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Harvest Hardcover – Large Print, January 1, 1996

by Tess Gerritsen (Author)
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Spurred by the death of a younger sibling to pursue a medical career, surgical resident Abby DiMatteo is delighted by her recruitment into a cardiac transplant team, until she is forced to choose betweeen two patients
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    647 pages
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    January 1, 1996
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    6.25 x 1.5 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0786208406
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    978-0786208401
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thorndike Pr; Large Print edition (January 1, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 647 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786208406
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786208401
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1.5 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 7,757 ratings

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Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D.

While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction and in 1987, her first novel, Call After Midnight, was published. It was just the first of 32 suspense novels that she’s written over a 36-year writing career. She also wrote a screenplay, "Adrift," which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.

Tess's 1996 medical thriller, Harvest, marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list and her novels have hit bestseller lists around the world ever since. Among her titles are Gravity, The Surgeon, Vanish, Listen to Me, and her upcoming spy thriller, The Spy Coast, which has just been optioned by Amazon Studios for a television series. Her books have been translated into 40 languages, and more than 40 million copies have been sold around the world.

Her series of novels featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the hit TNT television series "Rizzoli & Isles," starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.

She lives in Maine.

For more information on Tess Gerritsen and her novels, visit her website: www.tessgerritsen.com or

www.tessgerritsen.co.uk.

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Customers find the story engaging and suspenseful with unexpected twists and turns. They describe the book as compelling, easy to read, and enjoyable. Readers praise the writing style as excellent and skillful. They appreciate the fast pacing and well-developed characters. The medical knowledge is accurate and well-researched. Overall, customers find the book hard to put down and highly recommended.

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168 customers mention "Suspenseful"156 positive12 negative

Customers enjoy the suspenseful story with its twists and turns. They find the book engaging and shocking, grabbing them from the first chapter until the nail-biting end. The medical details are sufficient to understand the story without being overwhelming. The main character, Abby, is believable and the medical details are sufficient to comprehend the story without being overly technical.

"Tess Gerritsen has done it again! She wrote a story with so many twists & turns, it was hard to put down!" Read more

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"...Let me tell you. It has all the ingredients of a great medical thriller: A smart doctor who faces utter ruination, both personal and..." Read more

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150 customers mention "Readability"150 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's readability. They find it compelling, engaging, and well-written. The characters are enjoyable and the story is fast-paced. Readers appreciate the unexpected endings and intelligent storytelling.

"...I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It moves along at a blistering pace, drawing the doomed Dr Matteo ever deeper into the web of lies and suspicion...." Read more

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55 customers mention "Writing style"52 positive3 negative

Customers enjoy the writing style. They find it excellent, with a gifted writer able to draw vivid characters. Readers appreciate the ease of reading and the flow of the text. The medical details are accurate, making it a quick read.

"...Yes, she ticks the boxes for a thriller, but she does it with flair and skill that means I didn’t really mind...." Read more

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38 customers mention "Pacing"30 positive8 negative

Customers enjoy the fast-paced story. They find it engaging and keep reading until the end. The tense plot keeps them hooked.

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"...I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It moves along at a blistering pace, drawing the doomed Dr Matteo ever deeper into the web of lies and suspicion...." Read more

"Knew the story from about page 10. Good medical background. Fast paced. Characters needed a little more depth and development." Read more

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Customers enjoy the well-developed characters in the book. They find the story engaging with many twists and turns, including heros and villains. The pace is good, but enough time is allowed for character development. However, some readers feel the characters lack originality and become cardboard.

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27 customers mention "Medical knowledge"25 positive2 negative

Customers appreciate the book's medical knowledge. They find it well-researched, with a good medical background and focused anecdotes. The descriptions are graphic and the writing is great. The book is packed with medical information and a plot that grabs you and doesn't let you go. Readers like all the medical terms and the writing of the story is great.

