Call After Midnight & Under The Knife: Call After Midnight\Under The Knife [Paperback]

Tess Gerritsen (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037377172X
• ISBN-13: 978-0373771721
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #575,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm a physician as well as the New York Times-bestselling author of medical thrillers and the Jane Rizzoli crime thrillers.

Readers who are familiar with my graphic autopsy scenes and forensic details may be astonished to learn that my very first published novels were actually ... romantic suspense. So why did I leave writing romances and turn to thrillers?

It was all because of a chance dinner conversation some years ago. The man sitting beside me at a restaurant one night was an ex-cop who 'd recently been traveling in Russia. Moscow cops had told him that orphans were vanishing from the streets, and they believed the children were being kidnaped and shipped abroad as organ donors.

I was horrified by the tale. Weeks later, unable to forget those missing Russian orphans, I knew I just had to write a book about them. I wanted to bring into it all the medical and autopsy details that I'd learned from my years as a physician. The sights, the smells of the autopsy and operating rooms -- everything.

My first medical thriller, HARVEST, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked my debut on the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller list. It was followed by my medical thrillers LIFE SUPPORT (1997), BLOODSTREAM (1998), GRAVITY (1999).

In 2001, my books took another abrupt turn, to forensic thrillers. THE SURGEON was my first Jane Rizzoli thriller. Since then, I've written THE APPRENTICE (2002), THE SINNER (2003), BODY DOUBLE (2004), VANISH (2005 -- and an Edgar Award nominee), and THE MEPHISTO CLUB (2006).

I believe my readers want me to tell them secrets. And that's exactly what I try to do. I take them into the autopsy room, and show them what I've seen. But most of all, I hope I'm revealing what lies in the hearts of my characters. Jane Rizzoli and Dr. Maura Isles are real people to me now. I hope they're just as real to everyone who becomes acquainted with them!

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More of a three and a half stars book, but not quite four, July 14, 2006

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A. Rowley (Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Call After Midnight & Under The Knife: Call After Midnight\Under The Knife (Paperback)

You must first know that these novels have been miscategorized. The book jacket claims that it is both romance and a thriller. The two books under one cover are neither. They are closer to the romantic suspense genre, but do not expect much from the romance angle of the story. Unfortunately, the author never portrayed a strong emotional connection between the characters other than the sexual attraction to one another. Perhaps because the story lines were condensed down to fit the two books together, but I feel that getting the reader to connect with the characters is vital to a successful novel. Those stories that touch our soles or cause us to shed a tear, even to laugh, or feel the familiarity are the books that stay with us long after the last page has been read. These books were adequate, but I would be interested in reading one of this authors full novels to see if any of them have what it takes to be a success.

Here are a few descriptions of the books as described from the back of the jacket.

CALL AFTER MIDNIGHT

Newlywed Sarh Fontaine has just received the news that every wife fears? her husband of two months has died abroad in a hotel fire. Yet convinced he's still alive, Sarah forges an alliance with Nick O'Hara from the U.S. State Department that has the two of them crisscrossing Europe on a desperate search for signs of life. As Sarah and Nick become quarry in the secret world of international espionage, they must risk everything for answers that may prove fatal.

UNDER THE KNIFE

For attorney David Ransom, it begins as an open-and-shut case: malpractice. Then Dr. Kate Chesne storms into his office, daring him to seek out the truth- that she's being framed. When another patient turns up dead, David starts to believe her. Somewhere in the Honolulu hospital, a killer walks freely. Now David finds himself asking the same questions Kate is desperate to have answered.
Who is next and why?

Is it worth buying?
If you are looking for a light read to pass the time, than this duo of books isn't bad for the price.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't Finish, January 11, 2007

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A. Westbrook (El Dorado, AR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Call After Midnight & Under The Knife: Call After Midnight\Under The Knife (Paperback)

These books must have been early-Gerritsen. They were nothing like her latest stories which have gripping plots and interesting people. These two seemed rather childish by comparison and I didn't finish either of them.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Call after midnight & Unfer the knife, January 17, 2007

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yaratr "yaratr" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Call After Midnight & Under The Knife: Call After Midnight\Under The Knife (Paperback)

These books were great! Some of her early work ,it still had all the right things to get you hooked from the beginning. I strongly recommend.