The Surgeon

A deranged killer is stalking the streets of Boston...
His victims are women. Under the cover of darkness, he slips silently into their apartments and subjects them to a horrifying ritual of torture—one that is almost religious in its precision and cruelty. In the end, he extinguishes the last spark of life with the flawless skill of a surgeon. The meticulous nature of the murders leads the police to a chilling conclusion: the killer may be a doctor—but one who takes lives instead of saving them.
Boston Police homicide detective Thomas Moore and his partner, Jane Rizzoli, are assigned to hunt down the elusive murderer. But as their investigation unfolds, they uncover a startling truth. At the center of the killings stands a woman—Dr. Catherine Cordell.
Brilliant, beautiful, and highly respected, Dr. Cordell is also haunted by a shadowy past. Two years earlier, she survived a brutal rape and killed her attacker in self-defense with a single gunshot. She believed the nightmare had ended.
But can the dead return?
Catherine becomes convinced that the man she killed is somehow back—watching her, following her every move. And this time... he knows exactly where to find her.