Keeping the Dead (Rizzoli & Isles, Book 7)

Detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles return in this chilling thriller.

A mummified body is discovered in the basement of a Boston museum—an apparent Egyptian artifact. But during autopsy, Maura makes a shocking revelation: this is no ancient corpse, but the recent victim of a gruesome modern murder.

As Jane investigates, more preserved female bodies are unearthed, all painstakingly mummified using ancient techniques. Is this the work of a deranged serial killer obsessed with the rituals of death? Or is something darker lurking behind the museum's scholarly façade?

The hunt intensifies when Jane realizes that the killer’s “collection” is missing one final piece—and someone she knows may be next. With danger closing in, the line between the past and the present vanishes in a case unlike anything Rizzoli and Isles have ever faced.