Tess Gerritsen is an intelligent author who contributes admirably to the genre of the mystery. Her strong female characters and well developed plots make her novels a good read.
These three novels are penned by Tess Gerritsen, who is a physician turned author. Both rely heavily on her medical knowledge for character development and plot. In Harvest, a ring of doctors are involved in illegal organ procurement in order to meet the needs of those who pay. The system for organ donation is by-passed (sorry, no pun intended) through a lack of ethics and financial gain. Informative and suspenseful, as the true colours of the players are not revealed until the very end.
The Bone Garden is two stories in one, however the tales merge by the conclusion of the novel. The details of medical life in the 1830's is fascinating, as is the exposure of life for the poor and women, both terms being mutually inclusive. The conditions of childbirth led to many deaths and peculiar actions of certain characters interested in hiding paternity. The heroine's discovery of unidentified bones in the garden she is creating for her new home leads to a remarkable connection from the former inhabitants of their house to the bones of a long lost woman.
The Sinner - can a nun be pregnant? Can she then be brutally murdered? Is the parish priest responsible? A fast paced mystery that has the reader wondering until the conclusion.
