Heartbeat

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Summary: page turner, real hard edged emotions
Review: a great read for those who love medical books providing a accurate view of an ER

the characters are realistic, not flat or one dimentional. dealing with complex and gripping emotions.

all in all an enjoyable read!!

Rating:
Summary: page turner, real hard edged emotions
Review: a great read for those who love medical books providing a accurate view of an ER

the characters are realistic, not flat or one dimentional. dealing with complex and gripping emotions.

all in all an enjoyable read!!

Rating:
Summary: If you love ER...
Review: If you love to watch ER, then you'll go crazy for HEARTBEAT. Samuel Finn writes with an authority that allows the reader to become totally immersed in the story.

Rating:
Summary: If you love ER...
Review: If you love to watch ER, then you'll go crazy for HEARTBEAT. Samuel Finn writes with an authority that allows the reader to become totally immersed in the story.

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Summary: Gripping Psychological Thriller
Review: Things are not going well for Dr. Leon Mendel, the protagonist of first-time author Samuel Finn's Heartbeat. His marriage is on the rocks, people are dying at the emergency room he supervises, and he is having psychotic delusions. Then he meets Rita Thal, an alcoholic trying to recover from the death of her only child.

Heartbeat begins with a riveting description of an emergency shift from hell, told with such gripping detail that you will guess (correctly) that the author is writing from years of experience on the front lines of ER medicine. This book draws you in with an insider's view of an inner city ER and then keeps you going with interesting and likable characters and a tight, tense plot.

Heartbeat is a psychological thriller and a love story with the dark mood of a 1940's detective book noir. Once you start, you will have trouble putting it down. I highly recommend this book.

Rating:
Summary: Gripping Psychological Thriller
Review: Things are not going well for Dr. Leon Mendel, the protagonist of first-time author Samuel Finn's Heartbeat. His marriage is on the rocks, people are dying at the emergency room he supervises, and he is having psychotic delusions. Then he meets Rita Thal, an alcoholic trying to recover from the death of her only child.

Heartbeat begins with a riveting description of an emergency shift from hell, told with such gripping detail that you will guess (correctly) that the author is writing from years of experience on the front lines of ER medicine. This book draws you in with an insider's view of an inner city ER and then keeps you going with interesting and likable characters and a tight, tense plot.

Heartbeat is a psychological thriller and a love story with the dark mood of a 1940's detective book noir. Once you start, you will have trouble putting it down. I highly recommend this book.

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Summary: High and Tight Page Turner
Review: This book is a great read, especially for one intrigued by the workings of a big city hospital's emergency department. Mr Finn, whom I understand to be an emergency room doc, catches the ER perfectly. The first chapter describing the events of a single night in the ER catches you and Mr. Finn never lets you go the last page. The changes of point of view are nicely done. Even though you can guess the cause of Dr. Mendel's problems the climax ties it to the whole story superbly. I highly recommend "Heartbeat."