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Evil exists. Evil walks the streets. And evil has spawned a diabolical new disciple in this white-knuckle thriller from New York Times bestselling ...
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Nov 26, 2008
Elizabeth
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Peccavi
The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman's brutal murder: "I HAVE SINNED". It's a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O'Donnell - Maura's professional nemesis and member of a secret society called "The Mephisto Club."
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The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman's brutal murder: "I HAVE SINNED". It's a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O'Donnell - Maura's professional nemesis and member of a secret society called "The Mephisto Club."
On tony Beacon Hill, the club's acolytes devote themselves to the analysi More...
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Nov 10, 2007
Joe
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My first Tess Gerritsen book and I will definitely read her again. This was the latest book in a series she did surrounding a detective and medical examiner in Boston. This one dealt with a gruesome murder and the possibility of some "other worldly" forces at play. Definitely moved very well and kept my interest peaked, although did not have the kick I was expecting at the end, possibly due to lack of character development of a few key players.
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Jan 02, 2010
Brian
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While novels in the typical mystery genre usually don’t appeal to me, I decided to give Tess Gerritsen’s book “The Mephisto Club” a try. I had heard good things about the novel and the premise intrigued me. Detective Rizzoli and M.E. Isles, who seemed to be reoccurring characters, are pulled into a disturbing series of murders, all in which the victims are viciously mutilated. Certain aspects of the crimes lead the police to believe they have religious overtones, ones pertaining to Satan in part
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May 08, 2010
Alisha
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I think I should start out by mentioning that anything about demons or the Devil just scares the hell out of me. I'm not a particularly religious person, but was just traumatized by my viewing of The Exorcist when I was about twelve years old. So, yeah, I'm a wimp when it comes to that sort of stuff. However, I am inexplicably drawn towards the subject probably because I like to be scared sometimes (when it's daytime, of course). So, The Mephisto Club was right up my alley with Rizzoli and I
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Dec 19, 2009
Barbra
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I love this Isles/Rizzoli series and find each one a page-turner.
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In a rundown house, a woman has been dismembered in an act of carnage that leaves veteran cops in shock. The last person called from the dead girl's phone: Dr Joyce O'Donnell, a celebrity psychiatrist who's made her name defending serial murderers.
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In a rundown house, a woman has been dismembered in an act of carnage that leaves veteran cops in shock. The last person called from the dead girl's phone: Dr Joyce O'Donnell, a celebrity psychiatrist who's made her name defending serial murderers.
But there are other clues left at the rundown house that make the police wonder if this slaying was part of a satanic ritual. Drawn on the wall, More...
Nov 24, 2010
Mary Grace
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This book was given to me and I love it though I don't know what my exact thoughts are on the main characters are. Initially I didn't know that this book was part of a series, which most of you know that I am a super die hard lover of book series. When I read various reviews over at Amazon, I've got mixed reviews. Most of them suggested that if reading a book from this series is your first time, stay away from The Mephisto Club. I should have trusted those suggestions, but this book was a gift s
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Sep 24, 2011
Kathy
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Jul 30, 2011
Athena
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The Mephisto Club is about the darker side of religion; the symbology, and the myths. I found it both fascinating and creepy. Dominic Saul, who is clearly different from everyone right from the beginning, goes to live with his aunt, uncle, and cousins after his father passes away. Sin is the theme of the story, so we see Rizzoli's parents' marriage falling apart. Dr Isles' relationship with the priest Father Brophy, and of course, all the grotesque murders of Lily Saul's childhood friends. I did
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Nov 21, 2010
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Aug 10, 2009
Marsha
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This was my first Tess Gerritsen book. And even though this book was 6th in a series, I didn't feel lost (all that much) while reading it. The one aspect that may have been impacted was the side stories that surrounded the two main characters. To me, they seemed somewhat irrelevant to the main story. But, I am going to assume that these side stories are progressing through the many books in the series. The story basically follows a detective and medical examiner as they progress through an
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May 07, 2010
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Jul 12, 2011
Marianne
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The Mephisto Club is the 6th of Tess Gerritsen’s Rizzoli/Isles series. On Christmas Eve, Rizzoli and Isles are called to a horrific murder scene where the female victim has been decapitated and dismembered. During the autopsy, however, they realise there must be more than one victim as the left hand does not match the arm. And a call has been made from the victim’s phone to Dr Joyce O’Donnell, the neuropsychiatrist who has made a career of defending serial killers. Before they can discover to wh
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Mar 29, 2009
Laura
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This is the first book I've read (or in this case, listened to) from this series. I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt by giving it 4 stars rather than 3, since I was on the borderline of how to rate it, and I suspect I would have gotten into the book much faster if I had been familiar with the characters at the start.
