Last to Die, Tess Gerritsen
Last to Die, Tess Gerritsen
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Last to Die

Author: Tess Gerritsen

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Abridged: 10 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/28/2012


Synopsis

For the second time in his short life, Teddy Clock has survived a massacre. Two years ago, he barely escaped when his entire family was slaughtered. Now, at fourteen, in a hideous echo of the past, Teddy is the lone survivor of his foster family’s mass murder. Orphaned once more, the traumatized teenager has nowhere to turn—until the Boston PD puts Detective Jane Rizzoli on the case. Determined to protect this young man, Jane discovers that what seemed like a coincidence is instead just one horrifying part of a relentless killer’s merciless mission.Jane spirits Teddy to the exclusive Evensong boarding school, a sanctuary where young victims of violent crime learn the secrets and skills of survival in a dangerous world. But even behind locked gates, and surrounded by acres of sheltering Maine wilderness, Jane fears that Evensong’s mysterious benefactors aren’t the only ones watching. When strange blood-splattered dolls are found dangling from a tree, Jane knows that her instincts are dead on. And when she learns of Will Yablonski and Claire Ward, students whose tragic pasts bear a shocking resemblance to Teddy’s, it becomes chillingly clear that a circling predator has more than one victim in mind.Joining forces with her trusted partner, medical examiner Maura Isles, Jane is determined to keep these orphans safe from harm. But an unspeakable secret dooms the children’s fate—unless Jane and Maura can finally put an end to an obsessed killer’s twisted quest.

About Tess Gerritsen

It is pretty rare for someone to achieve a Medical Doctor degree, become a practicing physician, and a very successful author. That is the career path followed by Tess Gerritsen, an internationally bestselling author. Tess graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Anthropology, then her MD. from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. From there, began her interesting journey.

Tess went to work as a physician in Honolulu, Hawaii, and during a maternity leave from that job, she wrote her first romantic suspense novel, Call After Midnight, which was followed by eight other such novels. She also wrote a screenplay, Adrift, which became a 1993 CBS movie starring Kate Jackson.

The author then began writing medical thrillers in 1996, with her novel, Harvest, which was her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. More than 15 books in the medical suspense genre followed. They were all aptly named, such as.....Life Support, Bloodstream, The Surgeon, The Bone Garden, and several others. Her books have been published in many countries, with over 30 million copies being sold internationally.

Tess Gerritsen's series of novels featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the very successful TNT television series, Rizzoli and Isles. She is now retired from medicine, and continues to write full time from her home in Maine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonetta on February 07, 2019

Claire Ward, Will Yablonski and Teddy Clock all have something in common. The three teens share a traumatic past where they not only survived attacks on their families but on the families who subsequently took them in after the deaths of their parents. Now, they’re all at Evensong, the school locate......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on October 09, 2024

Gerritsen nails it again with another tautly written Rizzoli and Isles installment. A multi-layered book with a lot of changes in narration, but for me that just ratcheted up the tension. A total page turner!! In addition to our two super cool heroines, there were some great featured characters and sh......more

Goodreads review by John on May 22, 2024

A great story. Three children’s parents have been murdered and then their foster parents are then killed. The children are sent to Evensong a private school in an isolated area of Maine. It is run by Anthony Sansome a friend of Maura’s. Who is hunting the children? Why? The ending is good with a goo......more

Goodreads review by Mallory on August 20, 2024

This is book 10 in the Rizzoli and Isles book series and while I’ve only read a couple I was able to follow things well. I will say there are some big differences between the show and the books but I like them both in their own ways. I think this book took the plot to somewhere a little out there bu......more

Goodreads review by Dragana on October 08, 2022

3.8 ⭐ (Ocena bi bila i niža da nisam fan Tes) Toliko sam jedva čekala da bude moja i da je čitam. A na kraju čist prosek. Meni je ovo jedna od slabijih u serijalu. Dopala mi se škola i spominjanje Mefista, ali sve ostalo baš nategnuto i bezveze. Nije loše da se pročita, ali na mene nije ostavilo neki......more