"...It has all the ingredients of a great medical thriller: A smart doctor who faces utter ruination, both personal and professional, incredibly high..." Read more

"Knew the story from about page 10. Good medical background. Fast paced. Characters needed a little more depth and development." Read more

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"Very good! Enjoyable read and, of course, medically accurate! A must for me! Tension kept the pages turning. Fantastic! Ty!" Read more

18 customers mention "Difficulty to put down"13 positive5 negative

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15 customers mention "Page turner"15 positive0 negative

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  • Kindle Customer- Darlene
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2025
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    Tess Gerritsen has done it again! She wrote a story with so many twists & turns, it was hard to put down!
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  • Elizabeth
    4.0 out of 5 stars medical drama/horror
    Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024
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    Faced paced beginning, the middle sagged a bit but the ending made up for it. It was a good story to keep you entertained for a few days
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  • Angela Meadon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Two thumbs, way up!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2016
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    It has been a very long time since I read a medical thriller. In fact, some of the first adult books I ever read were Robin Cook’s wonderful medical thrillers. I read them in my early teens, somewhere between my Dean Koontz binge and my first exposure to Robert Jordan.

    As with so many good things in life, I’ve found my way back to medical thrillers with Tess Gerritsen’s Harvest.

    This is Gerritsen’s first medical thriller (I understand that she wrote romance before this novel), and I’m incredibly pleased that she made the change. I picked up Harvest on the recommendation of friends in my Facebook book club, and I was hooked from the first page. I’ve been going through something of a reading drought over the past year or so, picking up books only to get bored quickly and move on to something else. Well, I finished Harvest in a weekend and promptly bought another Gerritsen novel. What did I enjoy so much? Let me tell you.

    It has all the ingredients of a great medical thriller: A smart doctor who faces utter ruination, both personal and professional, incredibly high stakes, and deep medical moral questions (who get’s the valuable organs?).

    I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It moves along at a blistering pace, drawing the doomed Dr Matteo ever deeper into the web of lies and suspicion. I especially enjoyed the counter-point POV offered by the young Russian boy on the ship headed for America. And the way Gerritsen wove their two stories together in the end, while a little predictable, was wonderfully satisfying.

    I say the book was predictable, and it was in some ways. However, I think that Gerritsen made enough of the twists her own for the novel to avoid falling into trope hell. Yes, she ticks the boxes for a thriller, but she does it with flair and skill that means I didn’t really mind. I walked away from this book with a deep appreciation of Tess Gerritsen’s ability as a masterful storyteller, and a re-discovered love for a genre that I cut my teeth on.

    Personally, this book has lit a bonfire of creative inspiration in my head. I can think of no greater book than one that makes me feel passionate about writing.

