Deadly Silence is the ninth book in Tess Gerritsen's series of novels about cops and doctors fighting killers. In one of the dark corners of the Boston Chinatown, a group of tourists finds a severed hand Her dead mistress is discovered on the roof of a nearby building. Two silver hairs stuck to the body of the victim, but, according to forensics, they were not dropped by a person... Nineteen years ago, a suicide murder occurred at the Red Phoenix restaurant, killing five people. Now, nearly two decades later, the widow of a murdered waiter, the mysterious owner of a martial arts school, is threatened. Finding the criminal, Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles learn the terrible details of ancient Chinese legends and try to outwit an unknown enemy, cleverly wielding a sword and thirsting for revenge. The intense style of storytelling, masterful possession of intrigue, brilliant knowledge of medicine and psychology of criminals, faith in Good and the inevitable punishment of Evil - all this makes Tess Gerritsen a master of the modern medical thriller.