Tess Gerritsen

Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, and was awarded her M.D. in 1979. After completing her internal medicine residency, Tess worked as a physician in Honolulu, Hawaii.

While on maternity leave, she began to write fiction. On a whim, she submitted a literary short story to Honolulu Magazine’s statewide fiction contest¯and won first place!

In 1987, Tess`s first novel was published. She has now written 19 novels and is a Sunday Times bestseller. She also wrote a screenplay, ""Adrift,"" which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.

Having lived in Hawaii, she now resides in Camden, Maine, with her husband and two sons.

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The Killing Place Tess Gerritsen A Maxim Jakubowski Great Female Crime Sleuth. JANE RIZZOLI & MAURA ISLES - The female investigating duo of detective Rizzoli and forensic archeologist Isles is a unique and great combination and over nine books so far has established itself as... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Bone Garden Tess Gerritsen One of Lisa Gardner's favourite books. January 2011 Guest Editor Lisa Gardner on Tess Gerritsen... While I’m a huge fan of her characters Rizzoli and Isles, my favourite novel remains The Bone Garden, a historic thriller that captures gruesome... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2010 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Girl Missing Tess Gerritsen December 2009 Book of the Month. Interestingly this is the first thriller that she wrote back in 1994 for she started her writing career with romantic fiction. She adds an introduction to this... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/12/2009 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Presumed Guilty Tess Gerritsen Tess Gerritsen began her career writing romantic fiction and this, one of her early ones (published in 1993 in America) has that feel to it. It’s fun and it is interesting to see how she has developed, but if you... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/10/2009 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Body Double Tess Gerritsen A wholly unput-downable book, frightening and utterly gripping where the motive for the terrible killings …. no I shouldn’t tell you that. It’s a revelation of utter depravity which is so compelling it is almost painful to put aside. It... Format: Paperback (a Format) - Released: 16/01/2006 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Sinner Tess Gerritsen We think she is a stunning thriller writer, so much so we are featuring this, her paperback and her new hardback Body Double this month Format: Paperback - Released: 17/01/2005 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Body Double Tess Gerritsen A deadly family history comes to light after Boston pathologist Dr Maura Isles finds a corpse looking exactly like her. Tess Gerritsen’s latest novel is a real chiller Format: Hardback - Released: 17/01/2005 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)