About this title: New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton return in the stunning new novel from the master of the medical thriller in this ripped-from-the-headlines tale of an innovative doctors dangerous downward spiral.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 08/2007
ISBN-13:9780399154232ISBN:039915423X
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 464 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 08/2007
ISBN-13:9780399154232ISBN:039915423X
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 464 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 08/2007
ISBN-13:9780399154232ISBN:039915423X
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 464 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 08/2007
ISBN-13:9780399154232ISBN:039915423X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 464 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 08/2007
ISBN-13:9780399154232ISBN:039915423X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 464 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 08/2007
ISBN-13:9780399154232ISBN:039915423X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 464 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 08/2007
ISBN-13:9780399154232ISBN:039915423X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 464 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Berkley Trade Pub
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780425222881ISBN:0425222888
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very light edge and corner wear. No marks. Appears unread. Glued binding. 527 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fine. 0425222888 This over sized, mass market paperback book is in GREAT SHAPE! ! ! FIRST EDITION! ! ! FULL NUMBER LINE--10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1! ! ! The spine is not even creased! Very minor signs of wear from reading--nothing major. Crisp, clean pages. Close to looking like it could be on the shelf of a new bookstore! ! SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a beautiful copy! ! ! read more
Description: Very Good. 0425222888 This mass market paperback book is in REAL GOOD SHAPE! ! FIRST EDITION! Full number line is 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1! Some creasing of the spine and minor signs of wear from reading--nothing major! SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a book that looks a wrinkle or two away from near new! read more
Description: Fine. 0425222888 Excellent condition paperback book, clean pages, NO creases to spine, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780425222881ISBN:0425222888
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780425222881ISBN:0425222888
"Once again, Cook delivers a reasonably good story with poor dialogue, unbelievable personal relationships, and a ton of technomedical detail.
The book reads fast and has many of the right things - intrigue, medical science, and somewhat thrilling suspense. There is no romance (good) or semblance of interpersonal relationships (bad) but, again, I see flashes of what Dr. Cook's real life must be like.
"I have read several of Robin Cook's medical mystery books over the years and usually enjoy them. The story line of "Critical" makes a great basis for a suspenseful read. Here's my gripe...first of all the book is 527 pages long...UGH!!...and it really drug (Ha Ha...no pun intended!! Ha Ha!!). Maybe if the book would have gotten to the point and was 150 pages it would be better. I didn't even start getting interested in it (except for the awesome series of autopsies early on) until half way through...and even then I was pretty "luke warm"...which never did resolve itself:( Also...I have a taken a college medical terminology class and this book was so technical re: medical terms and language, that I felt pretty lost (he normally brings it down so it's more understandable). The nail in the coffin for me was that the language was really bad (his books are normally quite clean and short on bad language)...he used the "F" bomb in at least 7 different place...:(
Did I mention the "mob" guys in this were "mob challenged" and lacking any style or suspense...good grief!!
Hmmmmm...as I look back over this review...wonder why I kept reading this book?? **DUH** I have no brain:("
"This book follows the same ME characters as Crisis, but it was more a mystery book. It set up the mystery with personal ties, the heroin doggedly tries to get to the bootom of it all, she gets captures, and miraculously gets saved as does her husband. I liked it quite a bit just for the science jargon and the MRSA virus that is so virulent today."
"You'll probably never want to set foot in a hospital again for fear of contracting a Staph infection. But once you get a load of the unintentionally comical antics of doctors, administrators, mobsters, bureaucrats, and forensic investigators, you might think hospitals can be a fun place after all."
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