The book did a good job of being very creepy, and I'm not usually susceptible to that sort of atmosphere. Outside of that, the writing was good but not intrusive. More...
The book did a good job of being very creepy, and I'm not usually susceptible to that sort of atmosphere. Outside of that, the writing was good but not intrusive. More...
Feb 05, 2009
The Mephisto Club, the sixth in the Jane Rizzoli/Maura Isles series (after Vanish), contains Tess Gerritsen's trademark lurid writing, grisly medical/forensic details, and chilling suspense. This time, as a satanically driven killer tortures and dismembers his victims, an esoteric cult considers the existence of a gene for evil. It's not a tale for the faint of heart; metaphysical inquiries into demonology and evil are matched, page by page, by grisly details. The only major criticism comes from
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Mar 28, 2011
Rita
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This was a good story set in Boston, so what is not to like. However, the portrayal of Christianity and the Bible as mythology, for a Catholic, is somewhat disturbing. Not to mention that they don't adequately deal with the priest issue.
I did like it though.
I did like it though.
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Oct 29, 2011
Alice
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The Mephisto Club:
Really good book with a lame, but realistic ending. One of the better books in the series.
The Series:
This entire series is very nice. The writing is clean and precise. The economy of language is extremely welcome for what is arguably a throw away, airport read. Occasional plots are good enough to raise Ms. Gerritsen's writing a step above the previously mentioned class.
Bottom line: If this is your entire literary diet, you will be More...
Really good book with a lame, but realistic ending. One of the better books in the series.
The Series:
This entire series is very nice. The writing is clean and precise. The economy of language is extremely welcome for what is arguably a throw away, airport read. Occasional plots are good enough to raise Ms. Gerritsen's writing a step above the previously mentioned class.
Bottom line: If this is your entire literary diet, you will be More...
Jan 01, 2009
Sidney
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I love Tess Gerritsen's thrillers. They have a great, balanced combination of the investigations tackled by detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles, and their personal lives.
Mephisto Club pits the two against another serial killer, introduces them to the dark, intellectual group of the title and winds up with a nail-biting finish.
Rizzoli is always interesting because she's as tough as any tough cop yet vulnerable as a new mother and burdened with an histro More...
Mephisto Club pits the two against another serial killer, introduces them to the dark, intellectual group of the title and winds up with a nail-biting finish.
Rizzoli is always interesting because she's as tough as any tough cop yet vulnerable as a new mother and burdened with an histro More...
Nov 05, 2010
Richard
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This is my first Tess Gerritsen book, but it certainly won't be my last. Actually, I listened to the CD version. It is a little annoying going from Boston to Italy for the different parts of the story, but I guess in the end it is necessary.
I'm not a big fan of the supernatural in books I read, but here it was such an integral part of the story, you could not leave it out. This is an exciting, tense thriller broken up by Jane's problems with her parents. I like the TV series that came More...
I'm not a big fan of the supernatural in books I read, but here it was such an integral part of the story, you could not leave it out. This is an exciting, tense thriller broken up by Jane's problems with her parents. I like the TV series that came More...
Sep 19, 2009
Trak
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When I picked this up I did not realise that this was a series of books or any background to the books themselves but it soon becomes apparent as you read. However I was not sure on who the main character in the book was and I found that initially a bit confusing.
The book was okay, I did not like the Jane the police officer, it seems she had lost her humanity and ability to trust. Maura was in a mess which never gets sorted but you know its a case of wait for the next book.
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The book was okay, I did not like the Jane the police officer, it seems she had lost her humanity and ability to trust. Maura was in a mess which never gets sorted but you know its a case of wait for the next book.
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Aug 26, 2010
Joanne
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I love the tension that Rizolli creates, no matter what the circumstance. I happened to be reading this bood during a full moon... did Lucifer and other fallen angels mate with humans? Is this lneeage alive and responsible for the evil in the world today? Do the murders plaguing Rizolli and Isles fall into this supernatural category? This book introduces two ancient texts discovered with the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947. I had heard of the Book of Enoch, but was unfamiliar with the Book of Jubillee.
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Aug 25, 2011
Georgiann
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A young woman is brytally murdered scrawled in blood at the scene of the crime is PECCAVI meaning I HAVE SINNED.Its a chilling Christmas greeting for Maura Isles and Det Jane Rizzoli . Who quickly link the victim to the Mephisto club, which is a cult of scholars who aim to prove that Satan himself exists and walks among us. Than another grisly corpse appears. Its clear that someone - or something - is indeed prowling the city. The Members soon begin to fear the very subject they are studying.
