The book was a great read- suspense, thrilling, and sometimes surprising. However, I got REALLY tired of every male character in the book drooling over the beautiful Dr. Blalock. A few drooling characters would get the point across. ALL of the males drooling got real old real fast. The love interest part of the book really dragged the story down. I felt like it was added so this could more easily be made into a block buster movie. The book would have been better without the love interest.
This is my first look at Leonard Goldberg and I just couldnt put it down, ala Patricia Cornwell! The plot of doctors getting murdered in very gruesome manners and the passages where the killers thoughts were described -- while not identifying the killer is excellent! I loved the relationship between the forensic pathologist, Joanna Blalock, and the cop, although that seemed a little too close for comfort to Patricia Cornwells Dr. Kay Scarpetta and her FBI boyfriend. However, many cop books portray relationships between cops and other cops or other people in law enforcement, and in real life, this happens all the time! The reputations of doctors being on the line during a malpractice suit was very realistic and moved along at a good pace between all the murders, blood and guts -- and stray hands falling here and there. Definitely a book for the morbidly curious. Thats me!
A serial killer with a grudge against doctors at an L.A. hospital and the expertise to imitate each of his victims medical specialties stalks the hospital halls, and forensic pathologist Joanna Blalock must stop him before she becomes the next victim. Just like the first book, you dont even have a clue who the killer is until the last 50 pages. This book was really hard to put down. If youre into medical thrillers, start this series!
