Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles

Isles is a medical examiner and best friend to Rizzoli. She is socially awkward and has trouble with men due to her brutal honesty and habit of revealing all their medical conditions. She has a pet tortoise and is an only child from a wealthy family. In high school, she was nicknamed "Maura-The-Bore-A". Her coworkers call her "The Queen of The Dead".