In one of the dark corners of Boston’s Chinese district, a group of tourists finds a severed hand. Its dead owner is discovered on the roof of the neighboring building. Two silver hairs cling to the body of the murdered woman, but if the forensic experts are to be believed, they were dropped not by a human… Nineteen years ago, in the restaurant “Red Phoenix,” a suicidal killing took place that resulted in the deaths of five people. And now, almost two decades later, the murdered waiter’s widow—the mysterious owner of a martial arts school—faces threats. As Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles search for the culprit, they uncover gruesome details from ancient Chinese legends and try to outwit an unknown enemy who wields a sword with skill and hungers for revenge… The tense pace of the narrative, masterful command of intrigue, brilliant knowledge of medicine and criminal psychology, faith in Good and the inevitable punishment of Evil—these are what make Tess Gerritsen a master of the modern medical thriller.