#91 in Thriller
The Apprentice
- 384
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
What holds “The Apprentice” together is its detective, the gifted and haunted Jane Rizzoli. It is the second “Rizzoli & Isles” novel, set a year after “The Surgeon”, and some readers single out its technical detail. The resolution comes too quickly and too neatly for some after the long build-up, and the villains’ brooding monologues and the sex scenes have struck others as tacked on.
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About the book
The Apprentice is a 2002 novel written by Tess Gerritsen, second book of the Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli series. Both the hardcover and paperback editions reached number 10 in The New York Times Best Seller lists.
Reading order · Rizzoli & Isles
Full order & progress →- The SurgeonStart here
7.77.7 / 10 - The ApprenticeThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - The Sinner
7.77.7 / 10 - Body Double
7.87.8 / 10 - Vanish
–Not ranked yet - The Mephisto Club
7.67.6 / 10 - The Keepsake
7.77.7 / 10 - The Killing Place
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 115 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 44% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 6 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 109 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Apprentice?
It has 384 pages — shorter than 62% of the ranked books in Thriller.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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