Book Review - Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
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I'm trying to get caught up on a spate of library books that recently showed up, and the latest recreational read was Vanish by Tess Gerritsen. That book only lasted about 36 hours, so that should tell you a bit about how much I liked it... :)
Detective Jane Rizzoli ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time when she goes into the hospital to give birth to her baby. She ends up in the middle of a hostage crisis where the captors are attracting way too much attention from federal types who are very hush-hush about why they care. Even after the crisis is ended, Rizzoli can't let the case die as she's having nightmares about the last thing one of the captors said to her. As she and her husband keep pushing to uncover the mystery, it gets harder and harder to tell who should be trusted and who might be holding back. And the wrong move could mean you're the next thing to be "dealt with"...
This was a gripping read which kept me turning pages on the bus, at lunch, before bed, etc. A warning to prospective readers... The main story deals with underage girls brought in to the US from Russia via Mexico, and subsequently put to work as sex slaves. Obviously a disturbing situation, and Gerritsen doesn't gloss it over much. If that is something that you really, truly don't want to read about, steer clear. But if you can get past that point, you've got a gritty crime thriller that doesn't reveal the truth until the last few pages. A very well-done read...
I'm trying to get caught up on a spate of library books that recently showed up, and the latest recreational read was Vanish by Tess Gerritsen. That book only lasted about 36 hours, so that should tell you a bit about how much I liked it... :)
Detective Jane Rizzoli ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time when she goes into the hospital to give birth to her baby. She ends up in the middle of a hostage crisis where the captors are attracting way too much attention from federal types who are very hush-hush about why they care. Even after the crisis is ended, Rizzoli can't let the case die as she's having nightmares about the last thing one of the captors said to her. As she and her husband keep pushing to uncover the mystery, it gets harder and harder to tell who should be trusted and who might be holding back. And the wrong move could mean you're the next thing to be "dealt with"...
This was a gripping read which kept me turning pages on the bus, at lunch, before bed, etc. A warning to prospective readers... The main story deals with underage girls brought in to the US from Russia via Mexico, and subsequently put to work as sex slaves. Obviously a disturbing situation, and Gerritsen doesn't gloss it over much. If that is something that you really, truly don't want to read about, steer clear. But if you can get past that point, you've got a gritty crime thriller that doesn't reveal the truth until the last few pages. A very well-done read...
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