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Ice Cold (Rizzoli & Isles #8)
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Tess Gerritsen (Goodreads Author)
"New York Times" bestselling author Tess Gerritsen's relentless, inventive novels take readers on pulse-racing thrill rides that are as satisfying as they are heart-stopping. Now, in this edge-of-your-seat suspense novel, a mysteriously isolated town stands abandoned as a silent watcher waits.
In Wyoming for a medical conference, Boston medical examiner Maura Isl...more
In Wyoming for a medical conference, Boston medical examiner Maura Isl...more
Hardcover, 322 pages
Published
June 29th 2010
by Ballantine Books
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Wow what a great read. I must confess that The Killing Place is the first Tess Gerritsen book ive read and know im thinking to myself i have to read more of her books pronto. The story starts in curious circumstances with the Sheldon family George, his wife and daughter Katie being in a compound run by the mysterious leader calling himself Jebediah. Jebediah had been studying the young girl for a while something that left me distured. The true meaning of the first chapter would be revealed late...more
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I've been reading Tess Gerritsen from the very beginning and she is an excellent story teller. I was a little disappointed, though, for a couple of reasons. First, I didn't get the importance of the character Sansone. Who is he? I'm sure he was in past books, but I don't remember and no information was given for me to connect Sansone and Maura in any meaningful way. That bothered me a lot but not enough to google a character search. I would ha...more
I've been reading Tess Gerritsen from the very beginning and she is an excellent story teller. I was a little disappointed, though, for a couple of reasons. First, I didn't get the importance of the character Sansone. Who is he? I'm sure he was in past books, but I don't remember and no information was given for me to connect Sansone and Maura in any meaningful way. That bothered me a lot but not enough to google a character search. I would ha...more
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This was my first dose of Rizzoli and Isles and I liked the experience. This wasn't your typical murder mystery thriller, so I really enjoyed the change of pace. The only drawback is that since this was my first experience in Gerritsen's world, I didn't feel like I got to know Rizzoli and Isles well enough in the novel. Luckily, the book was good, so I have no problem going back to their earlier adventures.
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Overall Rating 3.5
Story Rating 3.25
Character Rating 3.75
Audio Rating 3.5
NOTE: I love the Rizzoli and Isles series from Tess Gerritsen. Each book brings a really good thriller and usually some really great character development. I would recommend this series to anyone who reads Mystery/Thrillers!
What I Loved: The case in Ice Cold was not straight-forward nor was it easy to figure out. There are some very chilling moments that will make the ...more
Overall Rating 3.5
Story Rating 3.25
Character Rating 3.75
Audio Rating 3.5
NOTE: I love the Rizzoli and Isles series from Tess Gerritsen. Each book brings a really good thriller and usually some really great character development. I would recommend this series to anyone who reads Mystery/Thrillers!
What I Loved: The case in Ice Cold was not straight-forward nor was it easy to figure out. There are some very chilling moments that will make the ...more
Tess Gerritsen worked as a medical doctor: and you can certainly tell. A killing place really keeps you on edge, and without being particularly crude, it manages to come up with situations where even medical science could not help.
This is the eighth in the Rizzoli and Isles series, which was published in the US under the title “Ice Cold”. Forensic anthropologist Maura Isles is at a conference where she meets a former University acquaintance and joins him and some of his friends for a p...more
This is the eighth in the Rizzoli and Isles series, which was published in the US under the title “Ice Cold”. Forensic anthropologist Maura Isles is at a conference where she meets a former University acquaintance and joins him and some of his friends for a p...more
I wavered between 3 and 4 stars on this. I finally went with the 4 stars because I decided I liked it better than most of the other books in this series. It had some flaws for me. First, the positive: I couldn't put it down! I read this book in one sitting with only a few breaks for dinner, etc. I was absolutely enthralled! Also, I love how the characters are real characters with real strengths and weaknesses. I hate when characters in books are portrayed as being perfect or unflawed. ...more
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This is book number eight in the Rizzoli & Isles series by Tess Gerritsen, and as I really love the series it was obviously a must-read for me. Admittedly I wasn't all too happy with the last book "Keeping the Dead", which was only an ok read, but this one certainly made up for it.
