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Scalpel - Paul Carson

 
Description: ISBN 0099441373 / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Author: Paul Carson / Edition: New edition / Paperback / 432 Pages / Book is published ... more
Scalpel - Paul Carson ... 2001-11-15 by Arrow Books Ltd

Newest Review: ... man, decides his child should be born here. As a child is born, elsewhere in the hospital Doctor Lynch realises he is dying. ... more

 ... Never liked by his colleagues for his strange ways Lynch's self diagnosis of Aids is enough to tip him over the edge. He plans to kill those people that mocked him for so long. With a killer on the loose the hospital goes into panic, things are made worse when the O'Brien baby is kidnapped. The two crimes must be solved as quickly as possible if lives are to be spared. I read a lot of crime fiction and have come to realise that the overarching genre title of crime is far too broad in most cases. Within this ge...more

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samueltyler
Premium Review Scalpel - Paul Carson: Blades of Gory (814 words)
by - written on 18/02/09 (Very useful, 117 readings)
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I am constantly amazed how fast the world moves on and that fiction becomes out of date so quickly. The very cream of fiction will age gracefully and will become of its time and not be punished because it feels old fashioned. Written in 1997 I felt 'Scalpel' was outdated already due to its Aids storyline. In the 70s and 80s an Aids diagnosis was seen to be a death sentence. Even into the 90s it was felt that you could live longer, but death was soon. Now medicine has improved and for those that are rich enough you can live for some significant years with Aids, you life will never be the same, but you do have some left to live. Therefore, a sufferer's outlook should ...  Read the complete review

 

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