Grabbed me by the throat and didn't let go until its hair-raising finish. Deep, dark and very disturbing

If you've never read Gerritsen, figure in the price of electricity when you buy your first novel by her, cause baby, you are going to be up all night

If you're home alone, do not risk even the first sentence. Once you've started reading this book, putting it down and saving it 'til later is not an option

This book is going to make you squirm... a taut, well-placed and throughly realistic thriller

Superior to Patricia Cornwell and as good as James Patterson... Macabre and gruesome but absolutely riveting

Authentic, convincing descriptions in gut-wrenching detail

Contains enough grisly detail to put you off hospitals for life. But if you like your crime medicine strong, this will keep you gripped

A real page-turner. A read-in-one-go novel if ever there was one... an excellent thriller that goes straight to the top of my list

You'll be sleeping with the light on after reading this... Gripping

The novel is suspenseful and stuffed with an encyclopedia's worth of highly detailed forensic lore... This strong thriller should sell very well

It's one of those rare books that you may well struggle to put down... A cross between Messiah and Prime Suspect, this is gritty, gristly and graphic, the adrenaline pumping overtime till the very last page

Compulsive

If you have read any of Gerritsen's five previous novels, then you'll know the drill. Take the day off work, unplug the telephone and settle down in your favourite chair. Because one you've picked up her latest thriller, you won't be able to put it down - the Surgeon is back

'Gerritsen has enough in the locker to seriously worry Michael Connelly, Harlen Coben and even the great Dennis Lehane. Brilliant