Once again a fast-paced page turner with a gripping and solid plot, this time the story focuses mainly on Maura Isles, whose death is anounced too soon and consequently keeps her friends searching for a...more
Once again a fast-paced page turner with a gripping and solid plot, this time the story focuses mainly on Maura Isles, whose death is anounced too soon and consequently keeps her friends searching for a...more
It is always a pleasure to stroll the aisles and spot a new book by Tess Gerritsen. Both expectations and anticipation justifiably tend to run very high. However, this particular volume does not come close to approaching the quality of Gerritsen's earlier work. The plot and character development seemed both mechanical and formulaic, and the first two-thirds of the book suffered from what this reader could only consider a major, if not fatal, flaw. Four secondary characters were developed and the...more
In Ice Cold, Gerritsen goes a bit out of the norm for her. Dr. Maura Isles goes to a medical conference that quickly turns bad when she makes the decision to go on an adventure with a friend from college. One sketchy gas station, one scary but non-lethal car accident and more than a few bad decisions left this group of four adults and one thirteen year old girl stranded in a town whose residents seem to have completely disappeared. With no one knowing where she went, Maura was left on her own...more
Up until the series hit television I had never heard of Rizzoli & Isles. I enjoyed the show and thought I would give the books a try. I downloaded ICE COLD from Audible for my last trip and I was not disappointed.
Since this was my first one, and it was #8 in the series, I was a little lost with some of the character dynamics, but the author did a well wnough job of getting me up to speed. I found ICE COLD fast-paced and solid There were a few places where the internal narrative of th...more
Since this was my first one, and it was #8 in the series, I was a little lost with some of the character dynamics, but the author did a well wnough job of getting me up to speed. I found ICE COLD fast-paced and solid There were a few places where the internal narrative of th...more
I've read and enjoyed most of Tess Gerriten's books and especially enjoyed the Rizzoli and Isles series.
Ice Cold begins with Maura running from a love affair that's hurting everyone involved. At a medical conference in Jackson Hole she encounters a man she knew in med school. Figuring her tight control over her life is making her miserable, she takes a chance and accompanies the man, his daughter, and his friends on what is supposed to be an overnight trip to a lodge with easy cross countr...more
Ice Cold begins with Maura running from a love affair that's hurting everyone involved. At a medical conference in Jackson Hole she encounters a man she knew in med school. Figuring her tight control over her life is making her miserable, she takes a chance and accompanies the man, his daughter, and his friends on what is supposed to be an overnight trip to a lodge with easy cross countr...more
Gerritsen gives us a little more of Maura Isles's background here, and shows her outside her comfort zone even before she and several other travellers get caught in a blizzard. The plot escalates logically and powerfully, and the events seem believable even as they build to a horrifying scale.
Gerritsen has always had a dry humor, and she uses it econimically and effectively here. Maura has always been too smart for her own good, and now as she analyzes herself and her doomed (or no...more
Gerritsen has always had a dry humor, and she uses it econimically and effectively here. Maura has always been too smart for her own good, and now as she analyzes herself and her doomed (or no...more
I've read several of Tess Gerritsen's novels, but I've never been able to get into her Rizzoli and Isles books. I'm a sucker for a survival story, though, and was intrigued enough by the description on the flyleaf to give it a try. It did not disappoint in that area. Maura's struggle to live through the punishing cold early in the book and, later, eluding would-be killers with the boy Rat were both compelling to me.
I also found myself connecting with Maura on a deeper level than my p...more
I also found myself connecting with Maura on a deeper level than my p...more
This is the introduction to an interview I conducted with Tess Gerristen in April 2010.:
New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen writes gripping stories with scalpel-sharp prose. Her characters linger in the reader’s mind long after the story ends and plots snap close with unexpected twists.
Tess Gerritsen uses everything she’s learned in life—a trained physician, daughter of a San Diego restaurateur, anthropologist, wife and mother—to weave believability and freshness...more
New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen writes gripping stories with scalpel-sharp prose. Her characters linger in the reader’s mind long after the story ends and plots snap close with unexpected twists.
