- Audio Cassette
- Publisher: Random House Audio (Feb 3 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553478532
- ISBN-13: 978-0553478532
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 10.8 x 3.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 172 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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From Booklist
By the time its edgy title phrase shows up in Robinson's medical thriller--page 365--a lot of other disquieting stuff has happened: rape, murders, assaults, and antiabortion violence. As the story opens, Evelyn Sutcliffe, emergency room resident in a big New York hospital, is knocked down by a jogger type who, to avoid being recognized, pulls her shirt over her head. Evelyn gets enough of a view, though, to realize that her assailant looks disturbingly familiar. Much of the later violence takes place in the hospital's doctors' residence. There fourth-year medical student Lisa Chiu, one of Evelyn's closest friends, is stabbed multiple times, and although Evelyn's psychiatrist boyfriend inventively uses a turkey baster to suction Lisa's blood, neither this nor the standard ER procedure saves her life: she is apparently one more victim of the "babydoll killer." The inevitable chase scene, involving Evelyn and another woman physician, proceeds imaginatively through construction-in-process at the hospital proper. Throughout, characters lovingly describe a great variety of trendy food and drink (many readers will find that they must take sustenance: Pavlovian conditioning works!). Although it verges on soap opera, First Cut should grab enough thriller fans to justify Avon's 125,000-copy first printing. William Beatty
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
Emergency medical technician Leah Ruth Robinson brings a shocking authenticity to this medical suspense thriller about a serial killer who rapes and murders women near Manhattan's University Hospital. Simultaneous hardcover release from Avon. 4 cassettes.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Couldn't get into this one,
By A Customer
This review is from: First Cut (Mass Market Paperback)
This one started out OK, but I gave up after about 70 pages. I had a hard time following this book because there was just so much going on that had little or nothing to do with the main storyline. I became bored with this story and gave up. I may try to read this author again if I can find her books at a used bookstore.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fast paced and un-put-downable...,
By A Customer
This review is from: First Cut (Mass Market Paperback)
An amazingly good medical thriller. I love a heroine like Ev...strong, sexy, funny. I highly recommend the first novel in the series, Blood Run.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Killer on Loose in NY Hospital,
By Coalpuss "coalpuss" (Winter Park, FL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: First Cut (Mass Market Paperback)
I chose First Cut because it was a Literary Guild Selection. It turned out to be a disappointing choice for me. The author is obviously knowledgable about hospitals and medical terminology, but it was overdone and overwritten. The pace was frantic and I doubt any human could realistically continue to function as our protagonist, Ev, did in thise book. She is a resident who is a combination flawless physician, marvelous teacher, excellent detective, and sexually appealing to all men in this book. That is just too much woman for me. I began skimming about l/3 way through this tome and was relieved to finish. The lengthly explanation by our heroine of how, why and by whom the crimes were committed was just more (pun intended) overkill.
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