The Apprentice/Tess Gerritsen/376 pgs

The second in the Rizzoli & Isles series. We meet Isles for the first time. She is to replace the Medical Examiner from the first novel. Be forewarned: in the book she is called the Queen of the Dead and is almost silent in her opinions. Direct difference from the TV show. Once again there seems to be a serial killer loose in Boston. Rizzoli is back from her confrontation in the last book and hasn't yet recovered from that ordeal. Now she begins seeing parallels from the previous killer to this one and then the FBI shows up and begins withholding information. Her police team thinks she has gone off the deep end and the staff criminal psychologist begins to voice his concerns about a long break. With all this going on around her it is a wonder a string of murders ever gets solved. This one isn't for the faint of heart. What the serial killer does to some of his victims just isn't easy to read. I was disappointed Gerritsen followed up the previous book so soon. I was hoping for something a little different. I think the police deal with more than murder. But yes, I have found the third book to read. Must the writing.