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The eagerly anticipated new Rizzoli & Isles thriller, from the multi-million copy, No.1 bestselling author I was thrilled to be approved to read the latest instalment in one of my favourite crime-thriller series!
Jane's mother, Angela Rizzoli, was her neighbourhood's matriarch and was called a "busybody" by many, even Jane. But Angela had her eye on the house over the road where new people had arrived. She knew something strange was going on but no one would listen to her.
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The balance between the two situations seemed a bit off to me. It almost broke the concentration every time mother got involved but as the story continued you could feel where it was headed. I thought I had things figured out but this really delivered a twisty ending, though I at least was right on the who. It was a nice change of pace to learn more about Angela as she and Jane haven’t always had the best of relationships. Angela’s instincts served her well, even though it got her into some serious trouble but also helped save her. Maura Isles had a limited role here but she did play a significant part in solving the mystery. It was great to see this series return after the long hiatus and I highly enjoyed this unusual case that, in the end, needed Angela’s help to solve. Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli and Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles team up again for a 13th episode in Listen To Me when an ICU nurse is found brutally murdered in her own home. Aided by her partner, Barry Frost, Jane is mystified by the apparent randomness of the killing of Sofia Suarez, a beloved nurse who was a recent widow. She becomes even more perplexed when, with the aid of a 15-year-old neighbor kid, Sofia’s computer history turns up some intriguing search information. The Rizzoli and Isles books are loved by many, including me; the women's warm, complicated friendship and superior investigative acumen remain, in their 13th outing, an utter pleasure to keep readerly company with New York Times I did not want to put this book down. I wanted to read it all in one sitting, but, unfortunately, life got in the way and I had to do it over two days. If one can say a book featuring danger and death is fun, then this is a fun read!
Adding to the mystery is the stalking of a female college student who turns out to have been a patient of Ms. Suarez, and her father, a physician was a colleague of the deceased nurse. The family is well off; the mother is very protective of her daughter, who has been traumatized by a hit-and-run accident and is still recovering from that episode. Now the stalker. As Jane discovered more about Sofia, she could see that there was a dark secret from the past which Sofia just might have been investigating. Was it this that caused her death? And who was stalking Amy? Rizzoli & Isles return, in the nail-biting new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. Jane and partner Barry Frost are investigating the nurse's murder and the abduction of another woman. Jane and Maura dig deep into solving a homicide and its connection to a random hit-and-run of a young girl who is being stalked.Another genre change came in 2001, we she transitioned from medical thrillers to crime thrillers and police procedural drama. Tess Gerritsen’s first crime thriller, The Surgeon, was published in the year 2001, and was the first book to feature the character Jane Rizzoli.
Angela Rizzoli has always prided herself on being a good, friendly, helpful neighbour. So she doesn’t understand why the couple across the street (the Green’s), who have recently moved in, have not only snubbed her numerous welcoming gestures, but have selected not to be part of the tight-knit community. Their blinds are drawn, they rarely leave the house, they don’t interact or socialise with anyone, nor receive any visitors. Angela’s instincts tell her there’s something suspicious about them, and she tries to tell her daughter, Boston PD detective Jane Rizzoli, this, but Jane fobs off her concerns as ridiculous. Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli and her partner Detective Barry Frost are called to the home of critical care nurse Sofia Suarez whose murder was discovered by her neighbor. Sofia’s husband had recently died and it appeared she’d returned home and interrupted a robbery. But something about it seems off and when Jane later learns of some odd inquiries Sofia made in recent weeks, it leads her to an unsolved murder that was committed nineteen years ago in Maine. Meanwhile, Angela Rizzoli, Jane’s mother, is concerned about some mysterious new neighbors who have moved in across the street. She’s made it her business to know everything going on in her neighborhood and these people won’t let her in. Sometimes being a nosy neighbor can be helpful…and sometimes it can get you into trouble. A mixture of quirky characters, mystery, and crime-solving activities, not to mention a few laughs too. I wish there was a bit more of Maura in this story. It seemed very light and even a bit dry on her part and I enjoy her character the most. I have loved these characters forever, and I’m happy to report that they were still amazing even though the crime plot wasn’t much to write home about. Listen to Me was definitely Jane-centric, Maura was barely in it, and only narrated a few chapters. Not that this is unusual for this series, and I expect the focus of the next novel will be on Maura. After appearing in the majority of the other books, but only via Jane’s and other character’s thoughts and opinions, it was wonderful to finally be given Angela Rizzoli’s first person POV. And, what a bad ass she was, so like her daughter in so many ways, but light years away in other respects. I always enjoy their mother/daughter interactions, and we were gifted with a lot of them in this book. I wasn’t overly fond of all the crazy neighborhood stuff that was happening with Jane’s mother. A little bit went a long way for me. The search for the killer had me riveted, however. One other thing, though. I generally really love a story that gives me a great sense of place, and I don’t get that with this book, or with too many of the others in this series, now that I think of it. And Boston is a wonderful city. So, I’d like to see more Boston. But, as always, I love our protagonists.While only a supporting character in the novel, Det. Rizzoli would go to to become her most recognizable character, along with her counterpart and foil, Dr. Maura Isles. Nine books have been published in the Rizzoli and Isles series, with her most recent stand alone work being The Bone Garden, a historical fiction thriller based in 19th century Boston. Rizzoli and Isles
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