If you haven’t watched Rizzoli & Isles, you’re missing a great show!
Angie Harmon’s tomboy and witty character mixed with Sasha Alexander’s no-nonsense, no humor’s makes for a great crime show set in Boston.
As a suspense writer, I love all things that thrill and chill. This show is excellent! My friend Tiffany White has a really cool blog and one of my favorite days is Tele Tuesday, where she talks all things TV! Check out her blurb on Rizzoli & Isles, here.
Also, the show is based off the book, The Surgeon–the first in the Rizzoli & Isles series–written by Tess Gerritsen.
The Surgeon is not an ABA book. It’s graphic, disturbing in subject matter, and colorful (not just the tons of splashed blood red)–the language.
Right now you’re asking, “Why do you read such things?”
My answer: I don’t know. I love thrillers. And I love when evil is triumphed by good. Which it was, but not without danger on every page.
Books are always better than movies…or shows, so I wanted to know. I picked a great time to read The Surgeon, during a week when my husband was out of town. Every tiny pop or creak had my attention. It was that night, I realized I’d given my business card to a server at a restaraunt I didn’t know, and it had my phone number and address on it. (I’ll tell that story another day) It was hair raising, heart pounding, eyes wide open all night, kind of reading.
Turns out, Rizzoli isn’t the main character in this book. Thomas Moore is, and he was great. I enjoyed his soft, compassionate character. He respected the victims and was good at his job. He was honest, loyal and protective.
I also loved the female main character–Dr. Cordell. She was a victim, but she wasn’t weak. She had overcome, and fought with her head high all the way through. I cheered her on, respected and admired her. Tess Gerritzen did a great job writing about such a tender subject matter. This wasn’t a light bathtub read.
You know who I didn’t like?
Jane Rizzoli. (Maura Isles wasn’t in this book)
She wasn’t a likable character at all, and I hardly if ever say that. Now that wouldn’t be a big deal, if she was only a minor character in this one book, or even the series, but I’m expecting her to become the main character as the series goes on. I don’t want to dislike the main character!
Rizzoli was overbearing, grouchy, inconsiderate and lacked compassion. In fact, she pushed victims to answer questions they weren’t ready to. Yeah, she was fighting for survival as the only female detective, and yeah, the guys gave her a hard time, but dang!
She never showed any softness. When she wasn’t pouting, ranting, or getting jealous over Moore’s romantic relationship, she was whining about her lack of good looks and outcussing every other character.
Now, having said that, I’m going to read on and maybe, over the series, her character will evolve as she takes on more of a lead role. I hope so. If not, I’ll just keep watching the awesome show. Here’s a peek at The Surgeon:
“He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, unaware of the horrors they soon will endure. The precision of the killer’s methods suggests he is a deranged man of medicine, propelling the Boston newspapers and the frightened public to name him “The Surgeon.”
The cops’ only clue rests with another surgeon, the victim of a nearly identical crime. Two years ago, Dr. Catherine Cordell fought back and killed her attacker before he could complete his assault. Now she hides her fears of intimacy behind a cool and elegant exterior and well-earned reputation as a top trauma surgeon.
Cordell’s careful façade is about to crack as this new killer re-creates, with chilling accuracy, the details of Cordell’s own ordeal. With every new murder he seems to be taunting her, cutting ever closer, from her hospital to her home. Her only comfort comes from Thomas Moore, the detective assigned to the case. But even Moore cannot protect Cordell from a brilliant hunter who somehow understands-and savors-the secret fears of every woman he kills.”
Question: Do you watch Rizzoli & Isles? Do you read Thrillers?
I'm not a thriller type of reader or watcher. On the rare occasion my family will get me to watch one but then I find myself taking lots of breaks away from the tv room. The music always lets me know when it's time to leave.
Did you know I just discovered this yesterday? I was in B&N and saw a book and said to myself (perhaps even out loud) Hey, that's a TV show. And then the brain cogs really got moving. 😉
I need to watch this b/c I used to love Angie in L&O.