Tess Gerritsen uses everything she’s learned in life—a trained physician, daughter of a San Diego restaurateur, anthropologist, wife and mother—to weave believability and freshness...more
At a medical conference in Wyoming, Maura Isles meets up with a classmate from college. He is at the conference with his daughter, and another couple, who are friend's of his. He introduces Maura to them and convinces her to go on a skiing trip with them. On the way to the ski lodge, the snow gets worse and their SUV goes off the road. They are miles from nowhere. They start to work and seek refuge in the village of Kingdom Come where the people have just vanished leaving animals outside to...more
I have read and enjoyed several of Ms. Gerritsen's Rizzoli and Isles books, so when I saw the audiobook of this one I was eager to listen. And although I thought Ms. Eby did a fine job with the narration, I was rather disappointed in the book itself. It started off great and I quickly became caught up in the story. I liked that the novel took Maura out of her familiar territory and that her impulsive decision plunges her into a terrifying situation. But when the plot twisted away from that story...more
Rizzoli and Isles are back again and his time its Isles who is the main character and she is far away from Boston. Maura has gone to a pathologist convention in Wyoming where she meets an old classmate from university. He is also at the conference wih 2 friends and has teenage daughter. They convince Maura to join them on a trip to go cross counry skiing before heading home. Her friend Douglas is the instigator of the trip is rather impulsive and did not check weather forcasts before heading o...more
Dr. Maura Isles, medical examiner, is a lot like Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta, except with a female cop buddy (Jane Rizzoli) instead of male…and Maura is more likeable and the plots less gruesome. Like the Scarpetta series, about a third or more of the page-time is spent on the personal lives of the recurring characters and the remainder on the crime du jour.
This case is different from the scenario in which Maura and Rizzoli investigate a crime together. In Colorado for a conferen...more
This case is different from the scenario in which Maura and Rizzoli investigate a crime together. In Colorado for a conferen...more
I really wanted to enjoy this book much more than I did in the end. I had definitely been looking forward reading it for some time (actually, to listening to it during workouts). I've been a fan of this series for years, long before the TV series made an appearance, but I did feel a disconnect with Jane while reading, seeing Angie Harmon in her place!
One of the best aspects of the Rizzoli & Isles books is their interaction as they work together to solve a case. I like their cooperati...more
One of the best aspects of the Rizzoli & Isles books is their interaction as they work together to solve a case. I like their cooperati...more
Reason for Reading: Next in the series.
Tess Gerritsen consistently writes a series that aims to please her fans. Ice Cold is no exception. Placing her main characters in a new location freshens things up a bit and Gerritsen has given us an exciting new plot. This was a page turner for me and one of my favourites in the series.
Maura goes away to a medical convention where she meets an old friend from college and skips out early to join him and his friends for a short ski trip ...more
Tess Gerritsen consistently writes a series that aims to please her fans. Ice Cold is no exception. Placing her main characters in a new location freshens things up a bit and Gerritsen has given us an exciting new plot. This was a page turner for me and one of my favourites in the series.
Maura goes away to a medical convention where she meets an old friend from college and skips out early to join him and his friends for a short ski trip ...more
Absolutely wonderful, creepy, suspenseful, surprising - just when you think you know what happened, you're wrong. You lose characters you don't expect to lose. You don't know who to trust. And the ending was unexpected in several ways.
Anyone who has read Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli and Isles series (or seen the TV show) knows that Jane (Rizzoli) is the cop and Maura (Isles) is the medical examiner. Maura is off at a conference in Wyoming, wondering what to do about her relationship ...more
Anyone who has read Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli and Isles series (or seen the TV show) knows that Jane (Rizzoli) is the cop and Maura (Isles) is the medical examiner. Maura is off at a conference in Wyoming, wondering what to do about her relationship ...more
WHY Tess, why????
Allow me to premise this review by saying that I have read every one of Ms. Gerritsen’s books and loved most of them (barring only the Mephisto Club). She is a brilliant writer, and the first few novels of Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles were wonderful, theatrical worthy thrillers. This book was an ENORMOUS disappointment.
For awhile, her books have slowly and steadily become less about the crime and mystery thriller aspects, than about some personal agenda....more
Allow me to premise this review by saying that I have read every one of Ms. Gerritsen’s books and loved most of them (barring only the Mephisto Club). She is a brilliant writer, and the first few novels of Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles were wonderful, theatrical worthy thrillers. This book was an ENORMOUS disappointment.
