From Publishers Weekly
Toward the end of this overlong whodunit about the murders of St. Louis medical practitioners, Dreyer's protagonist perceives the obvious: "Hospitals . . . were terrifying, dangerous places to be." Indeed, the hospital here is a loony bin. Kate Manion, a critical care nurse and petulant rebel, sustains serious injuries in a car accident. Racked by pain and further tortured by an inept nurse, "Attila the Buns," Kate lunges for her tormenter, when Attila expeditiously expires. It is the first unexpected death at a Catholic hospital dubbed "St. Serious Money," and Kate is naturally a suspect. Despite her crutches, she tracks a serial killer who sends her notes in pidgin English and apparently makes use of hospital drugs to poison staffers. One victim is Kate's roommate Tim, a closeted gay surgeon. After Kate's lover, B.J., nearly meets his maker, a drab little nun known as "Sister Mary Polyester" confesses she's an avenging angel. But Kate presses on to confront a more sinister culprit, a corporate greedmeister. Some of Dreyer's ( If Looks Could Kill ) writing is vivid, but her plot is as contrived as the cartoon names of some of her characters, who include Mary Cherry, an attractive FBI agent. Enough already. (Mar.) Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Product Description
From the author of the sensational medical thriller Brain Dead comes another highly charged novel in which the hospital staff, not the patients, are dropping like flies. Burned-out critical care nurse Kate Manion wakes up from an accident in the worst possible place-the hospital where she works.Then her very own nurse. Attila the Buns, falls over dead, but its no laughing matter. A serial killer is stalking the hospital staff, and one of Kates friends may be the murderer. "Eileen Dreyer creates the sort of skin-crawling suspense that will leave her readers looking with a wild and wary eye upon anyone at the other end of the stethoscope." -Elizabeth George
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