Last to Die

In Tess Gerritsen's chilling thriller, "Last to Die," Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles are drawn into a deeply disturbing case centered around a high-security boarding school, the Evensong Academy. This unique institution offers sanctuary to children who have endured unimaginable trauma, having lost their families in violent, often horrific, circumstances. Designed as a fortress, with locked gates and vast surrounding forests, Evensong is meant to be an impenetrable haven. However, this illusion shatters when a sinister threat begins to loom, making it clear that the past, or something even more immediate, has breached its defenses. Rizzoli and Isles find themselves inexplicably confined within the school alongside the vulnerable students, under the pretense of their own safety. The chilling question quickly arises: Is the danger lurking beyond the academy's walls, or does a more insidious menace reside within, among those who are supposed to be protected, or even among the protectors themselves? As paranoia mounts and the body count rises, the duo must unmask a killer before more innocent lives are extinguished in this seemingly safe, yet utterly terrifying, refuge.