The Surgeon
Tess Gerritsen
Published: 2001
Pages: 528
In her most masterful novel of medical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen creates a villain of unforgettable evil-and the one woman who can stop him from killing again. The precision of his methods suggests that the killer is a deranged man of medicine propelling the Boston newspapers and the frightened public to name him "The Surgeon" "Two years ago" Dr. Catherine Cordell fought back and killed her attacker in a nearly identical crime. A top trauma surgeon, Cordell's careful facade the details of her ordeal. With every new murder, he seems to be taunting her.