The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1)

by Tess Gerritsen

No matter how much you try to maintain order in your life, no matter how careful you are to guard against mistakes, against imperfections, there is always some smudge, some flaw, lurking out of sight. Waiting to surprise you.

Evil doesn’t die. It never dies. It just takes on a new face, a new name. Just because we’ve been touched by it once, it doesn’t mean we’re immune to ever being hurt again. Lightning can strike twice.

Picquerism is the act of stabbing or cutting, any repeated penetration of the skin with a sharp object.

didnt know this was even a thing

Law of Reversed Effect. The harder you try to remember something, the less likely it is you’ll be able to recall it.

love this

As the lamb is blessed, so is the lion. So is the hunter.