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It has been a year since the events that took place in The Surgeon. Detective Jane Rizzoli thought serial killer Warren Hoyt was safely locked away in prison and that she could move on. But a new series of brutal murders suggests that there may be someone out there who admires Hoyt and is basing his attacks using the same techniques that Hoyt used. That is what Rizzoli thinks. She is also finding that even though Hoyt is safely locked away he has changed her. In some ways he is still in her life.

Now wealthy men are being killed and their wives have disappeared. The men have been tied up with duct tape and propped against a wall, their throats slit. Evidences suggest they were made to watch as something was done to their wife. In the bedrooms the wives nightgowns have been left behind, neatly folded. All techniques that seem to indicate Hoyt.

Things take and interesting, and complex, turn when the FBI shows up at one of the crime scenes. Special Agent Gabriel Dean inserts himself into Rizzoli's case. She has no choice in the matter. The orders came from higher up. Very high up. She may not have a choice in Dean's involvement but that doesn't mean she has to like it. Or to trust him. Rizzoli is supposed to include him but he is holding back on her. Why is the FBI involved and what else is there that they are not telling her.

Every serial killer needs a nickname and in this case he has been dubbed The Dominator. Later in the story Hoyt escapes from prison and The Surgeon and The Dominator team up. I thought this was a little too much and too unbelievable. None the less I enjoyed this story and look forward to reading more books in the series. We meet Maura Isles and the character of Jane Rizzoli grows. The reader gets to know her a little better.

"... it was not pain she feared most; it was humiliation."