Harvest - by Tess Gerritsen (Paperback)

About the Book

When medical resident Dr. Abby Matteo discovers an organ-selling ring operating out of the very prestigious Boston hospital where she is a resident, she defies the hospitals demands for silence and begins her own investigation which reveals a murderous, unthinkable conspiracy. Reissue.

Book Synopsis

In this harrowing medical thriller filled with suspense and brilliantly crafted twists, Tess Gerritsen--the author of the acclaimed Rizzoli & Isles series that inspired the hit television show--delivers a pulse-pounding tale that "will make your heart skip a beat" (USA TODAY).For Dr. Abby DiMatteo, the long road to Boston's Bayside Hospital has been anything but easy. Now, immersed in the grinding fatigue of her second year as a surgical resident, she's elated when the hospital's elite cardiac transplant team taps her as a potential recruit. But Abby soon makes an anguished, crucial decision that jeopardizes her entire career. A car crash victim's healthy heart is ready to be harvested; it is immediately cross-matched to a wealthy private patient, Nina Voss. Abby hatches a bold plan to make sure that the transplant goes instead to a dying seventeen-year-old boy who is also a perfect match. The repercussions are powerful and swift and Abby is shaken but unrepentant--until she meets the frail, tormented Nina. Then a new heart for Nina Voss suddenly appears, her transplant is completed, and Abby makes a terrible discovery: Nina's heart has not come through the proper channels. Defying Bayside Hospital's demands for silence, Abby plunges into an investigation that reveals an intricate, and murderous, chain of deceptions. Every move Abby makes spawns a vicious backlash and, in a ship anchored in the stagnant waters of Boston Harbor, a final, grisly discovery lies waiting...

Review Quotes

Boston Globe Harvest left me clutching my head in an ecstasy of terror.

USA Today Harvest will make your heart skip a beat.

James Patterson The best medical thriller I've read since Coma.

"Boston Globe" "Harvest" left me clutching my head in an ecstasy of terror.

"USA Today" "Harvest" will make your heart skip a beat.

Stephen King If you've never read Gerritsen, figure in the price of electricity when you buy your first novel by her...'cause baby, you are going to be up all night.

James B. Patterson "author of "Along Came a Spider" and "Kiss the Girls""Harvest" is the best medical thriller I've read since "Coma."

Michael Palmer "author of "Silent Treatment""Harvest" is a nonstop, terrifying read and Tess Gerritsen is a real find.

Michael Palmer "author of "Silent Treatment" "Harvest" is a nonstop, terrifying read and Tess Gerritsen is a real find.

"Boston Globe""Harvest" left me clutching my head in an ecstasy of terror.

"USA Today""Harvest" will make your heart skip a beat.

James PattersonThe best medical thriller I've read since "Coma."

Stephen KingIf you've never read Gerritsen, figure in the price of electricity when you buy your first novel by her...'cause baby, you are going to be up all night.

"Boston Globe"

"Harvest" left me clutching my head in an ecstasy of terror.

"USA Today"

"Harvest" will make your heart skip a beat.

James Patterson

The best medical thriller I've read since "Coma."

Stephen King

If you've never read Gerritsen, figure in the price of electricity when you buy your first novel by her...'cause baby, you are going to be up all night.

About the Author

Tess Gerritsen left a successful practice as an internist to raise her children and concentrate on her writing. She gained nationwide acclaim for her first novel of medical suspense, the New York Times bestseller Harvest; she followed her debut with the bestsellers Life Support and Gravity. Her other novels include Body Double, The Sinner, The Apprentice, and The Surgeon. Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine.