Dead
Still
by
Barbara Ebel
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GENRE:
Suspense/thriller
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BLURB:
Annabel
Tilson is a medical student starting her first clinical rotation
where she has high hopes of mastering patient care like her famous
neurosurgeon father. However, she soon realizes that studying for
surgery exams and taking care of patients is only part of the complex
burden of her role as a surgical team member.
Grappling
with a resident who hates her and a dreamy infatuation for her chief
resident, she discovers an inordinate outbreak of patient mortality.
But for Annabel to dig further puts her at risk of failing the
rotation and ending her future career as a physician.
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Excerpt:
She had
started the surgery rotation the day before so Annabel Tilson barely
knew her patients from the list of names that had been shoved into
her hands. As a third-year medical student, the day had been hectic;
therefore, a short introduction to them and a quick listen to their
chests with her first shiny Littmann stethoscope had sufficed. But
this morning as she squeezed in close to the bed and looked down at a
dead corpse, she remembered the sixty-five-year-old woman, Mrs.
Hardy, with clarity from visiting her in her room and watching her
surgery in awe.
During
the first surgery that Annabel had witnessed on her clinical
rotation, the chief resident performed a minimally-invasive
gallbladder removal - or laparoscopic cholecystectomy - causing the
long mechanical instruments to protrude from her patient’s belly
like the squirming arms of a squid. No one indicated at the time or
postoperatively that anything had been complicated about the case, so
why was her patient dead? She admonished herself for missing the
resuscitative attempt before she’d walked into the room; medical
supplies, carts, and equipment were scattered about the bed and floor
but personnel paid no attention as they began exiting through the
doorway.
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**SPOILER FREE**
AWESOME DANG BOOK!!!!!! I don't think I have read anything from this author before and now I'll have to search for more books! This book had me talking to myself...lol. I couldn't get to the next page fast enough. And lord behold if I had to put it down for anything! Without giving away anything, I have to tell you that YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!!! Suspense like none other!
*Received for an honest review*
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Barbara
Ebel's writing draws heavily from her experience as an
anesthesiologist, her dealings with family court, and her
interactions with people and places from around the world. As a
physician, speaker, and former chemist, she sprinkles credible
medicine into the background of her fiction where plots and vivid
characters take center stage and her O.R. scenes shine.
She
penned the Dr. Danny Tilson Novels before the Dr. Annabel Tilson
Novels (DEAD STILL is Book One). Collateral Circulation was the
National Indie Excellence Award 2015 Finalist for medical thrillers
and Operation Neurosurgeon was the top finalist for best-selling
medical mystery books in 2012. (Best Selling Books' blog announced on
PR Buzz Press Release Wire, Chicago, IL).
You may
find more information about her and her books at:
http://barbaraebel.weebly.com
Her
Twitter handle is: @barbaraebel
In
addition to her adult writing, she has illustrated and penned a
children's book series called Chester the Chesapeake. The books
developed during her philanthropic visits with her therapy dog,
Chester. The dog books continue to inspire adults and children alike.
Along with her husband and four pets, "Doctor Barbara"
lives in a wildlife corridor in middle Tennessee.
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