Author: Tess Gerritsen
Type: Hardback
Read: 9th January - 10th January 2016
Rating: 5/5
Published: 30th December 2014 by Ballantine Books
Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli is on the case of a big game hunter found dead in his apartment, alone with the body of a beautiful white snow leopard he had recently been commissioned to procure and stuff for a high-profile museum in the area.
Medical examiner Maura Isles connects the case to a number of seemingly unrelated deaths where the victims have all been found hanging upside down, the hallmark of a leopard's kill.
Rizzoli follows the puzzling trail of clues all the way to Botswana, where she uncovers the unsolved mystery of a deadly camping safari six years prior. When she realizes the two cases are connected, Rizzoli must track down the sole survivor of the tragic trip to discover who - or what - is behind these gruesome deaths.
This is the 11th book in the Rizzoli and Isles series. I've never read them in order, i does help witht he back story but its not essential. I much prefer the crime and resolving it. Die Again has been on my shelf since the week it came out. I tend to freak myself out reading Tess' books, they can give me nightmares. So i put this one off and for some reason i just wanted to read it. I got through it in just about a day. Sometimes i feel bad doing so, as so much research goes into these books, that it seems like i'm rushing it. But i really enjoyed this one. It was addictive.
The stroy is split between Botswana and Boston. Africa and the US. We are first introduced to Millie who goes on a safari trip with her annoying and down right rude boyfriend Richard. They are there with five others and two guides. All is well until one of the guides is killed, at first it seems a tragic accident, eaten by animals. But then when one of the tourist is killed, it seems un-nerving and to top it off the truck won't start to get them out of the wild. So grouped together with just one clever leader, they decide to wait it out. Gradually more strange things begin to happen and Millie is caught between the rest of the party and the guide. Until everything gets even more crazy and it seems Millie is the only survivor.
Fast forward 6 years and a double murder in Boston of a taxidermist and a seemily unknown bring the case to light for Rizzoli. But how do these cases link with that of what happened to Millie six years prior.
Tess has a good way of writing, I honestly thought half way through the book i worked out who was behind all the murders. But alas I was totally wrong. It's a good twist and I dont' think anyone will see it coming. Tess leads you down lots of guess who routes and thats a damn good author.
The more I read about Jane Rizzoli the more I just adore her. She's fiesty, independant yet beneath it all at times is also scared. She fights for everything she truely believes in. I want to be a bad as her!
This is a fast action book, its full of drama, suspense and lots of big cats.
I'm keeping everything crossed that this isn't the last for the R&I series!
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