Body Double

In the gripping new suspense thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Surgeon and The Sinner, Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles actually meets her match—as well as a vicious serial murderer and devastating personal secrets.

Maura Isles is a doctor who works with death. She has seen her fair share of bodies every day as a pathologist in a large metropolis, many of them were victims of brutal murder. However, she has never felt colder in her life, and the dreadful phrase "dead ringer" has never seemed so horrifyingly accurate. For it is the first time that the dead corpse on the medical examiner's table is really hers.

The shocking evidence that lies in front of her and her coworkers' eyes—including that of Detective Jane, the lady who was shot dead outside of Maura's house—is undeniable, however, as it perfectly captures Maura's physical characteristics. The fact that they have the same blood type and birthdate is much more unsettling. There's just one reason that may account for the taken aback Maura, an only child. And when a DNA test reveals that Maura's enigmatic twin sister is, in fact, her twin sister, an already strange murder inquiry turns into a hazardous and unsettling journey into a history rife with dark secrets.

In her quest for answers, Maura finds herself pulled to a Maine beach village where even more terrifying revelations lie in wait. More terrifying even, there's an unidentified killer on the loose going on a cross-country murdering rampage. Maura has to question her first-born mother, a cold and crafty lady who may have given her life and may even have a scheme to take it away, in order to put an end to the carnage and learn the dark truth about her own ancestry.