Die Again

Die Again is the eleventh book in the Rizzoli and Isles series by popular American author, Tess Gerristen. A bizarre murder bearing all the hallmarks of a game hunter has Rizzoli and Isles visiting the Suffolk Zoo and learning about large cats. A seemingly unrelated body dug up in a garden sees Maura taking an uncharacteristic stance, just on a hunch, to insist the murders are related. Before long, other cold cases are examined for similarities, and a link to a Botswana safari gone horribly wrong is established. Can the lone survivor of that massacre help Boston PD bring a murderer to justice?

Gerritsen uses the first-person voice of Millie Jacobson to relate the horrific events of the Bostwana safari while the Boston events are narrated in the third person from the perspective of Rizzoli or Isles. As always, Rizzoli’s family dramas provide lighter moments in a story that is fast-paced and exciting. Gerritsen manages to include plenty of facts about large cats, hair analysis and game hunting in easily digestible chunks. The plot has plenty of twists that will keep the reader guessing to the end. And Jane’s visit to Africa is completely credible, unlike the African foray on which James Patterson sends Alex Cross in Cross Country. This is another gripping page-turner, and Gerritsen fans will not be disappointed.