The Apprentice

A Rizzoli & Isles Novel

By: Tess Gerritsen

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles—the inspiration for the hit TNT series—continue their crime-solving streak.

The bestselling author of The Surgeon returns—and so does that chilling novel’s diabolical villain. Though held behind bars, Warren Hoyt still haunts a helpless city, seeming to bequeath his evil legacy to a student all-too-diligent . . . and all-too-deadly.

It is a boiling hot Boston summer. Adding to the city’s woes is a series of shocking crimes, in which wealthy men are made to watch while their wives are brutalized. A sadistic demand that ends in abduction and death.

The pattern suggests one man: serial killer Warren Hoyt, recently removed from the city’s streets. Police can only assume an acolyte is at large, a maniac basing his attacks on the twisted medical techniques of the madman he so admires. At least that’s what Detective Jane Rizzoli thinks. Forced again to confront the killer who scarred her—literally and figuratively—she is determined to finally end Hoyt’s awful influence . . . even if it means receiving more resistance from her all-male homicide squad.

But Rizzoli isn’t counting on the U.S. government’s sudden interest. Or on meeting Special Agent Gabriel Dean, who knows more than he will tell. Most of all, she isn’t counting on becoming a target herself, once Hoyt is suddenly free, joining his mysterious blood brother in a vicious vendetta. . . .

Filled with superbly created characters—and the medical and police procedural details that are her trademark—The Apprentice is Tess Gerritsen at her brilliant best. Set in a stunning world where evil is easy to learn and hard to end, this is a thriller by a master who could teach other authors a thing or two.©2002 Tess Gerritsen; (P)2002 Books on Tape, Inc.

Audible just won’t learn

Another good book ruined by Anna Fields trying to “speak in voices”.
Just read the books to us, dammit!
Stop trying to perform them in female and male voices.
It doesn’t work.

Great book

Thank God they changed narrators! This was much better than the first. Funny note- one of the voices that the narrator did sounded like Barney Rubble from The Flintstones!

Rizzoli NOT Ritzoli

I disliked the narration and disliked the way they kept making fat and nasty comments about his weight.
Story was good tho

Good book terrible narrator...

The storyline is fantastic. Tess is a fantastic writer. Narrator Anna Fields... terrible. Poke my eye out swirl my brain terrible.

Excellent Thriller

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, Great follow up to the last book in the series "The Surgeon". This book and narrator gave a sense of thrilling excitement and mystery. The story is fast moving and displays new aspects to Rizzolli's character as the reader begins to understand her a bit more in each book.

What did you like best about this story?

the thriller nature of the story

Which character – as performed by Anna Fields – was your favorite?

She did them all so well it is hard to pick one. She really seems to have Rizzolli down very well, just what you think she should sound like as a tough female cop who has had to claw her way to the top in a man's world.

Any additional comments?

Great book in a good series. Well worth the money or credit point.