The story begins with a murder on Christmas Eve that appears to be a satanic ritual. A group of amateur sleuths with a lot of money and less experience become involved making the investigation difficult for the police officer Rizzoli. The medical examiner Isles works with her. Rizzoli’s parents are breaking up. A somewhat amusing diversion to the murder case to provide a few lighter moments. Meanwhile, the feelings Maura Isles for Father Daniel Brophy has been battling over the last couple of books are brought to a head here. This forbidden relationship is fraught with problems and threatens to drive a wedge between the friendship formed by Rizzoli and Isles. Pirmasis toks įvertinimas Rizoli&Ailz knygų serijoje. Tai jau šeštoji dalis ir su pagrindinėmis veikėjomis susigyventa, jos puikios ir užburinčios. Tad šį kart kiek glausčiau. Severed body parts from one murder are swap with another part at the next murder. A symbol is left on Maura's door causing her fear. I guess I was not all that hooked on the demon and Devil scenario that was described in this book, especially the character Anthony Sansone. I really did not like him, nor his influence over the government, Interpol, CIA, FBI, and Boston PD. It's like he trumped everyone. I did not like it nor get it. And then he starts this fighting evil club. Not what I thought it was going to be, and not who I thought would typically join this club, Dr. O'Donnell, who ends up dying and then we never have to deal with the love to hate her relationship that Gerritsen has so elaborately written for us

The fact that a message in Latin has been left at the scene, translated as “I have sinned”, suggests that the murder is both personal and an act of some kind of revenge or recrimination. But the killer has only just started, leaving murder scenes just as confronting as the first but, fortunately for the police, prone to also leaving clues with the bodies. nusikaltimo vietą taip pat atvyksta ir medicinos ekspertė Mora Ailz. Sename name ant sienų jas pasitinka lotyniškas užrašas : AŠ NUSIDĖJAU. Tuomet dar nieko nenutuokdamos moterys, net neįtaria su kokiu blogiu dar joms teks susidurti ir kiek kraupių žmogžudysčių jų dar laukia.. A nice read with Rizzoli & Isles, Christmas Eve is spoiled in Boston. A Latin word "Peccavi" & crosses (written upside down) are left in blood on bodies. The Latin word means "I Have Sinned". Upside down crosses are against "Chtistanity". I’m not sure that I’d rank The Mephisto Club among my favorites of the series so far, but it did keep me interested, mostly because of the characters, frankly. I did appreciate what the author did with the themes, too. Her enthusiasm and training definitely make a difference! The Mephisto Club marks the 6th book in the Rizzoli and Isles series and takes us into the depraved mind of a killer brought up following beliefs and ideologies that are rejected by most. Be prepared for a series of gruesome crime scenes, a nicely contrived storyline and a continuance of the personal lives of both of the main characters.

My Book Notes

The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman's brutal murder: "I HAVE SINNED". It's a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O'Donnell - Maura's professional nemesis and member of a secret society called "The Mephisto Club." A gruesome murder calls both Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles out on Christmas Eve with the crime scene displaying numerous signs of devil worship. Upside down crosses, a pentagram, confronting displays of body parts and blood indicates that an extremely deranged individual has been at work.

Ms Gerritsen’s two female leads, Rizzoli and Isles, both have personal struggles in this book. Jane’s difficulties are with her family. While painful, there is also humor in the way the situation is presented. Maura’s struggles, as in Body Double, are with her feelings toward Father Daniel Brophy. Will she continue to avoid him? Can she? Can they find a way to be “just friends”? We do get to see fragments of the villain’s past. There is no mystery as to the identity of this perpetrator. Or is there? Is it one big red herring? Does the killer act alone? I’ll say one thing: Tess Gerritsen writes creepy very well. It is Christmas Eve and both Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles draw the short straws when they are called out to a brutal murder scene. Even the cops are stunned by the brutality. Lots of blood and body parts. PECCAVI ( I HAVE SINNED) is written in blood ... along with upside down crosses. And there is a link to Dr. Joyce O’Donnell, the celebrity psychiatrist and Rizzoli's nemesis. Naturally Dr. O’Donnell gives Jane a hard time and won't say where she was or who she was with at the time of the murder. Only that she was with friends. Turns out the friends were members of the Mephisto Club. Homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are called to the scene of the brutal murder of a young woman. Strange symbols and a cryptic message are clues that lead them to an even stranger group of people who are members of the Mephisto Foundation, a group of scholars who believe in and study the history of evil. Even more disturbing is the discovery that Dr. Joyce O’Donnell is a member and evidence suggests the killer is somehow connected to her. This was a creepy story that focused on one of my least favorite topics. Mythical demons and their spawns are not my cuppa, which negatively influenced my rating. So, if this is a subject you find intriguing, I highly recommend the story as it’s well researched and written. There’s a secondary storyline involving Maura and Daniel Brody that I did find interesting as well as the story surrounding the killer who is identified at the beginning.It amazes me that Tess Gerritsen is able to write such awesome thrillers, time after time. And yet she does, proving that she is, quite simply, at the top of her game--and at the top of the psychological thriller/mystery genre!