Deadly Silence is the ninth book in Tess Gerritsen's series of novels about cops and doctors battling murderers. In a dark corner of Boston's Chinatown, a group of tourists discover a severed hand. Her dead owner is discovered on the roof of a nearby building. Two silver hairs stuck to the body of the murdered woman, but, according to criminologists, they were not dropped by a person... Nineteen years ago, a suicidal murder occurred in the Red Phoenix restaurant, as a result of which five people died. And now, almost two decades later, the widow of the murdered waiter, the mysterious owner of a martial arts school, is under threat. While searching for the criminal, Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles learn the eerie details of ancient Chinese legends and try to outwit an unknown enemy, deftly wielding a sword and thirsting for revenge... An intense narrative style, masterful use of intrigue, brilliant knowledge of medicine and the psychology of criminals, faith in Good and the inevitable punishment of Evil - All this makes Tess Gerritsen a master of the modern medical thriller.