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The Calypso Directive
- A Novel
- By: Brian Andrews
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
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For 155 days, Will Foster has been locked in medical quarantine without his consent. The doctors claim he is infected with a deadly virus, but this is a lie. Encoded in his DNA is a mutation that provides immunity from disease for all who possess it, source code that Vyrogen Pharmaceuticals aims to commercialize as a multi-billion dollar gene therapy. Against all odds, Foster escapes his laboratory prison and steals a virulent strain of bubonic plague as insurance. To help him unravel the mystery inside him, Foster contacts the only person he can trust - a former lover and microbiologist living Vienna - and the two become fugitives.
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Horrendous!
- By Ann on 08-07-13
- The Calypso Directive
- A Novel
- By: Brian Andrews
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
Lacks Engaging Plot and Characters
Reviewed: 01-22-25
This book started out so good but it quickly devolved into a rather boring chase drama. It had such a unique medical premise but the author never really investigated the medical issues. The concern seemed mostly centered on chase
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Error in Diagnosis
- A Medical Thriller
- By: Gary Birken
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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A mysterious illness with disturbing symptoms is plaguing pregnant women. With the nation on the brink of panic, two doctors must put their past aside to find a cure. But as the stakes get personal, can they uncover a treatment before it’s too late? Dr. Jack Wyatt is done sulking. When he’s called to help his frantic best friend, whose newly-pregnant wife has been hospitalized, it’s the distraction he needs to finally get over his divorce. But the search for a cure forces him to work with the brilliant and beautiful Dr. Madison Shaw, with whom he has a rocky past. Confronted by a ...
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I found the AI voice to be really monotonous
- By Kindle Customer on 07-01-24
- Error in Diagnosis
- A Medical Thriller
- By: Gary Birken
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
AI Not Ready For Primetime
Reviewed: 10-28-24
An interesting plot idea but dragged out far longer than necessary. I wish the author had investigated the idea of foul play more. The medical jargon was well done and explained well.
The major problem and in truth the most irritating aspect of this book was that it was narrated by AI, The AI voice was pleasant enough and believably human but the number of obvious mispronunciations was laughable. As a medical thriller you would think it would have been programmed to pronounce “Dr.” as “doctor” but it always said “Drive” as “Drive Smith will see you now.” Many other common English words were mispronounced. The voice had appropriate variation in pitch, rate, and volume, but future AI narrators should be checked for these common mistakes in pronunciation.
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The First Harm
- By: Steven Piskula
- Narrated by: Sara Van Beckum
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Tanna Christensen spent countless hours planning for her first gross anatomy dissection, but nothing could have prepared her for what she’s found. Beneath her scalpel lies a cadaver riddled with disturbing genetic abnormalities—evidence pointing to an unthinkable crime.
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Great modern thriller!
- By Todd Loewenstein on 10-08-23
- The First Harm
- By: Steven Piskula
- Narrated by: Sara Van Beckum
Not Very Medical
Reviewed: 04-18-24
This book is touted as a medical thriller. There are connections to medicine but the “thriller” part is never realized. It is more a chase thriller with lots of “Will they get away or not?” and “Who’s out to get them now?” but very little medical drama. The only real potential medical excitement is hinted at throughout the book but is never delivered.
Also I found the narrator’s choices for the various character voices were odd.
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Husband and Wife
- By: K. L. Slater
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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My husband and I are fighting for our lives in hospital after a terrible car accident. But despite my pain, all I can think about is what our families will find behind our front door. The scarf that has been all over the news, belonging to a dead young woman with honey-coloured hair. I have to speak to the police before my husband can. I’m drifting in and out of consciousness, but when I hear my wife talking to the police, accusing me of the murder of an innocent woman, a cold fear grips me. I know I’ve got a temper.
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Good twists
- By Susan Wiegert on 12-25-23
- Husband and Wife
- By: K. L. Slater
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
Twisted and clever plot
Reviewed: 02-18-24
I liked all the convolutions in the characters’ motives and explanations. A little bothered by back and forth switches in time but I adjusted.
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Genesis
- By: Robin Cook
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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When the body of 28-year-old social worker Kera Jacobsen shows up on Chief New York City Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery's autopsy table, at first it appears she was the victim of a tragic yet routine drug overdose. But for Laurie and her new pathology resident, the brilliant but enigmatic Dr. Aria Nichols, little things aren't adding up. Kera's family and friends swear she never touched drugs. Administrators from the hospital where Kera worked are insisting the case be shrouded in silence. And although Kera was 10 weeks pregnant, nobody seems to know who the father was.
