"exciting and mesmerizing crime thriller"
Boston Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli is about to give
birth but she still performs her job by testifying against
a man she arrested. The man goes berserk and Jane gets
off the witness stand, restrains and cuffs him. Her water
breaks and she goes to the hospital where her doctor sends
her to Diagnostic Imaging for an ultra sound. In another
part of the hospital, a Jane Doe kills a security guard
and ends up in Diagnostic Imaging where she keeps Jane and
five other people hostage. The Feds take over the operation citing national security
reasons and before the hostage situation ends the woman
and her accomplice is dead. The Feds confiscate the notes
and all evidence related to the two dead people. The last
thing that the woman says to Jane is "Mila knows". The
woman is traced back to a house where five women were
murdered, four of whom w were kept against their will in a
white slavery ring. Even though Jane just gave birth she
is determined to find Mila and expose the people running
the ring who erase all traces of their existence when
things get too hot. The Jane Doe was found in the morgue by Medical Examiner
Maura Isles. The woman was declared dead when she was
fished out of the ocean but revived when she warmed up.
She is determined to make her story known to the American
people even though people highly placed in law enforcement
and government won't be stopped until she is dead. Jane
is determined to find out her motivation because during
the takedown of the hostages, actions were taken that
didn't make sense. Tess Gerritsen writes another exciting and mesmerizing
crime thriller that is frightening because it is based on
fact. VANISH is the type of novel that is written only
rarely, one that appeals to reads who like plenty of
action and realistic characters in their novels material.
The love between Jane and her husband Gabriel, an FBI
agent is so strong that it adds heart and soul to a work
that would otherwise have too much tension for the plot to
sustain. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted June 29, 2005
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