The Keepsake - Tess Gerritsen
Originally published at Nightfalling. Please leave any comments there.
First off, read very well. I liked the reader.
The story, basically, a young Egyptologist named Josephine, who goes by Josie, seems to be getting targeted by a serial killer who knows alot about methods of mummy preservation. And all the bodies appear to bare resemblance to Josie. She has a mystery in her past that ties back to the current happenings.
Jane Rizzoli and M.E. Maura Isles, who are supposedly the main characters of the series, aren’t seen much. I’m okay with that. I like Jane but Maura annoys me. She’s still boinking the priest from the previous novel when it’s clear the rich, paranoid, serial killer obsessed hottie Anthony Sansone a much better match for her. Even Jane reflects on this. The priest, Daniel Brofie, never really makes much of an appearance. More phone calls we hear from Maura’s end of him cancelling their illicit trysts for the night because, gosh, he has duties as a priest. Seriously, I hope that’s taken care of soon. I’m not even Catholic and it offends me.
The whole mystery was sort of contrived. There’s a twist a few times at the end but while semi-unexpected, it’s not something that will shock you mainly because you won’t really care.