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I'm a big fan of the Rizzoli & Isles tv show and with the fall hiatus, I decided to start reading the actual books. Full disclosure, I skipped The Surgeon (#1 in this series) because, honestly, Maura Isles is not in it. Sorry. Not interested.

I can definitely tell you, if you've watched the tv show, you can jump into this book first without any problems. The changes that were made for the tv show are, in my opinion, fairly minor in terms of characters and their relationships to each other (for example, Frankie is in the military, Korsak works for some suburban PD instead of Boston, etc.) except for Maura, who isn't the blonde fashionista she is on the show. Which is fine with me; her character doesn't appear much in this book, but she's interesting enough.

The biggest change from the book is the plotline, which I was really pleasantly surprised about. Same premise as the series pilot with Hoyt and stuff, but a totally different story.

Definitely a solid book and I'm looking to reading more of them. And to more Maura Isles.

EDIT: as an addendum to this review, I'll mention that as the series goes on, the differences between it and the tv series are MAJORRRRR. Here in this book though, if you know the show, you'll be more than fine. I wouldn't start with any of the books farther down the line though; you'll be so lost.