The Apprentice (Gerritsen novel)

"The Apprentice" is a 2002 novel written by Tess Gerritsen, part of the Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli series.

Plot introduction

Boston police detective Jane Rizzoli investigates a series of murders that seem to have copied the methods of Warren Hoyt (whom Rizzoli had arrested in The Surgeon, leading to his imprisonment)

Plot summary

When Rizzoli investigates a murder where cutting techniques similar to those of imprisoned Warren Hoyt but involving necrophilia (as determined by medical examiner Maura Isles), she is called by FBI Agent Gabriel Dean to Washington, DC. Dean shows her a list of similar crimes committed in Bosnia, and terms the suspect "The Dominator".

Hoyt escapes from prison after reading about "The Dominator's" murders which copy many of his techniques, and plots with him to trap Rizzoli. Eventually, "The Dominator" kidnaps Rizzoli as she returns to Boston, and takes her into the countryside--where she takes out her service-sidearm killing "The Dominator" and rendering Hoyt a permanent quadriplegic.

Rizzoli then takes a long-overdue vacation, claiming sick-time, with Dean.

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