Serial killer Warren Hoyt was captured a year ago but his crimes still haunt Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. Now she faces a new killer, a hunter who preys on rich couples and copies an obscure element of Hoyt's crimes. And when Hoyt escapes from custody there are two hunters on the loose.
He may be behind bars, but Warren Hoyt still haunts a helpless city, bequeathing his evil legacy to a student all too diligent - and all too deadly.
A year has passed since the capture of the Surgeon, serial killer Warren Hoyt, yet the memory of his brutal crimes continues to haunt Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. Now she faces a new killer, a hunter who preys on well-to-do couples. For Rizzoli the death scenes have a horrifying air of familiarity, especially when she realizes that this new killer is copying one obscure element from Warren Hoyt's crimes.
A new complication arises as a federal investigator from Washington joins the case. Again and again, Rizzoli clashes with Special Agent Gabriel Dean, who shows up at every crime scene. He knows something about this killer, something so politically explosive that he cannot reveal it to her.
Then Warren Hoyt makes a brilliant and bloody escape from custody. Suddenly there is not one hunter on the loose, but two. And they are united, a pair of blood brothers who share grotesque appetites and a combined genius. They have joined forces to stalk the most challenging prey of all, the very woman who now hunts them . . .
Set in a stunning world where evil is easy to learn and hard to end, The Apprentice is both a terrifyingly sustained psychological thriller and an adrenalin fuelled-trip to hell that we urge you to sign up for.
First you had THE SURGEON . . .
'If you've never read Gerritsen, figure in the price of electricity when you buy your first novel by her, 'cause, baby, you are going to be up all night.'
Stephen King
'The Surgeon grabbed me by the throat and didn't let go until its hair-raising finish.
Deep, dark and very disturbing.'
Tami Hoag
'Once you've started reading this book, putting it down and saving it till later is not an option. What a ride!'
Mo Hayder, author of BIRDMAN
'A real page-turner. A read-in-one-go novel if ever there was one . . . An excellent thriller that goes straight to the top of my list.'
Independent on Sunday
'Scary and gripping, distinguished from the bloody competition by what feels like sheer rage that such crimes against women can happen in the first place.'
Literary Review
Now you've got THE APPRENTICE . . .
