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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‘Body of Evidence’ by Patricia Cornwell
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…
‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ by Ken Kesey
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…
‘Doctors Get Cancer Too’ by Dr Philippa Kaye
**** 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…
Colin Garrow 