Part of Rizzoli & Isles, book 6
First published 2018
Detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles discover a young woman's body with "PECCAVI" written in blood at the crime scene. The Latin message means "I have sinned." The murder connects to Joyce O'Donnell, a celebrity psychiatrist who belongs to the Mephisto Club. This secretive group meets on Beacon Hill to study the nature of evil through historical research and religious symbols. They debate whether Satan exists among humans and if demons walk the earth. When a corpse appears at the club's location, the members realize someone is hunting them. The killer may be one of their own, or they may have awakened something darker. Rizzoli and Isles must track a murderer whose work has only begun. Their investigation forces them into direct confrontation with a malevolent enemy unlike any they have encountered before.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation
Setting: Beacon Hill
Period: 21st-century
368 pages · Kindle Edition · Ballantine Books
Content warnings: death, graphic-violence, murder