~ Wendy
Dang! I like suspense, but not so sure on the thriller end. The clip of this book gave me chills. Not sure if I'll be able to read it. Definitely not when I'm home alone. I do, however, love the show! Angie Harmon has always been a favorite of mine.
I would be more inclined to read the book…it sounds very interesting! I'm just more of a reader. I had heard it was based on a book series, which is GREAT news! I always love hearing that kind of thing.
That definitely sounds like something I need to check out. I love suspense, thrillers, all of it. If you throw romance into the middle of something scary I'm all kinds of giddy.
Ack! I'm thoroughly freaked now! Okay, I'm with you though, I do love a good thriller. Never read or heard of this one until you started talking about it.
Thanks for the review. I'm going to have to pick it up sometime. (while my hubby is home) 🙂
We don't get any TV reception here on the farm, so I've never seen Rizzoli & Isles. Maybe next time I'm in a hotel, I'll check it out. What channel hosts it?
Thanks!!
I've not seen Rizzoli & Isles, but I do love me a good thriller. I just finished the latest Agent Pendergast novel by Preston & Child, and it left me hanging!!! ARGH!
Really? you like that show? Huh. I'll have to watch it again. I've watched it twice and totally missed the chemistry between the two main characters. Maybe it's just the actresses and I'm so insanely jealous of their beauty I can't get past that … lol
Oh, no. Not me. By the sound of that back cover copy, I'd be awake for days. Scared out of my mind. 🙂
Ooh, definitely have to check that out. But I'm pretty sure I'll have to turn on every light in the house while I watch and/or read! 🙂
Eileen: You probably have less nightmares than I do. LOL 🙂
Wendy: I loved Angie in L&O too! You'll really like her in this show, then.
Susan: Don't do it when you're home alone. I was freaked all night long, yet the 2nd night, I punished myself and did it again. ha! BTW, I tried to comment on your blog but it doesn't let me. You should change your comments to pop up so I can! (via Heather Sunseri's brilliance and brains)
Steph: I'm definitely a read it gal, every once in a while I'm surprised by liking the movies more. I hope this isn't the case, because it was a really good book.
Heather: This book had romance too, but not the swooning kind. You'd probably like it, though.
Sheri: Even when you're not trying to be funny, you make me laugh. I think it's on TNT. Use Tiffany White's link. I'm pretty sure she says. It's graphic. For dang skippy.
Erica: Never read any of those. I'll have to look into it! 🙂 The show is really good.
Jaime: I have to look past the perfectly sculpted calves and flat abs. Blech! lol It took about 3 episodes in to see the two getting along. It's pretty amusing because they are an unlikely pair. 🙂 Try it again, girl!
Lacie: LOL! You would…and, there's no cowboys! 😉
Melissa: You SO will have to turn every light on in the house! 🙂
I've not watched the show, but I just read The Surgeon the other day. Excellent, excellent book. Had to read it in two days. I'd actually read Vanish first, which is farther down in the Rizzolli and Isles series. Maura Isles has a dead body wake up on her in the morgue. It's a really intricate story. Anyway, Rizzoli is MUCH more likable. Like you, I didn't care for her in The Surgeon, but farther in the series she's definitely better.
Now, I'm not sure Angie Harmon would be the right person to play her. Rizzoli isn't exactly a beauty queen. But I'll have to check out the series.
Great post!
I go through different seasons in my reading. Spring and Summer – romance and historicals. Fall is suspence and thrillers. Winter is potpourri.
Great post.
Oh this does sound good, but I haven't seen it on this side of the pond. I'll have to stick with CRIMINAL MINDS, but no loss because that show is AWESOME! You should check it out :o)
First, thank you so much for the linkage! I do love Rizzoli & Isles, and now I've added The Surgeon to my To Be Purchased list. Oh, that list just keeps growing…
I subscribe to XM radio in my car and I've been listening to tidbits of an interview with the author. She said that Jane is an "ugly duckling" in the books. I won't be able to read them now without picturing Angie Harmon as Jane, and she's no ugly duckling!
I love Thrillers!!!
Way "out-dated" to leave this comment, I know but… I LOVE this show. It is so entertaining. Cannot wait for S2 to hit store's shelves. =)
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