Ghost Image

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Summary: Yeah, a new writer who can write!
Review: I am just here to jump on the Joshua Gilder bandwagon. I am so happy to have a new author to read. I love suspense thrillers, but find that most of the books I pick up are so poorly written I can't even finish them. I know it is a cliché to call Ghost Image a "page-turner" but it truly is one!!!! From beginning to end, I could not put this down. The first page grabs you, not with a murder (those come later) but with a scene that immediately gives you that sick-in-the-pit-of-your- stomach and a this-ain't-good event.

The story unfolds against the backdrop of California and the world of plastic surgery, however this will also appeal to those who like the forensic mysteries that are popular now, it is technical, detailed, fascinating. The characters are interesting, flawed and well developed. Some of the secondary characters will be recognizable, but the main ones are truly unique and complicated.

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Summary: A stunning Thriller
Review: Joshua Gilder's first novel, Ghost Image is a psychological thriller set in the world of plastic surgery that moves inexorably from its startling opening episode to its resonant conclusion at an almost breakneck pace.
Jackson Maebry, a rising plastic surgery intern, discovers the night he is called to the ER that the cruelly beaten and burned female patient he is attending is Allie, the girl he has just recently fallen in love with and hopes to marry. When her heart stops he overrides his colleagues, saws her chest open, massages her heart until it beats again. However, having saved her life, subsequent problems come at him with appalling speed. Will her heart still beat for him? Will he and his famous mentor plastic surgeon be able to restore her beauty? Who has done this brutal deed? When he becomes the main suspect desperation takes hold.
Gilder writes with intelligence, wit and fluidity, taking time to allow his characters to ponder the more complicated issues of human frailty, trust, love and loyalty, and to lighten his story of trauma and murder with the informed irreverent banter among medical men.. This is no ordinary whodonit. At one point Allie, confronts Jackson with the facts of her disfigurement, suggesting that he never would have fallen in love with her if she'd been disfigured when he met her, drawing the parallel between her condition and his fear of his inheriting his mother's insanity. Gilder's writing is deft, clear, highly literate, and he brings to the page an astounding (and sometimes horrifying) amount of information about plastic surgery.
I am not usually a lover of thrillers, but this metaphoric story of both mental and physical disfigurement, its causes and cures, held me captive until the last surprising page.

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Summary: The Envy Of Excellence To Joshua Gilder New Book!
Review: The author, Joshua Gilder will be making an impact upon American Literature for sometime to come if this novel is any kind of example. I found this book to be simply a breath of great pride to read.

He blends realism with fiction, good against evil, and doubters to decision makers into a twirling tale to the struggle of figuring out who is committing atrocities of murder in the book. The writer uses his talents to describe the complicated medical terms and techniques into easy reading even as the situation starts to unravel the dark murder mystery. The author writes in a very smart and adroit manner. The arcade of distinguishing personalities written into the story and well-structured, flavorful text combine in capturing you from the first chapter.

I highly recommend you buy this book and take it with you on a trip. It will make your travel go faster as you wait in lines. The ending will make you feel glad you took the time to read it. This man knows how to think and write is all I can say!

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Summary: Rivetting and suspenseful
Review: This book is fantastic from beginning to end. I read a lot of mysteries, and I love Kathy Reichs, who gave this a great blurb, so I bought it. The hero is a "reconstructive" plastic surgeon, which means he does mostly major operations to fix people who have been in terrible accidents or who have present at birth malformations, and the descriptions of his operations are both shocking and fascinating. The difference with most of the forensic mysteries one reads however, is that all of this is happening on living people. It's all the more suspenseful, too, because you like the main character but you're not sure if you can really trust him. It's hard to know what else to say without giving
away the plot, which I bet you won't figure out until the very end. I thought Ghost Image was a really fun, engrossing read. I thought the order and progression of the story at the very beginning of the novel was very well planned out and was thoughtful. The whole plot was very well written and you didn't want to put the book down until you were finished. Cheers to Ghost Image.

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Summary: Excellent!!! Look out for Joshua Gilder!!!!
Review: This book was phenominal!I loved The plot and I recommend it to all readers.The story was so suspensful. Every library should have this book! Look out for Joshua Gilder!!He has written another book called Heavenly Intrigue and it is on my top three!!Please write another book!