Vanish (Rizzoli and Isles Series #5) » (Abridged)

Tess Gerritsen is a physician and an internationally bestselling author. She gained nationwide acclaim for her first novel of medical suspense, the New York Times bestseller Harvest. She is also the author of the bestsellers The Bone Garden, The Mephisto Club, Vanish, Body Double, The Sinner, The Apprentice, The Surgeon, Life Support, Bloodstream, and Gravity. Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine.

The beautiful woman appears to be just another corpse in the morgue. But when medical examiner Maura Isles looks down at the body, she gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes. Now very much alive, the woman is rushed to hospital where she murders a security guard and seizes hostages, one of whom is heavily pregnant homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. But who is this woman? What does she want? Only Jane can solve the mystery - if she can survive the night. "Gerritsen's fine novel is indeed a puzzle wrapped inside an enigma. Hot stuff!" - Independent on Sunday

The Washington Post - Patrick Anderson

Vanish will be popular because it gives women readers a plucky heroine to root for, puts her on the side of the angels with regard to crimes against women and tosses in a vile conspiracy involving the supposedly virtuous, flag-in-the-lapel white guys who lead us.