WED CHILD

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Summary: SPELLBINDING
Review: Dr. Leigh Novak decides to take her son Jeremy away from Los Angeles and to a small town in Northern California called Hartwood, population 3000. The day they arrived should have been happy, but instead went from bad to worse. Leigh finds old Doc Ellsford slumped over in his chair, half dead from a stroke. Once Leigh sees Doc off in the town's only ambulance, Gabe Barker comes rushing in with his 3 year old son Brian who has a very high fever and is in a coma. Brian stops breathing shortly after they arrive. Leigh works on Brian for thirty minutes without any results, Little Brian is dead, and he should not be gone he only had the chicken pox. Along the way, Leigh finds friendship in Nora, a well respected childcare giver.

WEDNESDAY'S CHILD gives a disturbing description of child abuse, but this is not just a book about child abuse, it's a story about small town life and its secrets. The Shlians have written a fast paced, taut and very compelling story, I found the book spellbinding and hard to put down. If you like Mary Higgins Clark you will love WEDNESDAY'S CHILD.

Rating:
Summary: SPELLBINDING
Review: Dr. Leigh Novak decides to take her son Jeremy away from Los Angeles and to a small town in Northern California called Hartwood, population 3000. The day they arrived should have been happy, but instead went from bad to worse. Leigh finds old Doc Ellsford slumped over in his chair, half dead from a stroke. Once Leigh sees Doc off in the town's only ambulance, Gabe Barker comes rushing in with his 3 year old son Brian who has a very high fever and is in a coma. Brian stops breathing shortly after they arrive. Leigh works on Brian for thirty minutes without any results, Little Brian is dead, and he should not be gone he only had the chicken pox. Along the way, Leigh finds friendship in Nora, a well respected childcare giver.

WEDNESDAY'S CHILD gives a disturbing description of child abuse, but this is not just a book about child abuse, it's a story about small town life and its secrets. The Shlians have written a fast paced, taut and very compelling story, I found the book spellbinding and hard to put down. If you like Mary Higgins Clark you will love WEDNESDAY'S CHILD.

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Summary: "...GRIPPING SUSPENSE AT ITS BEST...!
Review: From the back cover:

"HARTWOOD'S CHILDREN KNEW A SECRET. A BAD, BAD SECRET...

It was Leigh Novak's second chance. Leigh's first patient, a child, died mysteriously in her office. And soon Leigh was too busy to spend much time with Jeremy. It seemed her only friend was Nora - the woman who took such good care of the town's little children. When Nora started taking care of Jeremy, he stopped getting angry, stopped crying, stopped telling lies...

Nora taught her children to be very, very good. If they were bad, she punished them. And if a child was very bad, Nora made sure he would never cry again..."

Riveting! You won't be able to put this one down, I guarantee it! WEDNESDAY'S CHILD is a roller coaster ride of the first order. Loved it. Believable characters you care about. Suspense that builds and when you're already on the edge of your seat, the authors turn the heat up. A bang-up ending. A medical thriller that is a sort of Robin Cook and Mary Higgins Clark blend. Not a lagging paragraph in the entire book. You won't want to miss this exciting thriller from the authors of SHOU.

Reviewed by Joan Hall Hovey, Author of NOWHERE TO HIDE

Rating:
Summary: Gripping!
Review: From the back cover:

"HARTWOOD'S CHILDREN KNEW A SECRET. A BAD, BAD SECRET...

It was Leigh Novak's second chance. Leigh's first patient, a child, died mysteriously in her office. And soon Leigh was too busy to spend much time with Jeremy. It seemed her only friend was Nora - the woman who took such good care of the town's little children. When Nora started taking care of Jeremy, he stopped getting angry, stopped crying, stopped telling lies...

Nora taught her children to be very, very good. If they were bad, she punished them. And if a child was very bad, Nora made sure he would never cry again..."

Riveting! You won't be able to put this one down, I guarantee it! WEDNESDAY'S CHILD is a roller coaster ride of the first order. Loved it. Believable characters you care about. Suspense that builds and when you're already on the edge of your seat, the authors turn the heat up. A bang-up ending. A medical thriller that is a sort of Robin Cook and Mary Higgins Clark blend. Not a lagging paragraph in the entire book. You won't want to miss this exciting thriller from the authors of SHOU.

Reviewed by Joan Hall Hovey, Author of NOWHERE TO HIDE

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Summary: Great fun!
Review: In the style of the best writers of medical fiction, "Wednesday's Child" not only intrigues the reader with strong characterizations, but with a mounting danger. The reader will appreciate the dramatic style of pacing with frequent scene changes that become more frantic as the story races to its climax. The authors, being physicians, come by their descriptions of medical situations from the best of sources: personal experience. A bonus is the tableau of small-town prejudices and interactions. The effect on the protagonist, who is from the big city, is to complicate what she must do in order to "fit in." What's more, her first patient fails to respond to her resuscitation efforts, thereby virtually condemning her in the eyes of the townspeople to failure from the first. How she deals with the the simultaneous disasters of profession, family, a psychopathic monster, and even, possible romance, is the strength of the narrative.

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Summary: A Great Medical Thriller!
Review: Wednesday's Child by Deborah and Joel Shlian is a tense and suspenseful medical thriller that kept me entertained all the way through. This writing team clearly excels in the competitive medical fiction arena, competing with the likes of Robin Cook, Tess Gerritsen, Michael Palmer, Leonard Goldberg, and Patricia Cornwell. I highly recommend this book to fans of medical thrillers and other mysteries who are looking for a real page turner!

From R. Barri Flowers, author of the mystery novels, DAMNING EVIDENCE, POSITIVE I.D., WHEN NIGHT FALLS, MURDER IN THE ROSE CITY, and DEADLY SECRETS IN THE MOTOR CITY.

Rating:
Summary: Gripping!
Review: Wednesday's Child by Deborah Shlian and Joel Shlian is a gripping medical thriller that kept me literally on the edge of my seat. If you're looking for a heart-stopping, fast-paced read that's as good as anything by Grishom or Mary Higgins Clark, this is it. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: A Medical Mystery ...full of intrigue
Review: Wednesday's Child is an engaging and fast paced story about a young physician, Dr. Leigh Novak and her four year old son, Jeremy. Mother and son move to a small town outside of San Fransisco following Leigh's separation from her husband to take over an aging physician's family practice. Upon Dr. Leigh's arrival, the elderly physician takes one look at the young doctor and suffers a massive stroke. Within hours, a small boy with chickenpox dies dispite her heroic efforts to save him. While mom is dealing with the medical-legal ramifications of the boy's death, Jeremy is coping with the strange woman who runs his new preschool nursery. Great start!

This faced paced story is written with an elegant charm uncommon in books of this genre. During the wee hours of the morning, I kept promising myself "just one more" until I had reached the final chapter.