"A BRISKLY PACED, TERRIFICALLY SUSPENSEFUL WORK THAT STEADILY BUILDS TOWARD A TENSE AND TERRIFYING CLIMAX."--
People, Page-turner of the week
"THIS IS A STORY THAT TERRIFIES AND HEARTENS ALL AT ONCE. WHAT A RIDE!"--Iris Johansen
"CREEPY . . . WILL EXERT A POWERFUL GRIP ON READERS."--
Chicago Tribune "ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING . . . The finest, most thrilling Gerritsen novel yet. . . . I lost most of a night's sleep finishing the book and the rest of the night trying to calm down. This is a story you'll be talking up and thinking about for months to come. The tension is white-knuckle, the writing as deft as a surgeon's slice."--Michael Palmer, M.D., author of
The Patient "There is something perversely addictive about Tess Gerritsen's prose, packed with narrative energy . . . The eyes simply cannot be torn away from the page. The pages turn one by one. The light stays on past midnight. A gradual tingling creeps up the back of the neck until every hair is standing on end."--
Maine Sunday Telegram "Top-grade thriller-diller from Gerritsen . . . Sharp characters stitch your eye to the page. An all-nighter."--
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Gerritsen fans know by now what to expect from her: a fascinating story with a gripping plot and believably human characters. Such is
The Surgeon, and, in places, then some. Let new readers learn what the fans delight in."--
Booklist "Compelling . . . Tautly plotted . . . Every bit as good as, if not better than, the novels of Robin Cook."--
Chattanooga Times "FAST PACED AND ENTHRALLING."--
Midwest Book Review "Be prepared to have your heart race and your pulse pound, as Tess Gerritsen takes you on a trip to the nightmare world of
The Surgeon. . . . If it's high-voltage suspense you're after, you've found the right book."--
Romantic Times "Sizzling with
ER intensity . . . Gliding as smoothly as a scalpel in a confident surgeon's hand, this tale proves that Gerritsen, originally a romance writer, has morphed into a dependable suspense novelist whose growing popularity is keeping pace with her ever-finer writing skills."--
Publishers Weekly "Move Tess Gerritsen into the upper echelon. In fact, reserve a spot for her near the top of the list. . . . [This is] a remarkable book, highlighted by exquisite characterizations, perfectly paced plotting, and I-can't-put-this-book-down-yet suspense."--
Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA
"Few authors create such evil as well as Maine's Tess Gerritsen. . . . [She] is a masterful storyteller who clearly understands how to write a suspenseful mystery."--
Times Record, Brunswick, ME
"GRIPPING . . . THIS BOOK WILL BLOW YOU AWAY. . . . [Gerritsen] develops the story at a frenetic pace, keeping the reader on fire." --
Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT
"Terrifying, riveting, an all-around great read
. . . [
The Surgeon] starts off quickly, gets progressively faster (and more frightening), and there's no letting up until the final and very satisfying last page."--
Snitch "Exhilarating. I find myself still reeling from the chase and the terror of this suspenseful tale. I wanted to look away yet found myself so engrossed that I could not. Everything in my life took a second seat as I raced through this new book by Tess Gerritsen."--"I Love A Mystery" newsletter
"Fast-paced and exciting . . . One of the best of Gerritsen's medical thrillers . . . Don't read it at the hospital; it might give you nightmares."--
The Pilot, Southern Pines, NC
"Riveting . . . You'll double-check the locks on your door at night while reading [
The Surgeon]."--
The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO