Customer Reviews
Felt like I'd read it before.... - By: Hippy chick, 21 Jun 2008 
You know how now & then you get that deja vous feeling because something is so familiar? Well, that's how this book was for me. As soon as I'd started reading the prologue I thought that I must've read it before but....checking my reading lists, (saddo I know but keep a computerized list), this wasn't the case & the title certainly didn't ring any bells. So then I thought that maybe I HAD read the prologue & possibly the first chapter if they'd been added on to the end of another of Tess Gerritsen's books, as other authors sometimes do, giving you a taster of their next book. But don't think this had been the case...this just got more & more familiar as I continued through the book. Very odd.
It's only saving grace for me is that just as I can never remember what is going to happen next with a film I'm watching for the second time while it's still familiar as it goes along - I now also know that this must happen with books too! Although I'm still pretty certain that I have NEVER read WHISTLEBLOWER before? It got me wondering if this was another of her books that has been re-printed under another name too?
As far as the story line goes, I could see how a lone female might be urged to spontaniously shove a strange wounded man in her car to transport him to a hospital quicker way out in the back of beyond but other things were just too far fetched for my liking.
I'm now wondering if perhaps I hadn't read this book before, even under another a title but that maybe it had been made into a film & that's why it was so familiar?
It was a quick read & didn't reallly stretch my curiosity as her other books usuallly do but would probably have been ok to read on a plane or something when you just want a reallly easy read.
Sadly not one of Tess Gerritsens finest novels I'm afraid but having seen that it was first printed back in the early nineties, I can only thank heaven that she's improved along the way. I usuallly love her books.
Infinite improbability - By: Ford Prefect, 30 May 2008 
A very disappointing book if you have enjoyed titles like The Surgeon. Cardboard-cutout characters, lightweight scenarios & every cliched utterance a writer can produce.
A pity, because the theme sounded promising. Frankly, awful - I couldn't struggle through more than half of it.
If I wanted a romance novel...... - By: Ms. Ja Wellington, 26 May 2008 I usuallly love Tess Geritsen's books, which are filled with horror & suspense. The surgeon & the apprentice were mind blowingly great. This one was a great disappointment. If I had wanted a romance novel, albeit a Barbara Cartland esk one at that, I would have ordered one. Where was the suspense that usuallly characterise her books?
I would now think twice before buying another one of her books.
maybe an interesting story - very badly written - By: APE, 21 May 2008 I read one other book by Gerritsen before, which I liked, so looking for a read I picked up this one - what a mistake. I totallly agree with the other 1-star rating reviewers (and can't but wonder about the 2 5 star reviews it got). The underlying story may be a good idea (if improbable), but the writing is incredibly bad. If you expect a decent book like those of Kathy reichs or the early Patricia Cornwell (which is what I was hoping for), stay away from this one. The lines in this book are incredibly cheap, & the simplistic love story between two of the main characters take precedence over the actual thriller. After this, I will not buy another Tess Gerritsen book again.
Blown out - By: Ian Bain, 08 May 2008 An early attempt at fiction writing by Ms Gerritsen & it shows. This very short flacid book has been repackaged by the publishers to fool the public into believing it's a new work. The characters are lightweight, flawed & the plot improbable. The typeface has been enlarged to give the book some bulk. You can read it at arm's length - which is about the right distance to keep away from this offering.
