"If you like your crime medicine strong, this will keep you gripped" Mail on Sunday "This is crime writing at its unputdownable, nerve-tingling best" -- Harlan Coben "Richly drawn hospital scenes ... Chilling science ... and breathless ER-style pacing ... A quick, delightfully scary read" People "[Gerritsen] has an imagination ... so dark and frightening that she makes Edgar Allan Poe ... seem like goody-two-shoes" Chicago Tribune

Bestselling author Tess Gerritsen is also a physician, and she brings to her novels her first-hand knowledge of emergency and autopsy rooms. Her thrillers starring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the hit TV series Rizzoli & Isles. But Tess's interests span far more than medicine and crime. As an anthropology student at Stanford University, she catalogued centuries-old human remains, and she continues to travel the world, driven by her fascination with ancient cultures and bizarre natural phenomena. For more information on Tess Gerritsen and her novels, visit her website: www.tessgerritsen.com