
Rizzoli and Moore note that both had no contact or connection whatsoever, and are perplexed by these two murders. The murder is tied to another murder by the Surgeon, Diana Sterling, a year previous. The story opens up with the death of Elena Ortiz at the hands of the Surgeon, and Thomas Moore is sent to investigate. Rizzoli soon establishes a connection between the two cases, concluding that she may be on the trail of a deranged copycat. As Jane Rizzoli, accompanied by detective Thomas Moore, works the case, she comes across trauma doctor Catherine Cordell, who almost died in the same fashion at the hands of another psychopath several years before, but killed him before he could kill her. The Surgeon ( 2001) is a suspense novel by Tess Gerritsen, the first of the Maura Isles/ Jane Rizzoli series.Ī terrifying new serial killer begins stalking the streets of Boston, using his vast medical knowledge to systematically torture and kill vulnerable women, a modus operandi which has earned him the nickname "the Surgeon".