For awhile, her books have slowly and steadily become less about the crime and mystery thriller aspects, than about some personal agenda....more
I've read Tess Gerritsen before, but this is the first time I've read anything from her Rizzoli & Isles series. Now I have to go back and read the rest! I usually don't like to start in the middle of a series, but I had no trouble jumping right in and becoming thoroughly immersed in the lives of the characters.
Maura is clinical about everything in her life, except perhaps love. But it seems that every time she does go out on a limb and take a gamble, it's the wrong gamble ~ and worse...more
Maura is clinical about everything in her life, except perhaps love. But it seems that every time she does go out on a limb and take a gamble, it's the wrong gamble ~ and worse...more
Ice Cold, by tess Gerritsen, A-minus, narrated by Tanya Eby, produced by Brilliance Audio, downloaded from audible.com.
The latest Dr. Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli book. Maura Isles goes to a convention of forensic pathologists where she meets someone she remembers from medical school. He convinces her to come along with him and his friends to go skiing before they go back home. She leaves with them in a snowstorm that gets worse and worse. They get lost and end up going...more
The latest Dr. Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli book. Maura Isles goes to a convention of forensic pathologists where she meets someone she remembers from medical school. He convinces her to come along with him and his friends to go skiing before they go back home. She leaves with them in a snowstorm that gets worse and worse. They get lost and end up going...more
another author that hasn't yet disappointed.
jane and maura, all their history, and a story that delves deep into everything we thought we knew about them. i always want more scenes of them together, but i liked seeing prickly jane again, and maura-not-perfect, and daniel all mopey. i liked the reality of this - the bizarre mystery situation juxtaposed against the mundane reality of the complications relationships bring.
so good.
(i have recorded the first episodes ...more
jane and maura, all their history, and a story that delves deep into everything we thought we knew about them. i always want more scenes of them together, but i liked seeing prickly jane again, and maura-not-perfect, and daniel all mopey. i liked the reality of this - the bizarre mystery situation juxtaposed against the mundane reality of the complications relationships bring.
so good.
(i have recorded the first episodes ...more
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You'd think that once the 8th book in a series rolls around, the author would lose steam with the characters and they would transform into caricatures of what they once were. This is not at all the case with Ice Cold. In fact, I am positive that Ice Cold has to be the best one yet, even beating The Mephisto Club when it comes to my favorite Rizzoli and Isles book.
Ice Cold was definitely the Rizzoli and Isles book with the most suspense. The whole survival story line had me flippin...more
Ice Cold was definitely the Rizzoli and Isles book with the most suspense. The whole survival story line had me flippin...more
First Sentence: She was the chosen one.
Medical Examiner Maura Isles, in Wyoming for a medical conference, takes off on an impromptu ski weekend with a former college friend, his daughter and another couple. Faulty GPS directions and a blizzard, leaves them lost, stranded and one of the group with a life- life-threatening injury. Seeking shelter, they find the village of Kingdom Come where, in spite of signs that people lived there very recently, everyone has disappeared. Her frie...more
Medical Examiner Maura Isles, in Wyoming for a medical conference, takes off on an impromptu ski weekend with a former college friend, his daughter and another couple. Faulty GPS directions and a blizzard, leaves them lost, stranded and one of the group with a life- life-threatening injury. Seeking shelter, they find the village of Kingdom Come where, in spite of signs that people lived there very recently, everyone has disappeared. Her frie...more
I was one of the lucky winners in the Goodreads giveaway of an advanced copy of Tess Gerritsen's Ice Cold.
Are you a fan of the television shows Bones or any of the C.S.I. television series? What do you think of the summer replacement shows The Closer and Amazing Grace on TNT? Do you like trying to solve crimes and mysteries? If you do, Ice Cold is the book for you.
I was surprised to find that Ice Cold is the 8th. book in the Rizzoli and Isles series. I haven't read any of the p...more
Are you a fan of the television shows Bones or any of the C.S.I. television series? What do you think of the summer replacement shows The Closer and Amazing Grace on TNT? Do you like trying to solve crimes and mysteries? If you do, Ice Cold is the book for you.
I was surprised to find that Ice Cold is the 8th. book in the Rizzoli and Isles series. I haven't read any of the p...more
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Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D.
While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a roman...more
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While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a roman...more
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