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Viral Intent: Terror in New Orleans: Alexandra Destephano Medical Thriller Series (Woman of Valor) by [Judith Lucci]

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Can A Mystery Virus Destroy New Orleans?

With the President and members of Congress due to visit the Big Easy for a political convention, an unidentified killer virus is wreaking havoc in the Crescent City emergency room. Physicians are baffled, nurses are frightened and viral contagion and biological warfare are considered. Two people have bled out and died horribly.

The virus escalates and strikes close to the Commander In Chief when another death claims the life of a Secret Service agent guarding the President. Citizens panic with the gruesome murder of a prominent Congressman in the French Quarter. Who will be next?

Alex enlists the help of the enemy to save the streets of New Orleans from disaster.

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“Viral Intent, with all of its possibilities, is a thought-provoking and terrifying thriller. I had never thought of the damage a virus could present so quickly. When you throw in a few terrorists and some unexpected plot twists the novel takes a life of its own. The author's background in medicine and health care lays the background for this very realistic series and enhances the story. I love the characters in Alexandra Destephano novels. They are so good at what they do, yet there is a vulnerability about them that we can appreciate and identify with. This is a great series and provided me with a couldn't put down weekend read. I hope the next one comes soon."

Book Collector “. . . I found Viral Intent hard to put down. If you love terrorist stories, politics, or medical drama, then this is definitely the book for you.” -

Ray Simmons for Readers' Favorite: "Viral Intent is an intense action-adventure medical-psychological thriller based on a true story. You won’t be able to put this political book down because it so real. Readers tell us they’ll be up all night reading “just one more chapter” until you turn the last page and find you’ve been reading all night. But don’t worry, there’s another book to follow. Hard-boiled action-adventure psychological suspense you’ll never forget."

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I knew where this story was going when I read the quote from the Quran on page five, right after the dedication. I love New Orleans. I grew up about a three-hour drive from there so I have visited often. Judith Lucci gets the feel of the city right in Viral Intent. Viral Intent starts in an emergency room and ends with a party. As you can imagine, that is one hell of a roller coaster ride. A ride that includes nurses, doctors, terrorist, cops, and politicians. I imagine this scenario has at least been thought about by a lot of nervous Americans concerned with the war on terror. Judith Lucci has created a thrilling suspense novel based on the possibility that the next time terrorists decide to target the United States, they will use something a little subtler than airplanes, guns, or bombs. A great idea.

I liked Viral Intent. I especially liked that Judith Lucci got the setting right. She put us there in a big hospital and the hospital scenes were well written and very tense. Judith also got the police and terrorists right, and having terrorists who are international students studying at an American university is a timely detail with the current public discussion on immigration and one candidate's idea to ban all Muslim entry into our great country. With a great plot and lots of interesting characters, I found Viral Intent hard to put down. If you love terrorist stories, politics, or medical drama, then this is definitely the book for you.5 Stars~Reviewed by Ray Simmons for Readers' Favorite

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00J7PC69C
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bluestone Valley Publishing (March 23, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 23, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 530 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 330 pages

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Judith Lucci is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon Best Selling author who loves to kill people - which is totally opposite what she's spent her life doing. "I love to think of heinous ways to dispose of people - sometimes a lot of people- but it must be creative. I don't use guns very often but rather rely on my medical background and research to figure out the best way to get the job done. Bullets are just too easy. I'm sure a psychiatrist would have a ball trying to figure out why someone who spent her life caring for people and saving lives, now spends hours each day in the creative pursuit of murder."

Dr. Lucci is a Gold Medal Winner for Best Sleuth 2017 for The Case of Dr. Dude, the first book in the Michaela McPherson Series and another Gold Medal for Best Political Thriller in 2017 for Viral Intent, the third book in the Alexandra Destephano medical thriller series. Her third Michaela McPherson mystery won a silver medal in 2018 for Best Sleuth. She's has contributed to numerous anthologies, some of which are currently available on Amazon. She has recently claimed the prestigious status of a Wall Street Journal best selling author. She is also a USA Today best selling author. Her Cozy Mystery series, Artsy Chicks, is set at Massanutten Resort in the Virginia mountains where she and several other artists and the local medical examiner, solve mysteries of deaths that occur at the resort.

Lucci's thrillers are a fast-paced, riveting reads that offer readers believable drama, memorable characters and true suspense. Her books are described as 'unputdownable."

Judith was born and educated in Virginia where she holds graduate and doctoral degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia. She is also the author of numerous academic and health-related articles and documents. She loves to communicate with her readers at www.judithlucci.com.

