Book Preview WHISTLEBLOWER By Tess Gerritsen Her hands were bloody. Cathy flinched as he inspected them. Looking down, she saw the bloodied scratches, the flakes of rust embedded in her skin. “I guess I’m a mess,” she murmured. Victor smiled and stroked her face. “You could use some washing up. Go ahead. I’ll get us … Read more
Book Preview ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My deepest thanks to my guiding light and literary agent Meg Ruley, to Jane Berkey and Don Cleary of the Jane Rotrosen Agency, to Linda Marrow and Gina Centrello at Ballantine Books, and to Selina Walker at Transworld. You all made it happen. My deepest thanks to my guiding light and … Read more
Book Preview ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I owe a very special thanks to: Bruce Blake and Detective Wayne R. Rock of the Boston Police Department, and to Chris Michalakes, M.D., for their technical assistance. Jane Berkey, Don Cleary, and Andrea Cirillo for their helpful comments on the first draft. My editor, Linda Marrow, for gently pointing the way. … Read more
Book Preview THESINNER TESS GERRITSEN BALLANTINEBOOKS• NEW YORK To my mother, Ruby J. C. Tom, with love. The Sinner is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either are a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. A Ballantine Book Published by The Random House Publishing Group Copyright © 2003 by Tess … Read more
Book Preview Acknowledgments Every book is a challenge to write, a seemingly impossible mountain to climb. No matter how difficult the writing may be, I have the comfort of knowing that wonderful colleagues and friends stand by me. Many thanks to my incomparable agent, Meg Ruley, and the team at Jane Rotrosen Agency. Your guidance … Read more
Book Preview The Bone GardenA NovelTess Gerritsen BALLANTINE BOOKS NEW YORK In memory of Ernest Brune Tom, who always taught me to reach for the stars ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Its been a long, hard year for me as I labored to bring The Bone Garden to life. More than ever, Im grateful for the two angels whove … Read more
Book Preview ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Throughout the writing of this book, I’ve had a wonderful team cheering me on, offering advice, and providing me with the emotional nourishment I needed to keep forging ahead. Many, many thanks to my agent, friend, and guiding light, Meg Ruley, and to Jane Berkey, Don Cleary, and the fabulous folks … Read more
Book Preview GERRITSEN “Tess Gerritsen is an automatic must-read in my house.” —Stephen King “Tess Gerritsen…throws one twist after another until the excitement is almost unbearable.” —San Jose Mercury News “Ms. Gerritsen is a master!” —Romantic Times BOOKreviews “Gerritsen’s romances are thrillers from beginning to end.” —Portland Press Herald “Tess Gerritsen brings us action, adventure, … Read more
Book Preview 1 An hour before her shift started, an hour before she was even supposed to be there, they rolled the first corpse through the door. Up until that moment, M. J. Novak’s day had been going better than usual. Her car had started on the first turn of the key. Traffic had been … Read more
Book Preview Tess Gerritsen Contents Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Prologue 1970 Laos-North Vietnam border Thirty miles out of Muong Sam, they saw the first tracers in the sky. … Read more
Book Preview Life support [067 4.9] By Tess Gerritsen. Synopsis: When an elderly patient with a critical, viral infection of the brain mysteriously vanishes from the emergency room, ER resident Toby Harper finds her job and home life coming under intense scrutiny, while her search for the missing patient uncovers a frightening epidemic and a … Read more
Book Preview The Keepsake Tess Gerritsen say thanks to Please for this ONE He is coming for me. I feel it in my bones. I sniff it in the air, as recognizable as the scent of hot sand and savory spices and the sweat of a hundred men toiling in the sun. These are the … Read more
Book Preview Praise for “Tess Gerritsen is an automatic must-read in my house.” —Stephen King “Tess Gerritsen…throws one twist after another until the excitement is almost unbearable.” —San Jose Mercury News “Ms. Gerritsen is a master!” —Romantic Times BOOKreviews “Gerritsen’s romances are thrillers from beginning to end.” —Portland Press Herald “Tess Gerritsen brings us action, … Read more
Book Preview ICE COLD By Tess Gerritsen Bonus Content Rizzoli & Isles, In Their Own Words Who are Jane Rizzoli and Dr. Maura Isles? Find out from the characters themselves in these exclusive essays written by Tess Gerritsen Rizzoli & Isles TV Pilot Script Can’t wait for the new TNT drama based on Tess Gerritsen’s … Read more
Book Preview HARVEST [070-066-4.9] By: Tess Gerritsen Synopsis: Gerritsen draws on her years of experience as a doctor to deliver a harrowing and brilliantly crafted novel of suspense. At Bayside Hospital, Dr. Abby DiMatteo’s career is in serious jeopardy when it is discovered that she helped divert a donor heart to a dying teenager. When … Read more
Book Preview Gravity Tess Gerritsen, 1999 Synopsis: Tess Gerritsen used to be a doctor, so it comes as no great surprise that the medical aspects of her latest thriller are absolutely convincing — even if most of the action happens in where few doctors have ever practiced — outer space. Dr. Emma Watson and … Read more
Book Preview ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Writing is lonely work, but no writer truly labors alone. I’m lucky to have had the help and support of Linda Marrow and Gina Centrello at Ballantine Books, Meg Ruley, Jane Berkey, Don Cleary and the superb team at the Jane Rotrosen Agency, Selina Walker at Transworld, and—most important of all—my husband … Read more
Book Preview BLOODSTREAM BY TESS GERRITSEN PROLOGUE TRANQUILITY, MAINE, 1946 If she was still enough, quiet enough, he would not find her. He might think he knew all her hiding places, but he had never discovered her secret niche, this small hollow in the … Read more