Blindsight (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery series Book 1) by Robin Cook (Epub)

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Robin Cook is back—with a shocking story of medical conspiracy. Today, organ transplants are common miracles of science. But if the supply cannot meet the demand, how far will people go to find donors? Dr. Laurie Montgomery, a forensic pathologist, learns the terrifying answer when she investigates a series of fatal “overdose” of young professionals. Some crimes are beyond comprehension. But seeing is believing…

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From Kirkus Reviews An ironically revealing title for ophthalmologist Cook’s fuzziest novel in years–an awesomely inept medical/crime thriller about a forensic pathologist up against the mob. As the story opens, the mind of one Duncan Andrews is “racing like a runaway train,” his lethargy having “evaporated like a drip of water falling onto a sizzling skillet.” Hours and several more clich‚s later, the “Wall Street whiz kid” is dead of a cocaine overdose and lying on the autopsy table of generic Cook heroine (young, spunky, pretty doc) Laurie Montgomery, an N.Y.C. medical examiner. Days and several more dead yuppies later, Laurie is convinced that someone is flooding the upscale market with bad cocaine. Of course, no one will listen to her–not her boss, who wants to chill this political hot potato; not silver-tongued, gold- plated ophthalmologist Jordan Scheffield, who’s wooing her with limos and swank dinners; not cop Lou Soldano (“a bit like Colombo”), to whom Laurie explains the exact difference between ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians and who wants to woo her with his sedan and spaghetti but can’t match Jordan’s glitz and anyway is busy worrying about the mob-related corpses stacking up next to the yuppies in Laurie’s morgue. For meanwhile, in scenes stiff with clich‚, two mobsters are blowing away a seemingly random group of citizens on orders from mob kingpin Paul Cerino, who, Laurie learns, is one of Jordan’s patients–and who deals coke. Laurie sleuths; the mobsters lock her in a coffin; Laurie sobs; the mobsters let her out; Laurie remembers the flammable properties of ethylene, handily within reach, and blows up the mobsters. Finally, Laurie dumps Jordan for Lou, and she and the cop talk about the motives behind the whole “horrid affair”–which owe more than a little to Coma. A slack and ragged retread, with Cook parodying himself in a tale that’s about as stylish and suspenseful as an eye-chart. (Literary Guild Dual Selection for February) — Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review Keeps the reader guessing. — Pittsburgh PressRiveting. — Nashville Banne –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. From Publishers Weekly Cook’s lack of ability as a stylist generally has been masked by his talent for fashioning a solid medical drama–often ripped from current headlines–that keeps readers turning pages. Unfortuately, that’s not the case in his 12th novel (after Vital Signs ), which has a plot so ludicrous that the weak characters and silly dialogue are all too obvious. Most offensive in the latter category are the stilted, out-of-kilter exchanges between a pair of Mafia hitmen who run about New York City “whacking” (murdering) people with increasing frequency. Meanwhile, Dr. Laurie Montgomery, a forensic pathologist in the NYC Medical Examiner’s office, finds a pattern of unrelated cocaine overdose deaths among career-oriented people never known to have used drugs. Despite the obvious evidence that she’s onto something, her boss couldn’t care less, while the homicide detective she becomes involved with is more concerned about the mob killings, and, like her boss, cannot understand why she is outraged by the behavior of two corrupt, thieving uniformed cops in her department. As luck would have it, there’s also another man in Laurie’s life, a self-centered ophthalmologist whose patients just happen to include the mob boss behind both the cocaine deaths and the murder spree. Readers who plow through this amateurish effort will guess the ending long before any of the characters has a clue. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ Love this series, read it over and over again, I’m at the point where all the things that annoy me now almost amuse me. As someone who started reading them before I had professional medical training (I’m a veterinarian), I can say that the medical terms and details are not overwhelming and I even mentally skip a lot of the stuffed in gratuitous explanations as I read through the stories. One constant in all his books even out of this series is how ridiculously the female perspectives, interactions, conversations, and thought processes seem, it’s amusing but I find all the female characters annoying caricatures/stereotypes, but I don’t hold it against the author I just can’t stand the characters.I still love all the plot turns, twists, details, and diagnostics. Highly recommended

⭐ My friend got me one of the books and introduced me to the series, I’m glad she did because now I’m into the second book. The first one was excellent loved the twists and turns I had trouble putting it down. The characters were well written and interesting and there was a lot of medical jargon. Looking forward to finishing book number two hoping its as good as the first.

⭐ Very easy and very interesting read. All the exciting turns and little twists kept me wanting to finish the book in one sitting.

⭐ Another good read from Robin Cook but I was put off by the profanity. Also, a bit improbable.

⭐ A great read! A mystery. A romance. An analytical focus . Keeps you guessing or solving the murders. A delightful book.

⭐ It gets off to a rousing start – looking forward to finishing it.

⭐ Every Robin Cook story is interesting and good reading. A lot of similar themes but none exactly the same, and the characters are personable. I just love the Laurie and Jack couple and have read most of their stories except this first one. does not disappoint.

⭐ Sent a book club edition. Not very happy as I don`t like this size in my collection.

⭐ I really enjoyed the book. Fair warning to anyone who might be easily creeped or grossed out, there are some pretty vivid descriptions of autopsies and reactions to drugs. Coke bugs…yuck!

⭐ I got this for my wife. She needed it for the series. The book wasn’t in that great of conditions but it was priced fair. Oh, and she did enjoy the story itself.

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