Tara's review
The Bone Garden: A Novel
by Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen is one of my favorite authors. She knows her stuff. I find she really puts a lot of research into her books. And she doesn't pop out 3 or 4 books a year like some authors.
Tess Gerritsen has definitely become one of my favorite authors. I definitely think that this book was a good introduction for me to the works of Tess Gerritsen, and I have been looking for her books everytime I go to the library or the bookstore.
I recently read The Mephisto Club and LOVED IT!! I think one of the things I really loved about that book was that she mixed various viewpoints about good vs. evil and religion vs. life lessons (that's not an accurate comparison -- religion vs. life lessons -- but I couldn't think of the right words). I appreciate the research she does in her books to put together such enjoyable stories and very real characters.
Tara's review
The Bone Garden: A Novel by Tess Gerritsen
Tara's review
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I just finished reading this book and it definitely was a page turner. I have never read Tess Gerritsen before, and knew nothing about her, but I'm glad I picked this book up.
This is the story about 1830 Boston and present day Boston, and how the lives of people in the past and present collide. In 1830 Boston, the city is rocked with a series of murders by a killer the press has called The West End Reaper. In present day, a woman discovers a body in her yard as she working the soil. This body leads her to search through boxes of the previous owner of her home, along with the help of her previous owner's brother. They discovers articles and letters relating to the West End Reaper murders.
The 1830s portion of the book focuses on young medical students, including Oliver Wendell Holmes who later wrote a medical journal/discovery that doctors would prevent the spread of disease by (here's a shocking idea) washing their hands, and a group of students struggling to learn t...more
This is the story about 1830 Boston and present day Boston, and how the lives of people in the past and present collide. In 1830 Boston, the city is rocked with a series of murders by a killer the press has called The West End Reaper. In present day, a woman discovers a body in her yard as she working the soil. This body leads her to search through boxes of the previous owner of her home, along with the help of her previous owner's brother. They discovers articles and letters relating to the West End Reaper murders.
The 1830s portion of the book focuses on young medical students, including Oliver Wendell Holmes who later wrote a medical journal/discovery that doctors would prevent the spread of disease by (here's a shocking idea) washing their hands, and a group of students struggling to learn t...more
Tess Gerritsen is one of my favorite authors. She knows her stuff. I find she really puts a lot of research into her books. And she doesn't pop out 3 or 4 books a year like some authors.
Tess Gerritsen has definitely become one of my favorite authors. I definitely think that this book was a good introduction for me to the works of Tess Gerritsen, and I have been looking for her books everytime I go to the library or the bookstore.
I recently read The Mephisto Club and LOVED IT!! I think one of the things I really loved about that book was that she mixed various viewpoints about good vs. evil and religion vs. life lessons (that's not an accurate comparison -- religion vs. life lessons -- but I couldn't think of the right words). I appreciate the research she does in her books to put together such enjoyable stories and very real characters.