The Select

This is a stand alone from Wilson, not part of The Secret History of the World or Repairman Jack series. Our heroine is intent upon becoming a doctor, and on going to the most prestigious and selective medical school in the country. But the oddities about how the school selects its candidates, and how it runs the school, pile up the longer she stays there. Ultimately, there is a little Manchurian Candidate scam going on among the school administrators and funders, highjacking the students beliefs before they go out into the world in an effort to further line their pockets.

For an older thriller with a female heroine, I was very glad to see this one not have the cardboard characteristics like the Ludlum or Le Carre books. She's show more independent and strong, able to go toe-to-toe with the baddies.

5 bones!!!!!
Highly recommended!!!!! show less

The Select. F.Paul Wilson.1994. Gosh, I used to love a good “doctor novel.” It has been a long time since I read one. This one is good, not great. Quinn Cleary is a new student at The Ingraham, a prestigious medical school that selects on a few students each year. Her first day there she sees a ward full of patients covered head to toe in gauze, and is told that it is special ward for burn patients. She cannot shake the chill she felt when she sees the terror in the eyes of one of the patients there. School is demanding and she is busy studying. Quinn begins to notice a subtle change in her fellow students. They all seem to think the same way. When she takes a job working with a doctor on the “special ward,” she begins to show more realize something very wrong is going on. Predictable but suspenseful. The would make a much more interesting movie than a book. show less

I really liked this story. All medical thrillers should be as easy to read as this one. Totally captivating and fast paced, this book is why F. Paul Wilson is on my top 5 favorite authors list.

A captivating novel of medical intrigue and power.