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Tony Parsons

nternational medical thriller

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 6, 2020

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New Orleans, LA. Crescent City Medical Center. ICU Bed #3. Kelsey Saunders (LSU grad intern) was hollering for Sandy Pilsner (ED nurse mgr.).
Dr. Fred Patterson (ED) was very unhappy the guy was bleeding out.
CODE BLUE. He soon was flatline.
Dr. Robert Bonnet (Alex’s ex-husband, general surgeon, CCMC interim chief of medicine) came to see what all the alarm was about.
Dr. Dave Broderick (CCMC infectious disease head) was right behind.
NO, LA. When the President & members of Congress come to visit the Crescent City ER it was swamped with patients. The CDC is on their way to help.

Faubourg Marigny colorful revitalized NO, LA neighborhood. What were Ali (23, Muslim, Tulane U grad student), & Nazir (31, Muslim, older brother) discussing?
Dr. Tim Smith (Tropical Medicine, infectious disease, Tulane U; PhD) was headed to CCMC.
Cajun Café. Dr. Monique Desmonde (Alex’s BFF, MD, Psychiatrist, CCMC psychiatric services head),
Commander Jack Françoise (NOPD, Monique’s lover), Alexandra “Alex” Lee Destephano (lawyer, RN, Robert’s ex-wife, CCMC legal counsel, JD), & Dr. Bonnet were about to enjoy what
Chef Henri (Cajun Café executive chef) had made for them.
The discussion was about the virus that his hit NO.
HAZMAT is on their way.
ED conference room. Dr. Broderick, Dr. Smith, Elizabeth Tippett (hospital media relations, Times Picayune, Virginia Commonwealth U), Robert, & Alex were discussing the worldwide viral outbreak of some type. It did not appear to be Ebola or Marburg.
Sandy Pilsner directed the ED & Centers for Disease Control personnel.
Dr. Yvette Charmaine (42, LSU, Harvard Med, Johns Hopkins residency) is the CDC team leader.

Robert introduced Alex to her.
Dr./Mohammed Abdu (NYC Red Jihad cell leader, Brooklyn U Professor Middle Eastern History, Russian Muslim Jihad member), & Dr. Omar Hassan (Muslim Jihadist, eminent Brooklyn U Professor Middle Eastern History, Russian Muslim Jihad member) were quite upset because their terrorist group could not take credit for the viral outbreak.
#1 Police Plaza Police commissioner’s office. Travis Stoner, Jeff Bodine, Commander Jack Françoise (NOPD, Monique’s lover), & Captain John Houser (Louisiana State Police Criminal Division) were having a meeting.
The 2 Jihad leaders Dr. Abdu, Syed, & Dr. Hassan arrived in New Orleans, LA late last night.
The virus had finally been ID.

Warning: This book contains extremely graphic adult content, violence, or expletive language (racial remarks) &/or uncensored sexually explicit material (child physical/sexual abuse) which is only suitable for mature readers. It may be offensive or have potential adverse psychological effects on the reader.

I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.

An awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very professionally written international medical thriller book. It was amazingly easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a huge set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great international medical thriller movie, or better yet a mini TV series. An extremely easy rating of 5 stars.

Thank you for the free author; Bluestone Valley Publishing; LisaatManybooks; Amazon Digital Services LLC.; book
Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)

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The Worst Thriller I've Ever Read!

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I've been teaching detective fiction at a university for over a quarter century and teaching a class in thrillers for five years. I've published books and many articles in the field. Because suspense is crucial in both categories, I avoid teaching books I've ever read before so the students and I can both use the clues we find to speculate on what will happen next. Thus, I have to depend on reviews of books. Shame on the dozens of readers who gave this book five stars. Because of you, three dozen students purchased and read this horrible book. I always include a medical or biological thriller, and when I was looking for a new one, this one caught my eye. After all, I love New Orleans, love New Orleans food, and love nurses. Supposedly Dr. Rocchiccioli knew a lot about hospitals, nursing, and virology. So I ordered it. Big mistake.
Dr. Rocchiccioli claims in the afterword that the book was proofread by two professional editors and many other readers before publication. If so, those people should return the money she paid them. I've been teaching college composition for forty years, and I've also worked as a professional editor for many years. Trust me when I say that there are probably an average of two mistakes per page, mostly punctuation errors. Plus, has she ever looked at a real book before? When we were studying typing in the seventies using typewriters, we used half inch indents and two spaces after each sentence. But even then, in books, the convention was quarter inch indents and ONE space after sentences. Did she never learn to use a computer properly? It's not a typewriter. Also, never a space between each paragraph. As a result, the book is annoying and amateurish to read. Also, some of the quotation marks are curly and some are straight. Why? Never heard of a global change? The spacing is simply single spaced, whereas more commonly there will be at least one extra point of space after each line. These are easy, standard things professional layout editors do all the time. This is one of the big problems with self-publishing by amateurs who are not trained writers.
I expected solid medical, nursing, hospital information, but the hospital scenes are a joke. The author seems to know nothing about how quarantine of this sort would be handled in an emergency room. You certainly won't learn anything about how hospitals work from this book. And a terrorist who seems to know nothing about hospitals enters the operating room of a major hospital and roams the place, injecting a virus into EACH pack and instrument tray, and the nurses catch this the next day! And the liquid is immediately cultured and identified! (I spent three years as an OR tech, so trust me when I say that is unlikely.)
The hospital lawyer, her ex-husband, and the police commander all seem to have nothing to do but see each other. Don't they have to work? The characterization is terrible, the worst I've ever seen. Dr. Rocchiccioli seems to think characterization means hair color or nail color. We are told several dozen times that Robert still wants Alex, his ex-wife, and vice-versa. Indeed, almost everything we are told, we are told many times, such as the relationship between Alex and her grandparents.
What about the terrorists? Three or four of them want out. All the terrorists are idiots. They are all easily killed. They are stereotyped and one-dimensional.
Dr. Rocchiccioli seems to believe in an eye-rolling conspiracy theory she got from a book called "Dr. Mary's Monkey." It's not true. Her arm wasn't burned off by a linear accelerator. Come on!
The bio-terrorism viruses are unbelievable. A virus that leads to death by advanced lung cancer in a few hours? Really? There's a big nerve gas attack mixed with the magic virus, but the virus doesn't seem to do anything. Ali the terrorist virologist grad student says that he can make a gas out of the virus easily in a day. Really? The author doesn't seem to know that aerosolizing a virus is very difficult and generally doesn't work. She doesn't deal with the level of communicability, the incidence of mortality, how easily it dies, how it is passed.
Why would the Secret Service and the FBI allow senators and the president to come to a conference in the French Quarter when there is a credible threat of a terrorist attack and an active viral plague in progress and filling the emergency room and the major hospital in town is closed to newcomers. The plot is simple unbelievable.
I wish I could say this is a good book. I want it to be. I give lots of five star ratings. This book is a one star. Don't buy it.

