The Silent Girl: a Rizzoli & Isles Novel

Publisher Marketing: In the murky shadows of an alley lies a female s severed hand. On the tenement rooftop above is the corpse belonging to that hand, a red-haired woman dressed all in black, the body nearly decapitated. Two strands of silver hair not human cling to her body. They are Rizzoli s only clues, but they re enough for her and medical examiner Maura Isles to make a startling discovery: This violent death had a chilling prequel. Nineteen years earlier, a horrifying murder-suicide in a Chinatown restaurant left five people dead. One woman connected to that massacre is still alive: a mysterious martial arts master who knows a secret she dares not tell, a secret that lives and breathes in the shadows of Chinatown. A secret that may not even be human. Now she s the target of someone, or something, deeply and relentlessly evil. Cracking a crime resonating with bone-chilling echoes of an ancient Chinese legend, Rizzoli and Isles must outwit an unseen enemy with centuries of cunning and a swift, avenging blade." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 02/01/2011 pg. 44 (EAN 9780345515506, Hardcover) Booklist 05/01/2011 pg. 39 (EAN 9780345515506, Hardcover) Library Journal 02/01/2011 pg. 44 (EAN 9780345515506, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 05/30/2011 (EAN 9780345515506, Hardcover) Romantic Times 07/01/2011 pg. 71 (EAN 9780345515506, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2011 (EAN 9780345515506, Hardcover) People Weekly 07/25/2011 pg. 47 (EAN 9780345515506, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 08/29/2011 (EAN 9781423392118, Compact Disc) Audio File 12/01/2011 pg. 53 (EAN 9781423392118, Compact Disc) Audio File Best Mystery & Susp 12/01/2011 pg. 26 (EAN 9781423392439, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  Gerritsen, Tess Tess Gerritsen is a physician and an internationally bestselling author. She gained nationwide acclaim for her first novel of suspense, the New York Times bestseller Harvest. She is also the author of the bestsellers Ice Cold, The Keepsake, The Bone Garden, The Mephisto Club, Vanish, Body Double, The Sinner, The Apprentice, The Surgeon, Life Support, Bloodstream, and Gravity. Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine. Contributor Bio:  Eby, Tanya Tanya Eby has a B. A. in English Language & Literature from Grand Valley State University and an M. F. A. in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine. Tanya has had a series of jobs: clerk for one day at Victoria's Secret, assistant at Carnegie Hall for nine months, voiceover performer for ten years and writer for as long as she can remember. She has two quirky children and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.