    Two thumbs, way up!
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  • happy consumer
    5.0 out of 5 stars PAGE TURNER
    Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2024
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    This book kept me reading from the first chapter. Her books are always page turners, so I shouldn’t have been surprised.
    I think any mystery lover will enjoy this book.
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  • John E. Dunlap
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thriller Filled with Interesting Characters
    Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2024
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    This is a thriller filled with numerous plots and interesting characters. There are stories within stories. This book is well worth reading. It is difficult to put down.
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  • Cynthia
    4.0 out of 5 stars predictable but a good read
    Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
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    Knew the story from about page 10. Good medical background. Fast paced. Characters needed a little more depth and development.
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  • llemin
    5.0 out of 5 stars I just love her work
    Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2025
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    Tess Gerritsen has such a smooth writing style. I have yet to read anything of hers that I didn’t like. The book had twists and turns and laughter and sorrow. Great story.
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  • BobJac
    5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful
    Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2024
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    Money can’t buy everything but there are many who believe it can.
    Bayside is a Boston hospital with a great reputation for its transplant team, headed by Dr. Colin Wettig known as the General (a retired Army general). Second year resident Abby DiMatteo had impressed the team and was being groomed to become a member of the elite team.
    Dr. Vivian Chao was the chief surgical resident at Bayside. She approached Abby DiMatteo regarding a patient, Karen Terrio, whom Abby had worked on, a car accident victim who was apparently brain dead. Vivian had a patient, 17 year-old Josh O’Day who was awaiting a heart transplant. Janet Terrio’s heart was a match and O’Day was top of the recipient list.
    Meanwhile Nina Voss was also awaiting a heart transplant. Her husband Victoria was mega rich. As plans were being made to go ahead with the transplant of Terrio’s heart to O’Day a call came thru to cancel those plans. Nina Voss was to receive that heart despite not being in position on the recipient list.
    Despite that request from the transplant team at Bayside, Abby DiMatteo and Vivian Chao took matters into their own hands and, after receiving written permission from Karen Terrio’s husband Joseph that O’Day should receive the heart they transferred O’Day to nearby Mass General and performed the surgery.
    Victor Voss was livid that Nina was denied that heart. Vivian Chao was forced to resign and Voss demanded that Abbey be fired. Things started to unravel for Abbey under pressure from Voss and Bayside administration.
    Meanwhile a ship is sailing from Riga, Latvian to USA with bunch of young orphaned kids who have been promised adoption by American families. So what has this got to do with a major heart transplant hospital in Boston?
    Read on. This powerful story will keep you enthralled.
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  • Paul S
    5.0 out of 5 stars Without a doubt, one of the best thrillers I have ever read.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2018
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    This is a fantastic medical thriller. It is a real page turner. I just could not put it down. The action is virtually non-stop from the start and I stayed up half the night to find out how it would end.
    I was a little surprised to discover that this book was written in 1996 and was the first of Tess Gerritsen's medical thrillers. It reminds me of the early works of Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs, other authors who, like Tess Gerritsen became authors following successful careers in particular fields of science or medicine. However, I do not feel this book is dated in any respect. There are a number of medical procedures and terms that I was unfamiliar with but apart from this it is an easy book to read. The narrative is very engaging and I found myself on quite an emotional roller coaster ride as the story progressed.
    The story concerns a bright young surgeon intern at Boston's Bayside hospital, Dr Abby DiMatteo, who transplants a heart into a dying teenage boy only to discover that senior management at the hospital had wanted a wealthy private patient to receive the heart. However, a short time later the private patient receives a new heart from another donor but Abby's curiosity is piqued as she can find no record of where the second heart has come from. She decides to investigate and it is at this point that matters start to unravel; one of her colleagues loses their job and another commits suicide. The tension mounts as she is then threatened with malpractice lawsuits and worse is to follow.
    I have not read any of Tess Gerritsen's other books but I plan to put that right in the near future. Based on this story, I can quite understand why her thrillers are often found on the best seller lists. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys non-stop action thrillers.
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  • Fathima Zahra Khan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tess at her Best!
    Reviewed in India on December 11, 2016
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    Abby Di Matteo. This is the first book of Tess Gerritsen I've read where Maura Isles and Jane Rizzoli don't exist. It was great. Better than what I had expected.

    Harvest takes you into the world of, Child Kidnapping and Illegal Organ Harvests in gruesome details. And just like most of her books, this one too was a page turning and interesting read. Not everyone is exactly what you think they are- a shocking reveal happens in the last chapter. No more spoilers! ;) Go Ahead and buy the book, its Medical, a Thriller with strong Emotions. Fantastic read! Used books from Amazon are as nice as the fresh ones at super low prices- great job there by Amazon. I purchased an Used book as well.
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  • Barbara Donoghue
    5.0 out of 5 stars Harvest
    Reviewed in Australia on December 16, 2018
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    Best book I have read in ages, kept me on the edge of my seat.
    Good job I have two iPads because the first one ran out of memory
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  • Luis Ramírez
    5.0 out of 5 stars muy bueno
    Reviewed in Spain on October 12, 2013
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    Me gustaron todas las novelas de la serie de Rizzoli & Isles y por ese motivo busqué otras novelas de Tess Gerritsen, esta fue su primera novela y es buenísima !
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  • Marcella Heer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Super, super, super
    Reviewed in Germany on August 26, 2011
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    Unglaublich spannendes Buch.Ich habe es fast in einem Rutsch gelesen
    Ich lese solche Bücher immer in Englisch. Um mein Englisch aufrechtzuerhalten.
    Normalerweise lese ich es langsamer als im Dt., weil ich etwas auf die Grammatik achte und auch Wörter nachschlage.
    Das habe ich in den ersten Kapiteln auch getan, aber später nicht mehr. Weiter, weiter, weiter...
    Ich musste einfach wissen, wie es weitergeht.

    Es hat mir auch gefallen, dass es relativ langsam anfing und sich mit der Zeit erst steigerte.

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