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The Keepsake
Det. Jane Rizzoli and Dr. Maura Isles series #7

by Tess Gerritsen



      Tess Gerritsen's newest thriller, The Keepsake, takes Medical Examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli deep into the recesses of a museum where it has been discovered that a resident mummy is a well preserved, but recent, murder victim.  Things get even more gruesome, and more puzzling, when they discover that one of the museum's shrunken heads is also a new addition. Filled with complex, compelling characters, this story will keep you guessing.

Each of the museum's employees has secrets they don't want revealed, and when a well preserved "bog body" turns up in the trunk of Dr. Josephine Pulcillo's car, then Pulcillo herself disappears, the action kicks into high gear. Isles and Rizzoli must find her before she becomes another keepsake of the killer who has great knowledge of numerous ancient ways to preserve a human body.

Maura Isles' love affair with the priest, Daniel Brophy, offended me at some level, but aside from that part of the story, The Keepsake is a very entertaining and terrifying novel which I enjoyed immensely, and whose shocking ending I couldn't guess.  I'm looking forward to Gerritsen's next novel, but I hope Maura can find a new romantic interest.

The Book

Ballantine Books
September 9, 2008
Hardcover
0-345-49762-7 / 978-0-345-49762-8
Mystery / Suspense
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The Reviewer

Beverly J. Rowe
Reviewed 2008
NOTE:Reviewer Beverly J. Rowe is Myshelf.com's "Babes to Teens" columnist, covering topics related to reading ideas for the youth in the family.
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