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Vanish (Jane Rizzoli, Book 5) Review

I tend to read Tess Gerritsen books when I feel a reading slump coming on. They're just the perfect books to curb them since they're quick books that have you turning pages at an alarming speed. Anyway, that's why I picked up Vanish. I've been in final project hell and needed something that I would get into right away. While Vanish wasn't my favorite in the Rizzoli and Isles series, it definitely didn't disappoint.

Vanish doesn't so much start off with a bang, but rather a creepy and effective beginning. Mila's story was heartbreaking and enthralling that I found myself wanting the Rizzoli and Isles parts to be over faster just so I can get back to her story. However, the middle was where I started having some issues. I felt that it lagged just a bit with the whole "Jane is a hostage" situation. It wasn't as heart-pounding as I thought it would be. Also, I felt that it was veering towards political thriller territory and that just isn't my cup of tea.

Soon afterwards, my fears were quenched and Vanish went right back to the heart-pounding thriller that I expected it to be with a satisfying ending for some and heartbreaking endings/beginings for others. While there were a few bumps in the road, I enjoyed Vanish immensely.

I also found that I'm not getting sick of the leads. Usually after I've read more than a few in a series, I find that there are certain things that are starting to bother me about the main characters. Just little quirks that are starting to become more apparent after so much time together. This hasn't happened with the Rizzoli and Isles series yet. It's quite the opposite actually. An example of this is when I read the plot for the upcoming book (I believe it's the 8th in the series) and my heart hurt just a little at the thought of what's coming up for Maura. Hopefully, it won't end the way I think it will and there will be another worthy plot twist that won't have me in tears.

Anyway, not only did Vanish curb said reading slump, but it got me that much more excited for the upcoming Rizzoli & Isles series on TNT. So much that I'm now counting down the days until July 12th. So even if Book 8 ends up the way I hope it won't, I'll still have the series there. Unless of course, the people at TNT (I'm not calling the idiots...yet) cancel the show before it's time and then I'll go back to the books and realized they sucked and the show was better...I doubt this will happen. It's not like Tess Gerritsen is James Patterson and the Rizzoli & Isles series is the Women's Murder Club...

Vanish (Jane Rizzoli, Book 5) Overview

A blessed event becomes a nightmare for pregnant homicide detective Jane Rizzoli when she finds herself on the wrong side of a hostage crisis in this timely and relentless new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Body Double.

A nameless, beautiful woman appears to be just another corpse in the morgue. An apparent suicide, she lies on a gurney, awaiting the dissecting scalpel of medical examiner Maura Isles. But when Maura unzips the body bag and looks down at the body, she gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes.

Very much alive, the woman is rushed to the hospital, where with shockingly cool precision, she murders a security guard and seizes hostages . . . one of them a pregnant patient, Jane Rizzoli.

Who is this violent, desperate soul, and what does she want? As the tense hours tick by, Maura joins forces with Jane’s husband, FBI agent Gabriel Dean, to track down the mysterious killer’s identity. When federal agents suddenly appear on the scene, Maura and Gabriel realize that they are dealing with a case that goes far deeper than just an ordinary hostage crisis.

Only Jane, trapped with the armed madwoman, holds the key to the mystery. And only she can solve it–if she survives the night.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Customer Reviews

Great Thriller and Mystery - Kim Monreau Crowell - Clearwater
This is the second book I read from this author, and I absolutely love her writing style.
The first book "Leichenraub",I read was written in German and kept me in suspense. I had a hard time putting the book down.
This book "Vanish" is also very captivating and you want to know what happens next. The way Tess wrote the book is by introducing every character in each chapter and bringing the characters together towards the end of the mystery.
The reader keeps guessing how the characters are related in this story plot.
This thriller will keep you in suspense. I ordered more of this great author's books.
Highly recommended to any mystery fan. 5 Kudo Stars

Powerful story! - Julie Ruth - Dearborn, MI
This edition in the Rizzoli and Isles saga is different....it starts off from the perspective of Mila, an illegal alien from Russia who has been lured to America on false pretenses. Once she arrives she is immediately sold like a piece of meat to a prostitution ring where there is no escape. This part of the story is horrific and gritty, but very real. The story then meets up with Maura when she discovers one of the bodies in the morgue is actually still alive and rushes her to the emergency room. In the same hospital Jane has gone into labor and is then taken hostage by the victin from the morgue. Not wanting to spoil the rest of the book, it then describes the events that have lead this young women to take such drastic measures. There are a lot of big-name players in this prostitution ring. The other great part of this book is seeing Jane deal with being a mother and how the big tough cop can not deal with her crying newborn. The layers of betrayal run deep in this novel. A great edition to the series.

Had to force myself to finish this - K. Holmes - Tulsa, OK
I just finished listening to the audiobook version of this - really had to force myself to finish it. This is the second book of Ms Gerritsen's that I've tried; I couldn't get through the tedium of the first one, but thought I'd give another shot since so many people seem to really enjoy her novels.

I found this story to have way too much "filler" talking about the main character's home life - trouble breast feeding the new baby, trouble deciding on a name, on and on.

Added to that the fact that the story was just way too full of coincidences, and not much suspense at all, I really don't think I'll be trying any more from this author.

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