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Tess Gerritsen
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Keeping the Dead |
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English |
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Paperback |
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448 |
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2009-08-17 |
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0553818384 |
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Bantam |
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0.66 pounds |
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1.1 x 5.0 x 7.8 inches |
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Reprint |
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HE HIDES, HE KILLS, HE KEEPS . . ., Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles is asked to attend an intriguing examination. An ancient mummy has been found in a museum basement, prompting great media excitement. But with horror she realises that it's not as ancient as they thought...A very modern bullet is showing up on the scan., Detective Jane Rizzoli is called to investigate and soon discovers a second - and then a third - mummified body. Who is this killer and why does he preserve his victims so meticulously? And who will be the next to join his monstrous collection?
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Marianne (Australia) (2011/07/26):
Keeping The Dead is the 7th in Tess Gerritsen’s Rizzoli/Isles series. Maura Isles is invited to be present for the CT scan on a mummy recently found in the basement of the Crispin museum. When the scan first shows a dental filling, and then a bullet lodged in the calf, a historical find becomes a murder investigation, and Jane Rizzoli takes the case. As more bodies, or parts of bodies, are uncovered, an association with archaeology becomes apparent. The target seems to be Josephine Pulcillo, an Egyptologist working at the Crispin. Frost thinks she’s a victim, but Rizzoli has a gut feeling that Josephine is not all she seems, and this leads to tension between the partners. Gerritsen once again gives us a pacy plot with twists right up to the last chapter, plausible characters and credible dialogue. And a laugh-out-loud moment about hospital bureaucracy. Once again, we are treated to a wealth of interesting facts in easily-digestible morsels, this time about mummification, the process of making a shrunken head and preservation of bodies in bogs. Gerritsen explores lies and truth, how far a parent will go for a child, changing one’s identity and spending a life on the run. Another gripping Gerritsen read.
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