Comment: This is the second book I try by this author (the other was Natural Causes, which I've read before getting this blog) and i have decided to do it because my best friend let me borrow it. I had an idea of the author's style and really only wanted entertainment.
Harry Corbett is a doctor whose patients love because he is dedicated and not mercenary in what he requires for his help. However, his presence at the hospital he works at isn't seen that greatly by everyone and he even has some co workers who dislike him. His marriage isn't doing well either but he certainly feels he has to be there for his wife Evie when she is about to undergo a surgery and he is as shocked as everyone when she has a problem and is declared dead. This happens in a very weird sequence of events and Harry starts connecting some dots, which leads him to a conspiracy against him. With the help of a patient and a woman who was in the same room when Evie was killed - for he realizes this is exactly what happened - Harry will run against the clock to catch the villain and avoid him from killing others...
I like medical thrillers or suspense or whatever label might be used for the genre Michael Palmer, Robin Cook and others are usually known for. I am not a doctor nor do I work in the field, but there is something captivating about plots about medical issues or about the medicine environment that appeal to me. The mystery and the science of everything.... I also like medical TV shows for similar reasons.
In this book the focus isn't as much on medical procedures but in how this field is the way for the villains to accomplish their deeds, which are obviously caused by money and greed. Still, I liked the way the method used to reach the victims was through an hospital but I must say that it is very surprising how some things can be achieved in a place that, supposedly has a lot of security but some acceptance of unlikely scenarios has to be taken into consideration. I know this was published in 1995 but, still...
The story is focused on dr Harry, who is one of those doctors who has a lot of virtues and doesn't seem to be manipulated by money. Hos wife dies in the sequence of a medical issue but he can't understand how, until a fellow patient tells him she saw someone entering the room when they shouldn't. Conveniently, though, Harry had been the last person seen and he is becoming the prime suspect... I did like all the twists and turns the plot took and what a blast, for it reminded me of those old action movies with more plot than fighting scenes and how exciting it was to follow things even if the story was predictable.
This book is that, in fact, but my enjoyment wasn't as much because of how clever the twists were but by how interesting it was to see the characters connecting the dots. Plus, I've kept my interest in seeing how the villain operated and how the drug he gave to Evie and other victims seemed to leave no trace for the labs to find. Things weren't always smooth or interesting; I did not care for the club like behavior the villains organized for themselves and could do without the whole shady/titillating expectations supposed powerful men partook in before they were caught.
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