The Mephisto Club (Jane Rizzoli, Book 6)
by Tess Gerritsen
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Author: Tess GerritsenEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-28
ISBN: 0345477006
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Reviews of The Mephisto Club (Jane Rizzoli, Book 6)
Book Review: Best Rizzoli and Isles Mystery as of yet
Summary: 5 Stars
I think I should start out by mentioning that anything about demons or the Devil just scares the hell out of me. I'm not a particularly religious person, but was just traumatized by my viewing of The Exorcist when I was about twelve years old. So, yeah, I'm a wimp when it comes to that sort of stuff. However, I am inexplicably drawn towards the subject probably because I like to be scared sometimes (when it's daytime, of course). So, The Mephisto Club was right up my alley with Rizzoli and Isles being one of my favorite mystery series and with it being about demons/the Devil.
While I didn't really love Vanish (the book previous to this one) because I didn't find it as page-turning as Tess Gerritsen's other novels, I absolutely did not have that problem with The Mephisto Club. I finished it in a day and a half and that's only because I had to study for finals. Had I not had to do that, I would've finished quicker. This novel starts off with a bang and just does not let up. One of the main things that I loved about it was that it was not a typical mystery. It wasn't all about the whodunit. But it also weaved in things about mythology and Nephilism. Some of the things mentioned I have heard about, but most I didn't so I find it much more interesting than her other Rizzoli and Isles series.
When it comes to the main characters' plots in the book, I wasn't as interested in them as I was about the whole Nephilism thing. However, one thing about their plots that I did like was that Jane and Maura seemed much more like friends in this novel than in the previous ones. The subsequent tension that they exhibited due to one of Maura's choices was welcome. I was thinking "Finally they're acting like friends" because let's face it, friends fight. And speaking of Maura's B plot, it didn't annoy me the way something like that would usually annoy me in a novel. Maybe it's because I've gotten to know Maura throughout the other novels and I know how out of character it was for her. Had it been something that was introduced when the readers first met Maura, than it would've definitely colored my judgment towards her as a main character.
Anyway, The Mephisto Club was a great novel. It was an incredible page-turner, interesting, and creepy as hell. That's what I want in all my mysteries. Sure, the ending wasn't as bang-worthy as the beginning, but I didn't really have any problems with it. If anything it made me that much more anxious to pick up the next book in the series. This one is highly recommended. And since I've gushed about the fact that TNT is making this a series in my other reviews of the novels, I won't really mention it here (beyond this sentence I mean).
Summary of The Mephisto Club (Jane Rizzoli, Book 6)
Evil exists. Evil walks the streets. And evil has spawned a diabolical new disciple in this white-knuckle thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.PECCAVI
The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman?s brutal murder: I HAVE SINNED. It?s a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O?Donnell?Jane?s professional nemesis and member of a sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club.
On top of Beacon Hill, the club?s acolytes devote themselves to the analysis of evil: Can it be explained by science? Does it have a physical presence? Do demons walk the earth? Drawing on a wealth of dark historical data and mysterious religious symbolism, the Mephisto scholars aim to prove a startling theory: that Satan himself exists among us.
With the grisly appearance of a corpse on their doorstep, it?s clear that someone?or something?is indeed prowling the city. The members of the club begin to fear the very subject of their study. Could this maniacal killer be one of their own?or have they inadvertently summoned an evil entity from the darkness?
Delving deep into the most baffling and unusual case of their careers, Maura and Jane embark on a terrifying journey to the very heart of evil, where they encounter a malevolent foe more dangerous than any they have ever faced . . . one whose work is only just beginning.
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