Category: Medical

Characters, Crime, Historical, Medical, murder

‘The Way of All Flesh’ by Ambrose Parry

by colingarrow • 26/03/2023 • 2 Comments

My Review (5 stars out of 5) Edinburgh, 1847. Medical student Will Raven begins an apprenticeship to the renowned Dr Simpson where he meets housemaid Sarah Fisher – who also has an interest in medicine. Though the two initially don’t hit it off, they share a concern about a series of gruesome deaths in the…

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Crime, detective, dialogue, Medical, murder

‘Cruel and Unusual’ by Patricia Cornwell

by colingarrow • 30/12/2022 • 2 Comments

My Review (5 stars out of 5) When convicted murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell dies in the electric chair, Dr Kay Scarpetta doesn’t expect his fingerprints to turn up at a time scene. And why does that particular crime scene – the death of a young lad – seem to mirror Waddell’s modus operandi? Together with…

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Crime, detective, Medical, murder, mystery

‘Dead Tomorrow’ by Peter James

by colingarrow • 22/05/2022 • 0 Comments

My Review (5 stars out of 5) A body dredged up from the seabed off the Sussex coast sparks a murder investigation when police discover the corpse is missing several vital organs. When more bodies turn up, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace starts the hunt for a gang of child traffickers, crooked surgeons and a missing…

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Crime, detective, dialogue tags, Medical, murder, mystery

‘Body of Evidence’ by Patricia Cornwell

by colingarrow • 01/05/2022 • 2 Comments

My Review (5 stars out of 5) Following the death of a writer, Kay Scarpetta is drawn into the search for her murderer. With a valuable manuscript missing and a mystery surrounding why the dead woman appears to have let the killer into her house, Scarpetta discovers someone from her own past may be involved…

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Characters, Classic, Medical, mental health

‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ by Ken Kesey

by colingarrow • 17/01/2022 • 4 Comments

My Review (5 stars out of 5) When new patient Randle McMurphy arrives on her ward, dictatorial Nurse Ratched is not about to let him disrupt her daily routine, or that of the other patients. But McMurphy aims to have fun and soon begins to persuade his fellow inmates to challenge the nurse and her…

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biographical, Medical

‘Doctors Get Cancer Too’ by Dr Philippa Kaye

by colingarrow • 13/03/2021 • 2 Comments

**** Diagnosed with bowel cancer at the age of 39, Dr Philippa Kaye knew her life would be changed. Charting her progress from diagnosis to recovery, this book takes the lid off a dreadful disease and its implications for the person concerned, their families and friends. In many ways, this is a fascinating and very…