The Denver-based book club Crime & Beyond recently
discussed the 12th book in the Rizzoli & Isles series by Tess Gerritsen and
Kerry Hammond is here to give us her notes.
Crime & Beyond met this month to discuss I Know a Secret, the 12th
book in the Rizzoli and Isles series written by Tess Gerritsen. Many club
members had seen the TNT series starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander but
quite a few were reading the books for the first time. I was a bit worried at jumping
in at book 12, but we went with it since it was the most recent--published
earlier this year. There were a few storyline spoilers this far into the series, but on the whole it didn’t
detract from our enjoyment.
In the book, Boston police detective Jane Rizzoli and
medical examiner Maura Isles are pulled into several murder cases that
seemingly mimic the gruesome deaths of martyred saints. Their investigated
leads them back to an incident of alleged abuse of children at a school some
time before and the family who were prosecuted for the crime. Maura’s biological
mother, a convicted serial killer named Amalthea, is dying of cancer but still
manages to taunt Maura with information relating to their current
investigation.
Our bookclub really loved this book and gave it a very high rating.
We thought it was an easy and quick read, although not without some gore. We
loved the twists, turns, and red herrings that led us away from the true
culprit. We had a great discussion and many will be going back to book one in
the series to read more. It was a great choice for a book club read.
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