The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen

New author alert!!!  And a good one at that.

So, I was reading FB and a friend posted that she was going to start a new book by Tess Gerritsen...so I looked her up - to see what she was all about.  Lo and behold, she's a mystery writer and she writes a series using recurring characters (which I love).  AND - they just started a new series on TNT called Rizzoli and Isles based off of said characters (not that I'll watch but it's interesting, no?).  Anyway - while at 1/2 Price the other day, I picked up the first in the series and tore through it in about a day. 

Here's the synopsis:
A serial killer is on the loose in Boston. The victims are killed in a particularly nasty way: cut with a scalpel on the stomach, the intestines and uterus removed, and then the throat slashed. The killer obviously has medical knowledge and has been dubbed "the Surgeon" by the media. Detective Thomas Moore and his partner Rizzoli of the Boston Homicide Unit have discovered something that makes this case even more chilling. Years ago in Savannah a serial killer murdered in exactly the same way. He was finally stopped by his last victim, who shot him as he tried to cut her. That last victim is Dr. Catherine Cordell, who now works as a cardiac surgeon at one of Boston's prestigious hospitals. As the murders continue, it becomes obvious that the killer is drawing closer and closer to Dr. Cordell. Is she the only person who can help the police catch this copycat killer. Or is it a copycat?

Sounds intriguing, huh?  And it was!  Great book; great mystery; kept me on my toes until the very end.  I'm on to my next book by Gerritsen (though not of the series).  Pick this author up, you'll really enjoy!