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The Sinner: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel Audible Audiobook – Abridged

Tess Gerritsen (Author), Dennis Boutsikaris (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)
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Not even the icy temperatures of a typical New England winter can match the bone-chilling scene of carnage discovered in the early morning hours at the chapel of Our Lady of Divine Light. Within the sanctuary walls of the cloistered convent, now stained with blood, lie two nuns: one dead, one critically injured victims of an unspeakably savage attacker.

The brutal crime appears to be without motive, and the elderly nuns in residence can offer little help in the police investigation. But medical examiner Maura Isles' autopsy of the dead woman yields a shocking surprise: twenty-year-old Sister Camille, the order's sole novice, gave birth before she was murdered. Then the disturbing case takes a stunning new turn when another woman is found murdered in an abandoned building, her body mutilated beyond recognition.

Together, Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli uncover an ancient horror that connects these terrible slaughters. As long-buried secrets come to light, Maura Isles finds herself drawn inexorably toward the heart of an investigation that strikes closer and closer to home and toward a dawning revelation about the killer's identity too shattering to consider.

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  1. Listening Length
    5 hours and 30 minutes
  2. Author
    Tess Gerritsen
  3. Narrator
    Dennis Boutsikaris
  4. Audible release date
    August 15, 2003
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Random House Audio
  7. ASIN
    B088JZ7QPW
  8. Version
    Abridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 5 hours and 30 minutes
Author Tess Gerritsen
Narrator Dennis Boutsikaris
Audible.com Release Date August 15, 2003
Publisher Random House Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Abridged
Language English
ASIN B088JZ7QPW
Best Sellers Rank #116,444 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#1,276 in Men's Adventure Fiction (Books)
#7,876 in Suspense (Audible Books & Originals)
#8,332 in Action & Adventure Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)

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K. King
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn’t put it down
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024
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Great read! Thoroughly enjoyed getting to ‘know’ Dr Isles character and seeing the various relationships develop. The whole done it suspense kept me up late trying to figure out how it would end!
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J. Parisse-brassens
4.0 out of 5 stars An early Rizzoli & Isles, good plot and fast pace
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2013
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I discovered Gerritsen two years ago and have since read many of her novels, in particular those featuring Maura Isles and Jane Rizzoli. Isles is Boston's Medical Examiner and Rizzoli is a detective. They form an interesting duo, one of them a cold-headed woman, the other as strong-headed as the other one is cold. The Sinner is one of the earlier novels in the series. Each book stands alone and you don't have to know the personal lives of the main characters to enjoy the fast-paced, sometimes gruesome crime stories that have made Gerritsen famous. In the Sinner, two nuns are brutally murdered - when it turns up that one of them recently gave birth, things turn ugly. Good plot, arresting characters, good pace. What I found interesting in reading The Sinner after having read many of Gerritsen later instalments is the difference in the author's writing and in how she treats her subject. The first thing I quickly noticed is that her writing wasn't then quite as slick as it is now. Not the style or choice of words (Gerritsen is good at triggering images in your mind) but the way she described her characters' personal lives was a little heavy-handed in this novel. Instead of underpinning the story, I found it was sometimes in your face - we were either in the story or in the character's personal dilemmas, not in both at the same time. To me, her recent novels show better skills in mixing the plot with the characters' lives. She's also more subtle, and it works well. Don't get me wrong, Gerritsen's early Isles and Rizzoli's books are excellent, always exhibiting an arresting plot and fast pace. I have another one of hers to read in my pile and I look forward to reading it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Sinner
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
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Wow, this one was full of twists and turns, the many cases those two proud ladies get together
and solve.. They are good.. Tests keeps us on the edge of our seats with her ability to get the story out there..
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Cindy Walrod
5.0 out of 5 stars The Sinner
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
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As always, A good read right from the beginning...then, of course the twist. Read gets me every time. Love her books...going to the next one.
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pnwthomas
4.0 out of 5 stars Third Novel in the Series and Still a Hit
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2022
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Tess Gerritsen can make her series books standalone where you can actually begin in the middle of the series but why would you want to? You can follow how some of the characters get where they are. Two nuns are murdered, and one had a baby. We find out why Maura is the way she is and why Jane has her insecurities. It's a great read though wish the attraction with a priest wasn't a part of her love interest.
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rosekrystofolski
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining third book of The Rizzoli and Isles Series
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2023
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Third book of the Rizzoli and Isles Series that starts with the brutal bludgeoning of two nuns, Sister Camille, a beautiful young 20 year old and Sister Ursula, a 60 year old nurse back from serving abroad in India at a lepers village. Camille dies in the attack and Ursula is hospitalized with severe head injuries. At first they are distracted by Camille, because Dr. Isles does the autopsy and discovers that she has very recently given birth. But that is only coincidental and Sister Ursula was the intended victim while Camille was collateral damage. Sister Ursula does in the hospital after a code blue and when Dr. Isles notices severe edema and requests a toxicology screen her Dr. gets hostile and Maura realizes that her ex-husband, Dr. Victor Banks, who reestablished contact with her after 3 years right after she was assigned to this case, may know more about the case and a larger situation than he is telling her.
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Corey A. Balazowich
3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great...
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2007
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The Sinner introduces Dr. Maura Isles as the main heroine and puts Jane Rizzoli in the backseat for this crime novel. Dr. Isles is called out during a harsh winter storm that has its grips on Boston to a convent where two nuns were attacked. One nun survives the ordeal and one perished during her fight for her life. Who was the intended victim - both or did one surprise an attack on the other? Could it be the Father whom is the only male to enter the convent or was it an outside attack? Then there is the suspicious person found dead in an abandoned restaurant without a face, feet or hands. Are they trophies or was there a reason the killer did not want this body identified? How are these cases connected? Then without a rhyme or reason, Dr. Isles' ex-husband shows up wanting to make amends. How does he fit in to the entire picture?

Tess Gerritsen does a great job of weaving this tale of lies, deception and mass coverups. The novel is a bit of a departure from her "Surgeon" novels however and I am not sure that I like the wishy-washy Dr. Isles as a heroine but thankfully Jane is still there to keep things interesting. All in all it is a good book but not the best in the series.
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Kipperguffy
5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2023
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A tense and pacy thriller that keeps you guessing till the end. I would highly recommend this thriller with great characters!
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Rose Marie Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars Murder mystery
Reviewed in Canada on June 11, 2020
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Like the tv series
Now I will read the book
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Abhilash
5.0 out of 5 stars Her characterisation is what I love the most
Reviewed in India on October 14, 2017
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After I finished reading surgeon and apprentice I thought her every novel would be about some psycho killer killing women.But this book is entirely different and has the same amount of mystery element.Her characterisation is what I love the most.She is a really good author.Go for it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Everything's good/Tout est ok
Reviewed in France on January 18, 2016
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Je suis un français ayant acheté ce livre depuis l'Angleterre. Comme prévu l'article a mis longtemps à arriver. C'est exactement ce à quoi je m'attendais. Rien à redire.
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Gabriella D.
4.0 out of 5 stars Fast paced, great characters
Reviewed in Italy on September 10, 2015
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To some extent, this, macabre as some of it was, was too romantic. I didn't particularly enjoy the romance of it, but the characters are complex and genuine. This book is more predictable than the previous two, because the story develops more as a mystery than as a manhunt, with BPD trying to find a serial killer. I had a good inkling of who the bad guy'd turn out to be pretty soon in the book, but I enjoyed it very much nonetheless.
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