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    <body><![CDATA[<p>The first Gerritsen I've read in quite a while. This one was a great reminder of why I like her books in the first place. </p> <p>Just when you think you have the answer Gerritsen throws in another twist, right up to the end. The story kept tricking me into thinking it was near over, although there were pl...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55629459">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A gripping story about a woman haunted by her past and clinging to her life in the present.  Josephine Pulcillo has a comfortable existence working in a small museum doing a job that she loves until the discovery of a mummy reawakens nightmares from her hidden younger years.  When the mummy turns ou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46820074">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[THE KEEPSAKE (aka Keeping the Dead) (Pol. Proc-Rizzoli/Iles-Boston, US-Cont) - VG<br/>Gerritsen, Tess – 7th in series<br/>Ballantine Press, 2008, US Hardcover – ISBN:  9780345497628<br/><br/>First Sentence:  He is coming for me.<br/><br/>A 2000-year-old mummy has been discovered in the bas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37064707">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Heavy on archeology lingo and sometimes a little light on story and feeling, The Keepsake is a story about obsession and want and fear. <br/><br/>It's not a bad story, but it wasn't as gripping.  We still have the drama of Maura's love triangle, and Jane settling in as a mom and the awkward partne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35959099">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A suspense story about a crazed serial killer with archaeological fetishes, featuring a tough lady detective and an equally tough lady forensics medical examiner.  I gather this is the seventh in a series.  I started out hating this book--the characters were all shallow and predictable, the dialogue...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65047091">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen knows how to expertly dissect a brilliantly suspenseful story, all the while keeping fascinated readers riveted to her side. By turns darkly enthralling and relentlessly surprising, The Keepsake showcases an author at the peak of her storytelling powers.<br/><br/>For untold years, the perfectly preserved mummy had lain forgotten in the dusty basement of Boston&#8217;s Crispin Museum. Now its sudden rediscovery by museum staff is both a major coup and an attention-grabbing mystery. Dubbed &#8220;Madam X,&#8221; the mummy&#8211;to all appearances, an ancient Egyptian artifact&#8211;seems a ghoulish godsend for the financially struggling institution. But medical examiner Maura Isles soon discovers a macabre message hidden within the corpse&#8211;horrifying proof that this &#8220;centuries-old&#8221; relic is instead a modern-day murder victim.<br/><br/>To Maura and Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli, the forensic evidence is unmistakable, its implications terrifying. And when the grisly remains of yet another woman are found in the hidden recesses of the museum, it becomes chillingly clear that a maniac is at large&#8211;and is now taunting them. Archaeologist Josephine Pulcillo&#8217;s blood runs cold when the killer&#8217;s cryptic missives are discovered, and her darkest dread becomes real when the carefully preserved corpse of yet a third victim is left in her car like a gruesome offering&#8211;or perhaps a ghastly promise of what&#8217;s to come.<br/><br/>The twisted killer&#8217;s familiarity with post-mortem rituals suggests to Maura and Jane that he may have scientific expertise in common with Josephine. Only Josephine knows that her stalker shares a knowledge even more personally terrifying: details of a dark secret she had thought forever buried.<br/><br/>Now Maura must summon her own dusty knowledge of ancient death traditions to unravel his twisted endgame. And when Josephine vanishes, Maura and Jane have precious little time to derail the Archaeology Killer before he adds another chilling piece to his monstrous collection.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tess Gerritsen is an excellent writer and this book does not disappoint. The plot revolves around an archeologist and there is a fair amount of information dispersed throughout the book on various aspects of archeology. If you have no interest in this subject, you may not find Keepsake quite as enga...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77741301">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The ME's problematic love life, Rizzoli's parents and another serial killer. Life moves on...<br/><u>Extract</u>:<br/><blockquote>“Preservation.” Zucker pointed to the victims' photos displayed on the conference table. “I think she's meant for his collection. As his newest keepsake. The only question is… ”...</blockquote><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71342019">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Tess Gerritsen has forged some of the most visceral thrillers of the modern era in such books as <em>The Surgeon</em>, as kinetically involving as one could wish for, with a welcome reluctance to pull punches for her readers (the very thing, in fact, that her legion of admirers praise her for). Her heroines, detective Jane Rizzoli and medico Maura Isles, are distinctive figures, with a host of striking traits (the new book, <em>Keeping The Dead</em>, deliberately sidelines these traits for a narrative that fairly barrels along; something that won’t necessarily give regular admirers of Gerritsen pause, but which perhaps means that the book is not the best place for new readers to start).<br/><br/>At Pilgrim Hospital, reporters and doctors are gathered for a highly unusual event. A dead woman is placed under an X-ray, with Maura Isles looking on with interest. However, the twist is that the subject has been dead for many years – it is not someone recently dead, but a centuries-old mummy. To the surprise of everyone present, the x-ray reveals that a bullet is lodged in the body, and Maura contacts her colleague, Detective Jane Rizzoli. What began as a historical investigation has, it seems, become a case of homicide. Soon, unpleasant revelations are found hidden behind a wall in a museum owned by a venerable family. Before long the two women realise that they are dealing with a killer of ruthless intelligence who is toying with them. As usual with Gerritsen the tension in <em>Keeping the Dead</em> is generated with skill, though there is less of the inexorable build-up than we are used to.  --<em>Barry Forshaw</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[ I'm glad that I discovered this author - certainly a good alternative to famous psych thriller authors out there and well enough for my taste as I am interested in history and what not ( but does not have the patience nor the time for an indepth study). <br/><br/>Anyway, I liked the information t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69921430">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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