Lethal Practice [Mass Market Paperback]

Peter Clement (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 28, 1998

St. Paul's Hospital. Buffalo, New York. Scandal rocks the medical community when someone murders the chief administrator, plunging a long thin cardiac needle into his heart with deadly precision. Top ER physician Earl Garnet is one of the few doctors who knows how to insert a cardiac needle. Now a suspect, Garnet races to uncover the truth, even as he becomes embroiled in a conspiracy far bigger and more sinister than he could ever imagine--a secret that could blow apart the very medical establishment Garnet has sworn to serve.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Fawcett (February 28, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449002810
• ISBN-13: 978-0449002810
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,798,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad, October 10, 2004

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L. Maynard (Dallas, Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lethal Practice (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a lover of medical thrillers and this one was okay. It wasn't the worst medical thriller I have ever read, but it certainly wasn't the best either. Earl Garnet is an ER physician, whose wife is pregnant and also a physician. Earl is plunged into the middle of trouble when he is called to the chief admisistrators office to find the man dead. He also discovers a cardiac needle has been broken off in the murder victims chest. There are only a handfull of doctors who are skilled enough to know how to use a cardiac needle, and Dr. Garnet is among them. This fact quickly makes him a suspect.

Garnet, struggling to identify the real killer and clear his own name, soon becomes the killer's next target.

The story started out just fine and had enough action and suspense to keep you wanting to read through dinner and past your bedtime. There is enough medical jargon to make it interesting, but Clement doesn't over do it. He gives a brief explanation so any layman can keep up with the story. Clement trys to give the story a twist at the end that is lame and out of the blue. It was not well done, but all in all, the story is a good one and worth your time. Hopefully Clement will get a little better with plot organization for his next effort.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly authentic and equally frightening!, November 4, 1998

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Valerie Aarne (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lethal Practice (Mass Market Paperback)

Peter Clement has captured facts from real life in an emergency department setting ... and melted them into a simply wonderful thriller. As an ED nurse ... I found his twist on the facts to be very creative yet within the realm of possibility. I couldn't put this book down!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Takes a while to get going, March 29, 2004

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D. Rothmeyer (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lethal Practice (Mass Market Paperback)

I was so excited to pick up this book due to my love of medical based thrillers. However, I found this book to be one of those that's "hard to get into".

The first half of the book was just OK and I found myself making myself read it. The main character seemed to be on the outside looking in rather than invovled in the story. Things just weren't happening to him like you would expect in a "thriller". Finally at page 153 things started happening and after that I was liking the book a little more.

The ending was well written and a great salvage to what I thought would be a downer of a book. I just wish the book would have grabbed me a little sooner than halfway through.