{"product_id":"the-apprentice-tess-gerritsen-9780345447869","title":"The Apprentice- Tess Gerritsen","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling author of The Surgeon returnsand so does that chilling novels diabolical villain. Though held behind bars  Warren Hoyt still haunts a helpless city  seeming to bequeath his evil legacy to a student all-too-diligent . . . and all-too-deadly.  THE APPRENTICE  It is a boiling hot Boston summer. Adding to the citys woes is a series of shocking crimes  in which wealthy men are made to watch while their wives are brutalized. A sadistic demand that ends in abduction and death.  The pattern suggests one man: serial killer Warren Hoyt  recently removed from the citys streets. Police can only assume an acolyte is at large  a maniac basing his attacks on the twisted medical techniques of the madman he so admires. At least thats what Detective Jane Rizzoli thinks. Forced again to confront the killer who scarred herliterally and figurativelyshe is determined to finally end Hoyts awful influence . . . even if it means receiving more resistance from her all-male homicide squad.  But Rizzoli isnt counting on the U.S. governments sudden interest. Or on meeting Special Agent Gabriel Dean  who knows more than he will tell. Most of all  she isnt counting on becoming a target herself  once Hoyt is suddenly free  joining his mysterious blood brother in a vicious vendetta. . . .  Filled with superbly created charactersand the medical and police procedural details that are her trademarkThe Apprentice is Tess Gerritsen at her brilliant best. Set in a stunning world where evil is easy to learn and hard to end  this is a thriller by a master who could teach other authors a thing or two.  From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789779034165,"sku":"ByrdShop_0345447867","price":22.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780345447869.jpg?v=1784698146","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-apprentice-tess-gerritsen-9780345447869","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}