In her most masterful novel of medical suspense New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen creates a villain of unforgettable eviland the one woman who can catch him before he kills again. He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping unaware of the horrors they soon will endure. The precision of the killers methods suggests he is a deranged man of medicine propelling the Boston newspapers and the frightened public to name him The Surgeon. The cops only clue rests with another surgeon the victim of a nearly identical crime. Two years ago Dr. Catherine Cordell fought back and killed her attacker before he could complete his assault. Now she hides her fears of intimacy behind a cool and elegant exterior and a wellearned reputation as a top trauma surgeon. Cordells careful facade is about to crack as this new killer recreates with chilling accuracy the details of Cordells own ordeal. With every new murder he seems to be taunting her cutting ever closer from her hospital to her home. Her only comfort comes from Thomas Moore the detective assigned to the case. But even Moore cannot protect Cordell from a brilliant hunter who somehow understandsand savorsthe secret fears of every woman he kills. Filled with the authentic detail that is the trademark of this doctor turned author . . . and peopled with rich and complex charactersfrom the ER to the squad room to the city morguehere is a thriller of unprecedented depth and suspense. Exposing the shocking link between those who kill and cure punish and protect The Surgeon is Tess Gerritsens most exciting accomplishment yet. show more