The Silent Girl

A Rizzoli & Isles Novel (Rizzoli & Isles, Book 9)

By: Tess Gerritsen

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

In the murky shadows of an alley lies a female’s severed hand. On the tenement rooftop above is the corpse belonging to that hand, a red-haired woman dressed all in black, the body nearly decapitated. Two strands of silver hair — not human — cling to her body. They are Rizzoli’s only clues, but they’re enough for her and medical examiner Maura Isles to make a startling discovery: This violent death had a chilling prequel. Nineteen years earlier, a horrifying murder-suicide in a Chinatown restaurant left five people dead. One woman connected to that massacre is still alive: a mysterious martial arts master who knows a secret she dares not tell, a secret that lives and breathes in the shadows of Chinatown. A secret that may not even be human. Now she’s the target of someone, or something, deeply and relentlessly evil. Cracking a crime resonating with bone-chilling echoes of an ancient Chinese legend, Rizzoli and Isles must outwit an unseen enemy with centuries of cunning — and a swift, avenging blade.

©2011 Tess Gerritsen (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

The Silent Girl

I don't usually do reviews but had to on this title. The story is fine but the reader drove me crazy. She has a frontal lisp and her "s" pronunciations took away from the story. How does someone with this pronounced speech impediment find work reading audio books?

Perhaps it should be called The Speak from the Graveyard

This is an excellent tale in spite of being somewhat
difficult to follow at times. Mostly because the reader appeared to mix some of the voice. Surprisingly, it moves along quickly and managed to keep my interest throughout the story. The weak spots were some of the cliche events. The lack caution when Jane was asked to come over to see a man that had something important and was being watched by people in a van across the street. Naturally he was dead by the time they arrived. There were other gaffes but overall it works and is an excellent read. I was surprised in the end as to learn who the original killer was. Happy listening.

Now why did it take me this long?

I have no idea why it took me forever to listen to this book on audio but I think it is because I have seen snatches of the tv show and I was not impressed.
So imagine my surprise when I found this audio to be truly entertaining and the plot to be THIS engaging.
The narrator is really good and I loved listening to her breathing life into this story.
Who knows. Maybe I should give the tv series another go.

Enjoyable

This was a good story even though there was a great deal of predictability to it. I have never read any of this series before and usually don't start with one in the middle. But based on the other reviews, maybe I am glad I did as I did not know that I was missing some good interaction that was present in previous writings.

The narration was not the worst I have heard, but certainly not the best. Do not let that stop you from listening to this one.

silent girl

great story, full of twists and turns.
it keeps you guessing to the very end.