The Apprentice: A Rizzoli and Isles Novel by Tess Gerritsen

 

"Jane Rizzoli would never allow herself to be so spineless as to suffer a nervous breakdown. In the course of her career, she had chased a perp across a rooftop, had kicked down doors, had confronted her own death in a dark cellar. She had killed a man. But until this moment, she had never felt so close to crumbling."

       -from the novel

I had read 3 other novels from this series in 2014. Apparently, I liked them giving ratings of 5, 5 and 3. I enjoyed the TV series of "Rizzoli and Isles" very much from 2010-16, especially the two lead actresses, Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander. I am sure that's what led to reading the novels. I must have moved beyond this type of thriller because I really didn't enjoy this one so much, rating it a 2. I could hardly wait to finish it! I guess it had something going for it if I didn't quit.

I do enjoy a good murder mystery but this one about a serial killer known as the Surgeon, is just too graphic for my taste. It is the reason I gave up on James Patterson some years back. Too much technical/medical jargon, too.