr. Abe Bristol: One of Maura’s colleagues. Yoshima: Maura’s medical assistant. Louise: Maura’s secretary. Conway: U. S. senator. Carleton Wynne: Director of National Intelligence. David Silver: Deputy director of National Intelligence. John Barsanti: FBI agent from the deputy director’s office. Helen Glasser: Department of Justice. Peter Lukas: Reporter with the Boston Tribune. Joseph Roke: Man who gave Olena and Mila a ride. Olena: Young woman who is being trafficked. Mila: Young girl who is being trafficked and is narrating her story. Anja: Young girl who was abducted with Mila. Katya: Young woman who is being trafficked. The Mother: Woman who manages the trafficked girls in the house. Charles Desmond: One of the businessmen who used the girls’ services. (hide spoiler)]
Spoiler Info (view spoiler)[ Jane had a baby girl she named Regina.
Carleton Wynne was the man that killed the young girl who joined the house and died that same night. He was behind the killing of the girls in the house and who was after Mila, Olena and Joe.
Peter Lukas was working with Carleton. He received the videotape but used it to get money.
Jane trusted Peter when Mila came to see her. She went to his house and when Mila went to the bathroom, the blond henchman arrived. Mila escaped out the window after having taken Jane’s gun out of the diaper bag. When the henchman marched Jane and baby Regina into the woods to kill and bury them, Mila shot and killed him. (hide spoiler)]
A nameless, beautiful woman appears to be just another corpse in the morgue. An apparent suicide, she lies on a gurney, awaiting the dissecting scalpel of medical examiner Maura Isles. But when Maura unzips the body bag and looks down at the body, she gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes.
Very much alive, the woman is rushed to the hospital, where with shockingly cool precision, she murders a security guard and seizes hostages . . . one of them a pregnant patient, Jane Rizzoli.
Who is this violent, desperate soul, and what does she want? As the tense hours tick by, Maura joins forces with Jane’s husband, FBI agent Gabriel Dean, to track down the mysterious killer’s identity. When federal agents suddenly appear on the scene, Maura and Gabriel realize that they are dealing with a case that goes far deeper than just an ordinary hostage crisis.
Only Jane, trapped with the armed madwoman, holds the key to the mystery. And only she can solve it–if she survives the night.
Settings
Boston, Massachusetts
Leesburg, Virginia
38 Chapters
Character List
(view spoiler)[
Jane Rizzoli: Homicide detective with the Boston Police Department (BPD). She’s the only female and is partnered with Barry Frost. She’s 34-years old, married to Gabriel Dean and eight-months pregnant.
Maura Isles: Medical examiner who Tierney recruited a year ago. Nicknamed Queen of the Dead by the Homicide Unit. She has shoulder length black hair with blunt bangs.
Gabriel Dean: FBI agent and Jane’s husband.
Barry Frost: Homicide detective with the BPD and Jane’s partner.
Thomas Moore: Homicide detective with the BPD who worked with Jane on The Surgeon case. He’s now married to Catherine.
Darren Crowe: Boston Police Department homicide detective.
Hayder: Police captain with the Boston PD’s special ops commander.
Leroy Stillman: Hostage negotiator.
Eddie Wardlaw: Leesburg, Virginia detective.
Dr. Abe Bristol: One of Maura’s colleagues.
Yoshima: Maura’s medical assistant.
Louise: Maura’s secretary.
Conway: U. S. senator.
Carleton Wynne: Director of National Intelligence.
David Silver: Deputy director of National Intelligence.
John Barsanti: FBI agent from the deputy director’s office.
Helen Glasser: Department of Justice.
Peter Lukas: Reporter with the Boston Tribune.
Joseph Roke: Man who gave Olena and Mila a ride.
Olena: Young woman who is being trafficked.
Mila: Young girl who is being trafficked and is narrating her story.
Anja: Young girl who was abducted with Mila.
Katya: Young woman who is being trafficked.
The Mother: Woman who manages the trafficked girls in the house.
Charles Desmond: One of the businessmen who used the girls’ services.
(hide spoiler)]
Spoiler Info
(view spoiler)[
Jane had a baby girl she named Regina.
Carleton Wynne was the man that killed the young girl who joined the house and died that same night. He was behind the killing of the girls in the house and who was after Mila, Olena and Joe.
Peter Lukas was working with Carleton. He received the videotape but used it to get money.
Jane trusted Peter when Mila came to see her. She went to his house and when Mila went to the bathroom, the blond henchman arrived. Mila escaped out the window after having taken Jane’s gun out of the diaper bag. When the henchman marched Jane and baby Regina into the woods to kill and bury them, Mila shot and killed him. (hide spoiler)]