Night Shift
An Electrifying Medical Thriller From the Master of the Genre
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- 5,99 €
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- 5,99 €
Publisher Description
In Night Shift, an exhilarating medical mystery-thriller by Robin Cook, a doctor's murder will lure Jack and Laurie into the dark underbelly of their New York hospital.
Juggling intense work with family pressures, Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery are married doctors with hectic schedules. The last thing they need on their plates is a murder.
When Laurie’s long-time friend Dr Sue Passero dies mysteriously in a hospital car park, an autopsy is required. It falls squarely under Laurie’s remit as newly-appointed chief medical examiner but, when Laurie asks Jack to take special care with the examination, he can hardly refuse.
As he looks more closely into the case, Jack senses foul play around Sue's sudden death. He sets out to investigate on-site at Manhattan Memorial Hospital, even if it means defying the rules.
What starts as an inquiry soon becomes a deadly game of cat-and-mouse – between Jack Stapleton and a deranged killer, ready to strike again . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the opening chapter of bestseller Cook's so-so 12th medical thriller featuring married physicians Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery (after 2019's Genesis), an unidentified attacker kills internist Susan Passero in her car at the Manhattan Memorial Hospital parking garage by injection. That eliminates any doubt as to whether Susan was murdered, thus making New York City medical examiner Jack's efforts to determine the cause of death unsuspenseful. Susan was Laurie's doctor and her "oldest and closest friend," so when Jack learns of Susan's death, he's determined to discover what caused an apparent fatal sudden cardiac event. His digging reveals a possible motive for murder: Susan had been examining the criteria her hospital's Mortality and Morbidity Committee had been using to select cases to review. His inquiry, aided by Laurie, who happens to be his boss as the chief medical examiner, follows predictable lines, including a contrived denouement. Given that Cook has spent multiple books trying to establish his leads' devoted relationship, Jack's telling Laurie "your dear friend Sue Passero is downstairs in the cooler needing to be autopsied" may strike readers as a tad callous. Even series fans may be disappointed.
