Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Instead of giving a donor heart to the wealthy patient it's been reserved for, she uses it to save a dying boy's life. Luckily, a new heart appears that's perfectly suited to the original patient, and the furore dies down.

Vorwort
IT'S GORY, IT'S GRIPPING, IT'S GERRITSEN****.** The novel that first made Tess Gerritsen a crime-writing star.

Autorentext

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.

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
Instead of giving a donor heart to the wealthy patient it's been reserved for, she uses it to save a dying boy's life. Luckily, a new heart appears that's perfectly suited to the original patient, and the furore dies down.