Tess Gerritsen was a doctor and it shows in her writing.

The scenes in hospitals, morgues and the the descriptions of medical 'stuff' ooze authenticity. Here, with Detective Jane Rizzoli and Dr Maura Isles, she has created characters that you care about, which is the trick in making people buy not just one of your books, but all of them.

I preferred her earlier novel The Surgeon and other reviewers have said the same of this book but it's still a good read.