The TV series, Rizzoli & Isles, based on Tess Gerritsen’s series of mystery novels, debuted on Monday night on TNT. It ranked as “the most watched ad-supported cable series launch of all time,” according to Deadline Hollywood.

We could have guessed as much from how well Gerritsen’s books did on Amazon yesterday. Sales rankings showed significant bumps for the titles in the series, lead by the newest, just out in hardcover, Ice Cold.

The pilot is based on the second book of the series, which now sports a tie-in jacket in mass market.

The Apprentice (Jane Rizzoli, Book 2) Tess Gerritsen Retail Price: $7.99 Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books – (2003-07-29) ISBN / EAN: 0345447867 / 9780345447869

OverDrive, downloadable audio and ebook
Books on Tape; UNABR; 8CD’s; 9780736687638: $80

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The latest in the series, Ice Cold, features the TNT logo, as do the new mass market paperbacks of the series.

Ice Cold: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel Tess Gerritsen Retail Price: $26.00 Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books – (2010-06-29) ISBN / EAN: 034551548X / 9780345515483

Brilliance Audio

• UNABR; 9 CD’s; Read by Tanya Eby; 9781423392064;  $97.97
• UNABR; MP3-CD; 978-1-4233-9208-8; $39.97

OverDrive WMA Audiobook

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The series, in order:

1. The Surgeon (2001)
2. The Apprentice (2002)
3. The Sinner (2003)
4. Body Double (2004)
5. Vanish (2005)
6. The Mephisto Club (2006)
7. The Keepsake (2008)
8. Ice Cold (2010)

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