The Keepsake

New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen knows how to expertly dissecta brilliantly suspenseful story all the while keeping fascinated readersriveted to... » 

New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen knows how to expertly dissecta brilliantly suspenseful story all the while keeping fascinated readersriveted to her side. By turns darkly enthralling and relentlessly surprisingThe Keepsake showcases an author at the peak of her storytelling powers. Foruntold years the perfectly preserved mummy had lain forgotten in the dustybasement of Bostons Crispin Museum. Now its sudden rediscovery by museum staffis both a major coup and an attentiongrabbing mystery. Dubbed Madam X themummyto all appearances an ancient Egyptian artifactseems a ghoulish godsendfor the financially struggling institution. But medical examiner Maura Islessoon discovers a macabre message hidden within the corpsehorrifying proof thatthis centuriesold relic is instead a modernday murder victim. To Maura andBoston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli the forensic evidence is unmistakableits implications terrifying. And when the grisly remains of yet another womanare found in the hidden recesses of the museum it becomes chillingly clearthat a maniac is at largeand is now taunting them. Archaeologist JosephinePulcillos blood runs cold when the killers cryptic missives are discoveredand her darkest dread becomes real when the carefully preserved corpse of yet athird victim is left in her car like a gruesome offeringor perhaps a ghastlypromise of whats to come. The twisted killers familiarity with postmortemrituals suggests to Maura and Jane that he may have scientific expertise incommon with Josephine. Only Josephine knows that her stalker shares a knowledgeeven more personally terrifying details of a dark secret shehad thoughtforever buried. Now Maura must summon her own dusty knowledge of ancient deathtraditions to unravel his twisted endgame. And when Josephine vanishes Mauraand Jane have precious little time to derail the Archaeology Killer before headds another chilling piece to his monstrous collection. From the Hardcoveredition. «