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Summary: excellent medical thriller
Review: Dr. Annick Clement is a third year resident in pediatrics and the first resident to participate in a French-American exchange program. One day while she is working in the Emergency Room, she is treating a very sick little boy and she isn't sure what is wrong with him. Tests discover that he has botulism but they don't know how he got it or why. Soon after, Annick treats a little girl, who after extensive testing, is found out to have the pneumonic plague.She begins to believe that somebody in the hospital is deliberately making these children sick. The administration of Franklin Children's Hospital doesn't want to believe there is a bio-terrorist on the loose and tries to muzzle Annick who refuses to give up seeking possible links. When three children come down with cholera, Annick's theory proves deadly correct and she is even able to point the FBI in the direction of the perpetrator. What she doesn't know is her suspect is only a puppet and somebody very close to her is pulling the strings. Fans of Robin Cook, Patricia Cromwell and Kathy Reichs are going to want to put PLAGUE on his or her must read list. The heroine is spunky, intelligent and intuitive, a combination that makes her an excellent medical detective. This hopefully is the first installment in a medical thrilling series because the heroine would make a great recurring character. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Plague: A Novel Of Bioterrorism by Gary Birken, Md
Review: I have read both of Birken's previous novels...Plague: A Novel of Bioterrorism is his best book yet. The plot catches you and keeps you yearning for more. I definitely would recommend this book to anyone interested in a medical approach to bioterrorism or anyone looking for a good piece to read. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Looking forward to the next novel!!!
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Summary: Good for a quick read.
Review: I picked this book up more as a time killer than anything else. The description on the back of the book looked promising, so I thought i'd give it a try. It turns out that I quite enjoyed it.
While I don't know, nor do I care, whether the facts are accurate in the book, that's not something that I look for in a novel. The book's job was to entertain, and it served its purpose in my opinion.
I particularly liked some of the ways that the killer chose to kill his victims, but I won't give that away here. Good for a quick, yet entertaining read.
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Summary: Amazing Medical Thriller
Review: I though this book was amazing. It is definately one of the best medical thrillers I have read in a while. I have read Dr. Birken's novels in the past and this one was just as good as the rest. I recomend this book to anybody who enjoys medical thrillers or just reading in general.
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Summary: A +
Review: I thought this book was well written and very suspenseful. The author seemed well educated on the topic of biological weapons and the ending definently catches the reader off guard. All in all, great suspense. I haven't read Birken's other novel but I will now.
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Summary: A +
Review: I thought this book was well written and very suspenseful. The author seemed well educated on the topic of biological weapons and the ending definently catches the reader off guard. All in all, great suspense. I haven't read Birken's other novel but I will now.
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Summary: Plague- An excellent book on today's reality
Review: Must of us do not have an idea of what those with an evil mind are planing to do, this book carries us in a world unknown for the majority of us, exploring areas that in today's reality there is a need to know, in order to prevent it.
Excellent.
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Summary: Good, but Not Great
Review: This was a decent enough book, but it was definitely not one of the best that I have ever read. The characterization was good and the characters evoked the feelings the author intended, but it was a trifle predictable and the villain (or antagonist if you prefer) used only common, widely-known agents. A doctor should have been able to be a little more creative, especially after noting several times how accessible the weapons are. So, as I said, worth reading, but its not going to be one of your frequent reads.
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Summary: laughable
Review: What is it with doctors and lawyers who write thrillers with heroes in their own professions? They're all incredibly attractive, brilliant and adored by all - even when they aren't particularly nice to the numerous people they consider their inferiors. This is yet another example of wishful thinking, and an extremely poorly written one at that. The characters are all cardboard cut-outs and the plot strains credulity.
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Summary: laughable
Review: What is it with doctors and lawyers who write thrillers with heroes in their own professions? They're all incredibly attractive, brilliant and adored by all - even when they aren't particularly nice to the numerous people they consider their inferiors. This is yet another example of wishful thinking, and an extremely poorly written one at that. The characters are all cardboard cut-outs and the plot strains credulity.
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