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Sep 25, 2010
Emily
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This was a very interesting book. The mythology was cool and a lot of it I didn't know anything about beforehand. The Rizzoli and Isles series are very good in my opinion. They get better and more interesting as they go on. So far this one, and Vanish are my favorite. My only problem with the series (I began reading them after this summer, I love the show Rizzoli and Isles) I love the friendship between Jane and Maura on the show, they aren't as close in the book, which sorta sucks. But the nove
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Feb 14, 2009
Christine
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This was my first Tess Gerritsen, and I enjoyed it. The Mephisto Club's members search for actual evil in the form of Nephilim, the descendants of fallen angels and man, inspired by the book of Enoch. The main characters were well developed, and the plots were very well paced.
I had two main issues with the book. First, even though most of the plot lines were wrapping up quite nicely, the ending was too abrupt. Second, the scholars that were consulted dragged out everything they were sayin More...
I had two main issues with the book. First, even though most of the plot lines were wrapping up quite nicely, the ending was too abrupt. Second, the scholars that were consulted dragged out everything they were sayin More...
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Aug 15, 2011
Michelle♥
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I really didn't like this one all that much. I was actually able to put it down and walk away from it.
I was not thrilled with the character development in this one, there was really only two surprising things...<spoiler>Jane's parents are separated and her dad is seeing some bimbo, and Maura and Father Daniel Brophy finally sleep together. Yucko in my book!</spoiler>
The overall plot wasn't that good. I was not truly scared reading about the boy's perspective, More...
I was not thrilled with the character development in this one, there was really only two surprising things...<spoiler>Jane's parents are separated and her dad is seeing some bimbo, and Maura and Father Daniel Brophy finally sleep together. Yucko in my book!</spoiler>
The overall plot wasn't that good. I was not truly scared reading about the boy's perspective, More...
Aug 11, 2011
I have been a Tess Gerritsen fan for a while now. I thoroughly enjoyed her other Rizzoli and Isles adventures, surgeon, apprentice to name a few. However, this book was a total let down! The plot was so predictable and the climax was rather stupid and underwhelming. Also, there is some symbology thrown in for no good reason; I think the author was hoping to bank on the current Dan Brown symbology frenzy. No fun! Tess Gerritsen is really good at penning medical thrillers and she should stick to h
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Mar 14, 2011
Amy
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In this installment of Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles books, I can honestly say it scared me. I made sure I double locked the doors, and it had me checking every nook and corner of the house! Gruesome homicides are occuring in the Boston area, which leads Detective Jane Rizzoli (with her partner Barry Frost) and medical examiner Maura Isles on a mission to find out who the killer is and to stop them. Another tragic/gruesome homicide, that involves another detective on the case, leads them to a
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Apr 05, 2011
Joan
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This book was a big disappointment for me. The story itself is interesting but the way it was written seemed forced. First of all, I did not connect with Jane Rizzoli's character at all. Apparently, this is the 6th book of the series but the relationship between her and Maura Isles did not seem like a friendship. They're more of like colleagues. Everything just seems half-baked to me. I didn't even notice that the story was about to end. I had to go back and reread previous pages just to underst
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Jan 07, 2012
Kimberly
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Despite reading these books in 'backwards' order so far, as Ice Cold was the first one I picked up (I do plan on fixing that after this one...) these books are amazing.
This story was both as interesting as it was chilling, and superbly written for that matter. Just when I thought I had it figured, there was a twist and a change, and then another right until the end. I love when books can keep me guessing like this without going off kilter and throwing the whole story. This was a delighful, More...
This story was both as interesting as it was chilling, and superbly written for that matter. Just when I thought I had it figured, there was a twist and a change, and then another right until the end. I love when books can keep me guessing like this without going off kilter and throwing the whole story. This was a delighful, More...
Jun 30, 2010
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Apr 28, 2011
Gooddeeds
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Is reading backwards writing so difficult?!
If it's as hard to read as implied in the book, by those well-educated characters, then I guess I have a special talent because I just look at it and read it, they couldn't even tell they were letters! huh?!
The US tourist in Rome was a laugh :)
The book is excellent, a great plot which kept me guessing to the end how each person was involved. Not often I get a surprise cos I read so many of this kind of book.
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If it's as hard to read as implied in the book, by those well-educated characters, then I guess I have a special talent because I just look at it and read it, they couldn't even tell they were letters! huh?!
The US tourist in Rome was a laugh :)
The book is excellent, a great plot which kept me guessing to the end how each person was involved. Not often I get a surprise cos I read so many of this kind of book.
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