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The Mephisto Club [electronic resource] : a novel / Tess Gerritsen.
Christmas Eve in Boston is no holy night for medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. In a rundown house a woman has been dismembered in an act of carnage that leaves veteran cops in shock. The last person called from the dead girl's phone is Dr. Joyce O'Donnell, a celebrity psychiatrist who's made her name defending serial murderers. But there are other clues that make the police wonder if this slaying was part of a Satanic ritual. Drawn on the wall, in blood, are ancient symbols, and a mirror-image word in Latin that, translated, says: "I have sinned." Then a second woman is found butchered on Beacon Hill, just outside the grand residence of Anthony Sansone, a reclusive historian. He is the leader of the Mephisto Club, an old and secret society dedicated to the study of evil, and to confronting it in its purest form. On the door to Sansone's house have been scrawled yet more ancient symbols. Are they clues? Or threats? When the same symbols appear on Maura Isles' door, Maura and Jane must call on the Mephisto Club for assistance. Because this is a form of evil Boston PD has never encountered before. And the only way they can defeat it is by turning to the people who understand the devil himself.
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- ISBN: 9780345495303 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 0345495306 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 9780345495303 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
- ISBN: 0345495306 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
- Physical Description: 355 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, c2006.
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| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Random House Publishing Group, 2006. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1232 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 295 KB). |
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| Subject: | Rizzoli, Jane, Detective (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Medical examiners (Law) > Fiction. Satanism > Rituals > Fiction. Serial murders > Fiction. Boston (Mass.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Mystery fiction. Electronic books. |
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- Baker & Taylor
On Christmas Eve, Boston Medical Examiner Maura Isles is summoned to the scene of a brutal killing and teams up with Detective Jane Rizzoli to investigate the victim's ties to Joyce O'Donnell, a cantankerous psychologist, and to a sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club, a group devoted to a study of evil in all its malevolent forms. 225,000 first printing. - Random House, Inc.
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Islesâthe inspiration for the hit TNT seriesâcontinue their bestselling crime-solving streak. â¢Â Evil exists. Evil walks the streets. And evil has spawned a diabolical new disciple in this white-knuckle thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.Â
PECCAVI
The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young womanâs brutal murder: I HAVE SINNED. Itâs a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce OâDonnellâJaneâs professional nemesis and member of a sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club.
On top of Beacon Hill, the clubâs acolytes devote themselves to the analysis of evil: Can it be explained by science? Does it have a physical presence? Do demons walk the earth? Drawing on a wealth of dark historical data and mysterious religious symbolism, the Mephisto scholars aim to prove a startling theory: that Satan himself exists among us.
With the grisly appearance of a corpse on their doorstep, itâs clear that someoneâor somethingâis indeed prowling the city. The members of the club begin to fear the very subject of their study. Could this maniacal killer be one of their ownâor have they inadvertently summoned an evil entity from the darkness?
Delving deep into the most baffling and unusual case of their careers, Maura and Jane embark on a terrifying journey to the very heart of evil, where they encounter a malevolent foe more dangerous than any they have ever faced . . . one whose work is only just beginning.
This ebook edition contains a special preview of Tess Gerritsenâs I Know a Secret. - Random House, Inc.
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles'the inspiration for the hit TNT series'continue their bestselling crime-solving streak. "Â Evil exists. Evil walks the streets. And evil has spawned a diabolical new disciple in this white-knuckle thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.Â
PECCAVI
The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman's brutal murder: I HAVE SINNED. It's a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O'Donnell'Jane's professional nemesis and member of a sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club.
On top of Beacon Hill, the club's acolytes devote themselves to the analysis of evil: Can it be explained by science? Does it have a physical presence? Do demons walk the earth? Drawing on a wealth of dark historical data and mysterious religious symbolism, the Mephisto scholars aim to prove a startling theory: that Satan himself exists among us.
With the grisly appearance of a corpse on their doorstep, it's clear that someone'or something'is indeed prowling the city. The members of the club begin to fear the very subject of their study. Could this maniacal killer be one of their own'or have they inadvertently summoned an evil entity from the darkness?
Delving deep into the most baffling and unusual case of their careers, Maura and Jane embark on a terrifying journey to the very heart of evil, where they encounter a malevolent foe more dangerous than any they have ever faced . . . one whose work is only just beginning.
This ebook edition contains a special preview of Tess Gerritsen's I Know a Secret.
