Reviewed By: Lynn Harnett
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The Keepsake
Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Tess Gerritsen
Class/Genre: Mystery Thriller Medical Woman Main Character Archaeology
Series: Maura Isles and Jane Rizzoli # 7
Ballantine, Sept. 2008
It’s every struggling museum’s nightmare. Discovering an Egyptian mummy moldering in their basement, they invite everybody to an electronic unveiling (CT scan) and the ancient relic proves to be a skillfully mummified modern murder victim.
Maine author Gerritsen’s Boston series duo, pathologist Maura Isles and homicide cop Jane Rizzoli catch a weird one this time as a further search of the private museum turns up a cache of shrunken heads, one of which is another comparatively recent victim.
Meanwhile the newest museum hire, beautiful young Egyptologist Josephine Pulcillo, has a secret, which turns out to be even worse than she knows. She is also getting scary cryptic messages. These and the strange coincidences connecting her to the murder victims make her think it’s time to run – again. But she loves her job and curbs her instinct until another preserved victim – a “bog body” – turns up in the trunk of her car.
The macabre museum and the archeology milieu provide a rich atmosphere for bestseller Gerritsen’s fast-paced thriller, while Pulcillo’s mysterious past tantalizes. Rizzoli follows threads that stretch back more than a quarter of a century while Isles mines the preserved corpses for clues to the murdered women’s’ deaths, every revelation adding a grim clue to a horrifying picture.
The action moves from summery Boston to the Texas desert and the wilds of Maine. Obsession and pathological sadism increase the stakes in this twisty page-turner which delivers action and surprises right up to the last scene. This is one of Gerritsen’s best.
Lynn Harnett
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