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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Tedious with a predictable ending. Unlikable characters, stilted dialogue. ( ) I haven't read Robin Cook in a good while. There was a time I was a huge fan of medical mysteries and a fan girl of Cooke. I recently read another book in this genre .... a Kelly Parsons novel......that motivated me to dig into my Robin Cook stash. This is one I didn't remember reading....although I probably did....so I delved in. Ok, so straight away, I noticed that Jacks character is abit trite and juvenile. His ongoing issues regarding the loss of his wife and children, 15 years prior, has always made up an important aspect of his character and personality. But, seriously, he hasn't visited his sisters children, whom are 15, 11 and 10, and barely even knows them, simply because they remind him of his girls??!! I don't remember finding him so exasperating before, maybe because I was younger and more juvenile myself......or maybe my view points and reading taste has evolved over the years.....either way, I found him more than alittle annoying in this book. The characters, writing style and flow were, otherwise, as I remember and I enjoyed this book. It was like talking with an old friend. Nostalgic. With an interesting plot, a colorful cast of characters and perfect blend of medical technology, and suspense, it rekindled my interest in this genre. I will definitely be adding even more Robin Cook to my bookshelves. I've read this at least once before a long time ago. I'm glad I got to read it again. I rush around trying to cram to much into too little day just like Dr Jack Stapleton. I haven't almost missed my own wedding, but I have sent myself to the ER with thinking I gave myself a heart attack. Slow down. Read a book. After years spent paying his dues, talented physician Craig Bowman enjoys a successful practice providing "concierge" medicine for patrons wealthy enough to afford this exclusive service. But when a hypochondriac patient dies and a malpractice suit is launched the good doctor's life is sent into a tailspin. New York medical examiner Jack Stapleton suggests the body be exhumed, and then things get really interesting. Startling evidence comes to light - and there are those who will step at nothing to keep this information buried. no reviews | add a review
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When Boston-based Dr. Craig Bowman is served with a summons for medical negligence, he's shocked, enraged, and more than a little humiliated. A devoted physician who has endured grueling years of training and worked continuously in the service of others, he is now a partner in an exclusive concierge medical practice. No longer forced to see more and more patients while spending less and less time with each one just to keep his office door open, he provides the kind of medical care he has been prepared to do, lavishing twenty-four-hour availability and personalized attention on his handpicked patients. And at last he is earning a significant income, no longer facing decreased reimbursements from insurance companies. But this idyllic situation comes to a grinding halt one sunny afternoon--and things get much, much worse. Enter Dr. Jack Stapleton, a medical examiner in New York City and Craig Bowman's brother-in-law: Jack's sister Alexis--now Craig's estranged wife--begs for his help as her husband's trial drags on. Jack agrees to travel to Boston to offer his forensic services and expert-witness experience to Craig's beleaguered defense attorney. But when Jack's irreverent suggestion to exhume the corpse and thereby disprove the alleged malpractice is taken seriously, he opens a Pandora's box. As Craig's life and career are put on the line, Jack is on the verge of making a most unwelcome discovery, of tremendous legal and medical significance--and there are people who will do anything o keep him from learning the truth.--Publishers description. No library descriptions found. |
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