- Audio Cassette
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio; Abridged edition (Nov 1 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0743532880
- ISBN-13: 978-0743532884
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.2 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 91 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
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Former romance author and medical doctor Tess Gerritsen is writing in a new genre: medical suspense. Advertised as her "first novel," Harvest jumped onto the New York Times bestseller list and thus legions of new fans were introduced to the work of this talented author. Gerritsen's second thriller, Life Support, is as moving as any of her romances. Dr. Toby Harper works the night shift in an emergency room. More comfortable with the steady horror and tedium of emergency care than with a normal lifestyle, Toby alienates herself socially from her peers and from her sister. She spends her daytime hours alone with her mother who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. When elderly Alzheimer's patients from the same retirement home start dying mysteriously, Toby is the only one suspicious enough to investigate. As a result she finds herself, her mother, and her own sanity at risk.
--This text refers to the
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From Library Journal
Another medical thriller from Gerritsen, who one-upped Robin Cook with her best-selling first novel, Harvest.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Held my attention from beginning to end,
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This review is from: Life Support (Audio Cassette)
I am reviewing this book in its ABRIDGED format of only two tapes. This abridged recording begins when an underage prostitute is delivered to her client. She's immediately put off by the sleazy location but plays along entering a white walled room filled only with a bright light and what appears to be a doctor's examination table. She hops up on the table as instructed but is soon sucking in noxious fumes and knocked unconscious . . . Next we meet Dr. Toby Harper who works the graveyard shift in the emergency room. One night an old man appears in the ER with no apparent illness besides a penchant for stripping off his clothes in public and a bit of disorientation. As Toby goes about examining him his leg starts to twitch. She's called out on another call and when she returns he has disappeared and Toby is held responsible. Soon another old man arrives (who was, coincidentally, living in the same fancy retirement community as the first mystery man) with similar symptoms but this man dies. Toby is suspicious, orders an autopsy and does some snooping around on her own when she is met with unreasonable resistance to her questions. It seems that some experimentation with prolonging life has been going on at the retirement home with frightening side effects. When Toby eventually discovers a bit of what has been going on her own life becomes endangered. This was an interesting medical thriller with an engaging protagonist but once Tape 2 begins the abridgement becomes very apparent. Events begin to happen fast and furiously and characterization is minimal. For the most part, the cuts necessary for this abridgement are smooth but I did find myself left a bit confused on more than one occasion and would've loved to have gotten to know all of the players a bit better. If I stumble across an uncut version of "Life Support" I'll definitely check it out to read all that I missed.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good read,
By Kaz "puzzle addict" (B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life Support (Mass Market Paperback)
Although I enjoyed reading this thriller I feel the bad guys could have saved themselves a lot of bother if they'd got rid of Dr Toby Harper right at the beginning :-)
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Interesting,
By Ez (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life Support (Hardcover)
Ever wanted to learn about Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and teratomas? Dr Toby Harper investigates when a confused man disappears, and then there's the matter of a woman giving birth to something hideously deformed. (B+)
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