THE APPRENTICE by Tess Gerritsen

5 1/4 hours.......................................................................344 pages

Adding to Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli's problems, is a serial killer who appears to be a copy cat from THE SURGEON that she put behind bars last year and who still haunts her days and nights. This gruesome killer, nicknamed The Apprentice, makes wealthy men watch while he molests their wives, then he slits his throat and abducts the wife. A short time into the investigation, the man who was known as The Surgeon escapes from prison.