Description

Author/Contributor(s):	Gerritsen, Tess
Publisher:	Ballantine Books
Date:	5/31/2016
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles—the inspiration for the hit TNT series—continue their action-packed crime-solving streak.

Evil exists. Evil walks the streets. And evil has spawned a diabolical new disciple in this white-knuckle thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.

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The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman’s brutalmurder: I HAVE SINNED. It’s a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examinerMaura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversialcelebrity psychiatrist Joyce O’Donnell–Jane’s professional nemesis and member ofa sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club.

On top of Beacon Hill, the club’s acolytesdevote themselves to the analysis of evil: Can it be explained by science? Does ithave a physical presence? Do demons walk the earth? Drawing on a wealth of dark historicaldata and mysterious religious symbolism, the Mephisto scholars aim to prove a startlingtheory: that Satan himself exists among us.

With the grisly appearance of a corpseon their doorstep, it’s clear that someone–or something–is indeed prowling the members of the club begin to fear the very subject of their study. Could thismaniacal killer be one of their own–or have they inadvertently summoned an evil entityfrom the darkness?

Delving deep into the most baffling and unusual case of theircareers, Maura and Jane embark on a terrifying journey to the very heart of evil,where they encounter a malevolent foe more dangerous than any they have ever faced. . . one whose work is only just beginning.