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In this age of Ebola and terrorism this is a timely read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 12, 2015

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We live in dangerous times. Ebola has been in the news again and terrorism is an ever present threat to our democracy and peace. Because of that this is a particularly timely and compelling thriller, demonstrating the endless possibilities of what terrorists could come up with next in order to instigate mass destruction.

Judith is clearly very knowledgeable about medicine and so using her knowledge and experience she has come up with the story of an unknown illness in which people are bleeding through their eyes and other orifices. It is set in New Orleans. Ebola is ruled out. The virus is mutating fast. 'It's making 9/11 look like child's play'. Will they be able to contain it? And to make matters worse the President and senators are expected in New Orleans for a convention. The matter has to be dealt with quick.
Meanwhile there are a series of mysterious murders in the city to solve. There are no clues, no murder weapons and crucially no blood at the scene. They are named the St Germaine murders after a nobleman in New Orleans roamed the street feasting on blood in the 17th.
Who is responsible and what is causing the deaths? Find out in this gripping read.

Simon

Classy Medical Thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 27, 2014

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Viral Intent by Judith Townsend Rocchiccioli is a flawlessly paced medical thriller of the highest standard. This third book in the Alex Destephano Series pulls no punches and bravely tackles the ever-increasing problem of terrorism.
Crescent City Medical Center has had its share of troubles, but nothing can compare to a deadly unknown viral attack. Again, Hospital Lawyer Alex Destephano tackles this new threat head on with her usual gusto and guile. With the help of Jack Francoise, top cop of NOPD they try to piece together a complex puzzle that threatens not just all of New Orleans but the President, who happens to be visiting.
The author cleverly mixes high tech planning from CDC, FBI and Secret Service with the cynical and callous actions of the terrorists. I especially enjoyed the character of the mysterious Russian. Well done to the author for establishing a great mystery character within all the mayhem.
This medical thriller rates up there with the best that there is to offer and if you like your books fast-paced, high tech, guns ablazing with mystery too, then this book will satisfy all your needs.
A FIVE STAR thriller that is highly recommended.

snowdrop1941

Chillingly Thrilling

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 8, 2019

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I found this story very disturbing, especially at this time of unrest in the world. I couldn't make up my mind about Alex because on one hand she was loving and caring, whilst at the same time she was cold and arrogant. A well thought out story.

Seb Barrow

Another good medical thriller.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 18, 2020

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Always able to rely on the author to give us yet another good read. A group of jihadists plan to cause chaos in New Orleans when there is a political convention with the President attending. They are intending to use a virus concocted a number of years before.
Enjoyed the story and, as usual, able to follow the medical references.

Erania Pinnera

An intense medical mystery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 28, 2015

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Viral Intent is an intense medical mystery with a high dose of thriller and tension.
I found the descriptions of the medical environment extremely detailed and real (my parents both work in a hospital so I know how easy is to give a wrong idea of the medical/disease matters). The plot is quite tangled and the rhythm is very fast-pace.
The main character - Alexandra Destephano - is well fleshed out and as a woman I can totally sympathise with herself and her tiny little weaknesses.
Definitely recommended.

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