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Very Current & Relevant
- By Liza on 12-12-19
- Genesis
- By: Robin Cook
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Super Exciting!
Reviewed: 01-28-24
Moves at a fast clip with intriguing medical and forensic-related plot lines. Aria Nichols is certainly one of Cook’s most intriguing characters.
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Pandemic
- By: Robin Cook
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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When an unidentified, seemingly healthy young woman collapses suddenly on the New York City subway and dies upon reaching the hospital, her case is an eerie reminder for veteran medical examiner Jack Stapleton of the 1918 flu pandemic. Fearful of a repeat on the 100th anniversary of the nightmarish contagion, Jack autopsies the woman within hours of her demise and discovers some striking anomalies: first, that she has had a heart transplant, and second, that, against all odds, her DNA matches that of the transplanted heart.
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Misleading Title & Disappointing Plot
- By Dr. Chris P. Hafner on 12-16-18
- Pandemic
- By: Robin Cook
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Exciting!
Reviewed: 01-24-24
Jack and Laurie are faced with a possible pandemic, but they go about solving it in two very different ways.
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Brain Damage
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Megan Tusing
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.
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Who Else Laughed, Cried, and Shuddered?
- By Jennifer Chichester on 09-16-22
- Brain Damage
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Megan Tusing
Not as much a mystery as I would like
Reviewed: 11-08-23
This story is effectively done, but it focused more on the main character’s recovery than the crime. It is pretty clear who the villain is so not much time is spent on tracking down the culprit. The detective is a minor character!!
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Fatal Intent
- By: Tammy Euliano MD
- Narrated by: Kathleen Godwin
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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When her elderly patients start dying at home days after minor surgery, anesthesiologist Dr. Kate Downey wants to know why. The surgeon, not so much. “Old people die, that’s what they do,” is his response. When Kate presses, surgeon Charles Ricken places the blame squarely on her shoulders. Kate is currently on probation, and the chief of staff sides with the surgeon, leaving Kate to prove her innocence and save her own career. With her husband in a prolonged coma, it’s all she has left.
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Medical Thriller!
- By Barbara Paredes on 06-03-21
- Fatal Intent
- By: Tammy Euliano MD
- Narrated by: Kathleen Godwin
Good medical thriller
Reviewed: 10-07-23
What I particularly like about this book is how innocuous the setup is. No criminal intent seems evident, but the main character is relentless and I was rooting for her.
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Plain Jane
- By: Fern Michaels
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Back in college, Jane Lewis would have given anything to be like homecoming queen Connie Bryan. Instead she was just Plain Jane - overweight, frumpy, and painfully shy. That was then. Today, a lovely and confident Dr. Jane Lewis has a thriving psychotherapy practice, her own radio talk show, a beautiful old Louisiana mansion, and her affectionate, nutty dog, Olive, to keep her company. The only thing missing is someone to share her life.
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This gave me the courage…
- By LNMB on 06-18-23
- Plain Jane
- By: Fern Michaels
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
Ghosts are unnecessary
Reviewed: 08-06-23
I found the story about the rape victims the most engaging. The love story was boring and the main character was pretty judgmental for someone who had hidden a crime for many years. The ghosts are horribly dull.
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Night Shift
- By: Robin Cook
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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Colleagues-turned-spouses Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton already have their plates full with demanding forensic pathology work and family pressures. The last thing they need is the sudden death of a colleague. Yet when Laurie’s apparently vital and healthy longtime friend Dr. Sue Passero dies mysteriously in the hospital parking garage, an autopsy is required, and it falls uncomfortably under Laurie’s purview as the chief medical examiner. So when Laurie asks Jack to take special care with the case, he can hardly refuse.
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Robin Cook Truly Disappoints Us Here
- By Liz Reader on 12-09-22
- Night Shift
- By: Robin Cook
- Narrated by: Will Damron
One of the best of Jack and Laurie
Reviewed: 01-19-23
Of all of Cook’s Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery series, this is one of my favorites. Jack’s best qualities shine through from the beginning until circumstances allow Laurie to take the helm of the rest of the sleuthing and provide an incredibly satisfying conclusion.
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