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***NOW WITH A SNEAK PREVIEW OF TESS GERRITSEN'S LATEST THRILLER, I KNOW A SECRET***
JUDGEMENT DAY IS COMING . . .
'Absolutely riveting - you won't be able to put this down' Mo Hayder
Two nuns are brutally attacked within the walls of their convent. There seems to be no…
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1 author picked The Sinner as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This novel gave me an insight into the cloistered grounds of a convent where two nuns are found, one dead, one mortally wounded. The killings appear to be without motive, without an obvious suspect, and are further complicated by the murder and mutilation of a third woman. A medical examiner Maura Isles and a homicide detective Jane Rizzoli (both introduced in earlier Tess Gerritsen novels) uncover an ancient horror that connects these terrible slaughters. I love the camaraderie between Isles and Rizzoli despite their contrasting personalities, and the fact that the story takes us to a distant land where…
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