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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Page Turner....., December 23, 2001
This review is from: Delayed Diagnosis (Mass Market Paperback)
Dawkins County Emergency Room physician, Rhea Lynch, never expected to find her oldest and dearest friend, Marisa Braswell, near death when she got home from a two week camping trip. The diagnosis, a catastrophic stroke. Talk around the hospital says Marisa is dying. After only a couple of days in the ICU, her husband, Dr Steven Braswell, took her home, and has forbidden any visitors, including friends and family. This course of treatment, or non-treatment makes absolutely no sense, medically, so Rhea sneaks into the Braswell house and conducts her own examination. The results tell her two things...Marisa didn't have a stroke, and whatever happened to her, happened on purpose..... Gwen Hunter's debut thriller is a fast paced, roller coaster ride, with a suspenseful and compelling story line and strong, well drawn characters. Her hospital scenes are intense, vivid and riveting, and her medical knowledge and attention to detail adds real credibility to the story. This is the beginning of a promising new series, and with the few loose ends left hanging, readers will look forward to Ms Hunter's next installment, and Dr Lynch's return.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Think Kinsey Millhone with a scalpel!, June 9, 2002
This review is from: Delayed Diagnosis (Mass Market Paperback)
I *like* plucky female heroines. I am especially fond of Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone because any woman who has the cujones to cut her hair with cuticle scissors is my kind of gal! After reading DELAYED DIAGNOSIS by new writer Gwen Hunter, I have found another favorite fictional female! Rhea Lynch, M.D., works in the emergency room of a small South Carolina hospital. She is independent, feisty, very, very tough, although she's still smarting from a relationship gone bad. When Rhea comes home from a much needed two-week vacation to find her best friend Marisa in the hospital fighting for her life, Rhea is devastated, but she has another shocker coming: Marisa's husband, Dr. Steven Braswell, will not let Rhea near Marisa. Might as well have put a red flag right in front of the bull. Once Rhea starts digging into the reasons behind Marisa's sudden 'stroke,' the bodies begin piling up. Rhea is not deterred and gets to the bottom of the mystery, with some pretty surprising results. Gwen Hunter's new series is replete with hospital guts and gore, but her characterization of Dr. Lynch and her surroundings is so right-on that writing the stories any other way would seem the sissy's way out....and Dr. Rhea is no sissy! I look for more from Gwen Hunter. She'll be on the NYTimes list soon! Trust me on this one. Enjoy!
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent medical thriller, June 6, 2001
This review is from: Delayed Diagnosis (Mass Market Paperback)
After being on vacation for a week, ER Doctor Rhea Lynch returns home to learn her best friend Marisa Braswell suffered a sever stroke. However, instead of being at the hospital, Marisa's husband, Dr. Stephen Braswell, head of ER, has kept her at their home and will not allow any visitors. Rhea cannot fathom why Stephen is keeping his spouse out of the hospital and how such a healthy young woman like Marisa could have suffered such a debilitating illness. Rhea is unable to ignore her friend's plight. She sneaks into the Braswell home, but what she sees horrifies her as a comatose Marisa drips a strange liquid from her nasal passages. Her quick exam fails to verify Stephen's diagnosis. Later that same day, a patient enters ER with similar if not the identical symptoms as Marisa has. Rhea begins to investigate what is happening to her adopted small South Carolina town though someone will go to any lengths to insure she fails including murder. DELAYED DIAGNOSIS is an exciting medical thriller that centers on the theme of friendship and how far a person will go in the name of that friendship. The heroine is a person will risk everything for a friend. The intrepid Rhea is a flawed person whose weaknesses turn into strengths. She goes the extra mile to help her best friend over the objection of Marisa's spouse, who is the patient's doctor and Rheaís boss. Though the reason for the conspiracy seems thin, readers will fully enjoy this action-packed medical drama because Rhea, who tells much of the tale, hooks the audience. Harriet Klausner
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