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Summary: Fishy words...
Review: Ichthyic is taken from the Greek word for fish. It is of or pertaining to a fish. "An ichthyic handshake" would at my best guess, be a handshake that feels kinda like you're shaking a fish *pleasant thought....yeesh*.I've been reading this book the last few days, and I'm in the middle of it right now. Is it just me, or does the climax happen in the middle, rather than at the end? It just feels as if they reached the climax and then dropped off plot-wise.
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Summary: A Very good medical thriller
Review: If you like medical thrillers, you're going to enjoy this one. The plot is nail-biting, even scary at times. Furthermore, Mr Palmer being a medical doctor himself, the material is carefully researched and utterly credible. A very good read.
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Summary: "A MEDICAL THRILLER"
Review: My librarian recommended this book to me. Since i work in shifts i really look out for books which can be read in one sitting, specially in the night shifts...
And i was glued to this book... i even have e-mail replies from Mr.Palmer himself.... a spine chilling medical thriller which involves a bit of everything....like suspense, ... intrigue...
It also shows that human lives mean nothing ...if money is the main motive..
If you dont mind medical thrillers then please goa ahead with this Palmer thriller.
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Summary: "A MEDICAL THRILLER"
Review: My librarian recommended this book to me. Since i work in shifts i really look out for books which can be read in one sitting, specially in the night shifts...
And i was glued to this book... i even have e-mail replies from Mr.Palmer himself.... a spine chilling medical thriller which involves a bit of everything....like suspense, ... intrigue...
It also shows that human lives mean nothing ...if money is the main motive..
If you dont mind medical thrillers then please goa ahead with this Palmer thriller.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: This book differed quite a bit from the rest of Michael Palmer's books. While most of the books I've read by Palmer deal mainly with hospital life, this book focused a lot of hospital politics. The book itself was good, but not one of his better books. The ending of the book dropped off very quickly and left me wondering and guessing what happened. If you're a Palmer fan, read it. Otherwise, try another of his books.
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Summary: Not terrible, but...
Review: This book differed quite a bit from the rest of Michael Palmer's books. While most of the books I've read by Palmer deal mainly with hospital life, this book focused a lot of hospital politics. The book itself was good, but not one of his better books. The ending of the book dropped off very quickly and left me wondering and guessing what happened. If you're a Palmer fan, read it. Otherwise, try another of his books.
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Summary: Not What I Expected
Review: This was the first Michael Palmer book I have read. I was dissapointed. This story was more about hospital political issues rather than a little boy who's life was miserable due to sugery. The main idea was more focused on the top people of this hospital and doctor's rather than Toby and his terrible experience. The ending did not give enough detail as to the outcome of Toby and Suzanne. I thought Palmer did a great job on the character's. This book was not what I thought I was going to read about. Hospital politics is for the birds.
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Summary: 3rd medical thriller has: love, deceit, rivalry, corruption!
Review: We're reading Michael Palmer's medical thrillers in order, having thoroughly enjoyed his earlier "Sisterhood" & "Side Effects". As before, most of the story revolves around a hospital, this one, Sterling New Hampshire's Ultramed, part of a big business conglomerate. The successful administrator is Frank Iverson, son of the town's patriarch, Judge Clayton Iverson. When younger brother Zack finally finishes all his training in neurosurgery, he decides (with some misgivings) to return to the family stomping grounds and sign on with Ultramed. We're soon introduced to an 8-year-old, Toby, who is near dieing over reliving his surgery of a year or so ago. We readers are given enough clues to know something is up, and it finally turns out two doctors are in cahoots to experiment on certain patients - gads! As our hero Zack starts to zero in on the malpractice, his new love, cardiologist Susanne Cole, is also victimized, certainly making the whole thing more personal. Meanwhile, hospital politics are rife with tension as Frank and Zack do not see eye to eye almost off the bat; and the Judge is stirring up a possible community buyback of the hospital. Female Ultramed executives bring more chaos to the scene as Frank gets more desperate to hide a years earlier embezzlement, the experimental drugging his salvation?? As with his early books, Palmer keeps us hooked til right near the end. In fact, he mixes so many ingredients from the human condition into this one that we can't even tell what kind of stew it is. But it tastes good and leaves us looking for more Palmer - handy he finds success and as of now has seven more novels for us to enjoy. Let's get at it!
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Summary: 3rd medical thriller has: love, deceit, rivalry, corruption!
Review: We're reading Michael Palmer's medical thrillers in order, having thoroughly enjoyed his earlier "Sisterhood" & "Side Effects". As before, most of the story revolves around a hospital, this one, Sterling New Hampshire's Ultramed, part of a big business conglomerate. The successful administrator is Frank Iverson, son of the town's patriarch, Judge Clayton Iverson. When younger brother Zack finally finishes all his training in neurosurgery, he decides (with some misgivings) to return to the family stomping grounds and sign on with Ultramed. We're soon introduced to an 8-year-old, Toby, who is near dieing over reliving his surgery of a year or so ago. We readers are given enough clues to know something is up, and it finally turns out two doctors are in cahoots to experiment on certain patients - gads! As our hero Zack starts to zero in on the malpractice, his new love, cardiologist Susanne Cole, is also victimized, certainly making the whole thing more personal. Meanwhile, hospital politics are rife with tension as Frank and Zack do not see eye to eye almost off the bat; and the Judge is stirring up a possible community buyback of the hospital. Female Ultramed executives bring more chaos to the scene as Frank gets more desperate to hide a years earlier embezzlement, the experimental drugging his salvation?? As with his early books, Palmer keeps us hooked til right near the end. In fact, he mixes so many ingredients from the human condition into this one that we can't even tell what kind of stew it is. But it tastes good and leaves us looking for more Palmer - handy he finds success and as of now has seven more novels for us to enjoy. Let's get at it!
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Summary: Spelling???
Review: What in the world is ichthyic shake? As in "The surgeon stood and gave Frank's proffered hand an ichthyic shake". As an avid reader, I have never encountered this word before. Please let me know so that I will be prepared if one is ever offered to me. As for the book itself, it was a little hard to get into in the beginning (of course I bought it to read on a transatlantic flight) so that may have something to do with it.
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