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| Original Title: | Life Support |
| ISBN: | 0671553046 (ISBN13: 9780671553043) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Boston, Massachusetts(United States) |
Tess Gerritsen
Paperback | Pages: 400 pages Rating: 4 | 14037 Users | 539 Reviews
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Control was the word Dr Toby Harper lived by. She strove to keep her life in order, her ER in order. But no one could have been prepared for the man she admits one quiet night to the Springer Hospital. Delirious and in critical condition, he barely responds to treatment. And then he disappears without trace. The subsequent search leads Toby to a second patient with the same infection. And it reveals an unsettling twist - the infection can only be spread through direct tissue exchange. Soon Toby's on a trail that winds from a pregnant sixteen-year-old prostitute to an unexpected tragedy in her own home. Only then does she discover the unthinkable: a terrifying and deadly epidemic is about to be unleashed ...
Details Appertaining To Books Life Support
| Title | : | Life Support |
| Author | : | Tess Gerritsen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 1998 by Pocket Books (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Thriller. Crime. Fiction |
Rating Appertaining To Books Life Support
Ratings: 4 From 14037 Users | 539 ReviewsColumn Appertaining To Books Life Support
Dr Toby Harper was exhausted when the police brought in the old man whod been found confused and wandering, naked, through the nearby streets. Springer Hospital where Toby spent her nights working the ER was generally quiet at that time of night, but the disoriented man was thrashing and jerking, delirious and completely out of it. And when he vanished from the hospital not long after admission, Toby was hit with resounding guilt.When Tobys attention was drawn to another elderly patient a fewI chose this book because I'm trying to complete a challenge and the cover was one of the points I needed to cross of.It's not the kind of novel that I'm fond of reading, but when you're awake in the middle of the night while nursing my young son it was just perfect to read. Not too difficult and it actually felt pretty tightly wrapped without too much of the usual romance in these 'crime' novels. Of course it wouldn't fit the genre if it didn't fiddle a little bit with a certain love interest.
So intense. Couldn't put it down. Bit of a physiological book,lots of different people who all come together at the end. Quite strange and very gory.
This book ended up as a decent read, although it was far from my favorite Gerritsen book. It started out very slow, and for a while I just couldn't figure out where it was going. The ending brought everything together even though the climax was a bit lackluster. All in all, I did like the book and I thought the characters were well flushed out. A good medical thriller with a plot that left me wondering if it could indeed actually happen. Not my favorite from Gerritsen, but certainly worth the
Actually, I didn't read it. I started it, but I couldn't finish it. I'm going to have to write to the Goodreads people and ask them to make a new shelf for books like this one. I tried. I did. Usually, I like Tess Gerritsen books. But this one had too many things in it that I couldn't stand: graphic descriptions (too graphic) of things such as surgeries, a rape, and human genitalia; weird/unnatural science; I could go on. But I won't. The long and short of it is that I won't try this book again
First book I have read by this author. It is an older book but I still enjoyed it. I would definitely read another by her.
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