Diagnosis Murder #7: The Double Life (Mass Market Paperback)

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Dr. Mark Sloan is destined to join the pantheon of great literary sleuths. -- Janet Evanovich

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Dr. Mark Sloan is destined to join the pantheon of great literary sleuths. (Janet Evanovich)

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Signet (November 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451219856
• ISBN-13: 978-0451219855
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 3.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #119,774 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Double Thriller, November 24, 2006

By	Rosa "Bookworm" (Detroit,MichiganUSA) - See all my reviews

This is the best novel since Death Merchant. When Mark is almost killed until Jessie comes to his rescue. Wakes up to find that he's lost his memory and has a wife. On the top that, The killer is still out there. This novel has a lot of good twists and turns. You have to get this book this is a real page turner.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great installment, November 21, 2006

By	SciFiChick "www.SciFiChick.com" (Fishers, IN USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Diagnosis Murder #7: The Double Life, by Lee Goldberg is the seventh installment in the Diagnosis Murder series. Dr. Mark Sloan awakens from an accident to find that two years of his life have passed of which he has no memory.

Goldberg's Diagnosis Murder novels are based from the hit TV show of the same name, for which Goldberg also wrote and produced. Dr. Sloan is the Chief of Staff at Community General Hospital in Los Angeles. In his spare time, Sloan solves mysteries and tracks down murderers, with the help of his son Steve (a homicide detective) and fellow doctors Amanda Bentley and Jessie Travis.

This book was nearly impossible to put down. I ended up reading it in one day. The murder mystery was very fast-paced and had a lot going on, but not so much that it became confusing. Goldberg weaves a complex mystery full of murders and puzzles. As always, he gives Dr. Sloan so much depth, emotion, and humor that you can imagine Dick Van Dyke playing the part on TV. Goldberg has proved once again that he is a master of writing whodunits.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can Mark Find his Memory and the Killer?, November 14, 2006

By	Mark Baker (Santa Clarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Mark Sloan is hot on the trail of a killer. Since he doesn't really have any proof yet, he's working with Amanda and Jesse to find something to give to his son Steve. He knows there's something there. He just needs to find it.

Obviously, someone agrees with him. One morning on his way into the hospital, a car tries to run him down. He hits his head and goes into a comma.

When he wakes up, three days have passed. Mark quickly discovers that he's lost his memory of the last two years including his marriage to Dr. Emily Noble. In fact, he doesn't remember anything about this pediatrician.

He's also forgotten the details of the investigation. But he hopes that working on the case will bring back his memory. He quickly begins to find the pieces again. There is a rash of deaths connected to survivors of near death experiences. Too many to be a coincidence. But who is doing the killing? What connection had Mark found?

This is another fast read in a great tie-in series. As always, Lee Goldberg has captured the characters from the TV show and brought them to life on the page. There are several scenes that had me laughing, and I really enjoyed a couple scenes between Mark and Jesse's wife Susan. Unfortunately, the plot was a little weak. I saw a major plot point coming long before the characters did. And the ending was a little rushed with Mark making a couple jumps I didn't follow.

Even though this isn't the strongest entry in the series, it was still a fast, fun read sure to please fans of the show and the books.