Last To Die - Rizzoli & Isles Vol.10

Tess Gerritsen

Ballantine Books

2012

352 páginas

11h 44m

ISBN-10: 0345515633

For the second time in his short life, Teddy Clock has survived a massacre. Two years ago, he barely escaped when his entire family was slaughtered. Now, at fourteen, in a hideous echo of the past, Teddy is the lone survivor of his foster family’s mass murder. Orphaned once more, the traumatized teenager has nowhere to turn—until the Boston PD puts detective Jane Rizzoli on the case. Determined to protect this young man, Jane discovers that what seemed like a coincidence is instead just one horrifying part of a relentless killer’s merciless mission.

Resenhas (3)

3.5 (Bom)

Claire Ward, Will Yablonski and Teddy Clock all have something in common. The three teens share a traumatic past where they not only survived attacks on their families but on the families who subsequently took them in after the deaths of their parents. Now, they’re all at Evensong, the school located in a remote area in Maine that is associated with Anthony Sansone. Jane Rizzoli is investigating the most recent attack perpetrated against Teddy’s foster family and she’s responsible for placing him at Evensong. Coincidentally, Maura is at the school visiting Julian, the boy who saved her in Wyoming. Jane and Maura team up to investigate the coincidence they don’t believe is just that.

This was the most difficult mystery to solve to date. Finding a connection between these teens and their families, if any, was elusive. I finally decided I’d just go with the flow of a good story and follow it wherever it lead. It was highly interesting, especially as we got the points of view of so many of the characters. And, another new narrator who nails Jane Rizzoli and paces the story adeptly. But, I wasn’t a fan of her male voices, which were over exaggerated to the point of being annoying. Overall, though, it was a strong performance.

While not my most favorite in the series, this was one of the more compelling. There’s a lot going on, beginning with the initial investigation in Boston involving Teddy Clock. There’s a big twist at the end that I never saw coming