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The Killing Place

The Killing Place

(Rizzoli & Isles series 8)

Summary

'Gerritsen plays on our fears . . . exploring what can happen when ordinary people unwittingly trigger extraordinary events.' Daily Mail

Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles and a group of friends find themselves trapped in a terrifying snowstorm in Wyoming. They stumble into the snowbound village of Kingdom Come to take shelter. Here they find twelve eerily identical houses standing dark and abandoned . . .

It soon becomes clear that Maura's nightmare has only just begun.

Days later Detective Jane Rizzoli flies out to search for her missing friend. Her hunt for
the truth leads her to Kingdom Come.

Where someone lies waiting for her . . .

About the author

Tess Gerritsen

International bestselling author TESS GERRITSEN began to write fiction whilst on maternity leave as a physician. She published her first novel in 1987 and has since sold over forty million copies of her books in forty countries.

Her series featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the television series Rizzoli and Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.

Now retired from medicine, she lives in Maine and writes full time.
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