[.ca] The Procedure (ISBN 0345482824)

Yuck!:
I found this book to be extremely long. You read a climatic point at the beginning of the book, which allows you conclude certain things, but are forced to listen to Dr. Garnet try to figure out stuff for 304 pages! It was interesting from then on and I quite enjoyed the ending. So if you would like to read this story, DO NOT READ THE PROLOGUE! I guessed a lot of stuff from it and I am 18 year old lifeguard!!

The Procedure:
Outstanding. High suspense. Very engaging from the first page to the end. Accurate descriptions that really put you in the shoes of the characters. Evokes emotions that draw out outspoken responses throughout the book. Wanted to read the book at red lights in traffic.

No Mystery Here:
This is the latest and, one hopes, the last, of the "medical mysteries" featuring the handsome and brilliant Dr. Earl Garnet and his beautiful and brilliant wife, fellow physician, Janet. Only here, the real hero(ine) is Janet. She plays a supporting role in all these novels and supplies the common sense. If only Garnet would try some. This is nothing more than a dull police procedural wrapped in surgical greens. Garnet is painted as a highly talented ER chief and is a quite believeable and effective character in that role. But when there is murder and mayhem afoot, he goes into his orbit, trying to solve the case. In doing so, he keeps evidence and relevant facts to himself, lying to the police, and going off on his silly tangents. The characters are lame, especially Buffalo P. D. Det. Riley who knows he's being lied to but seems to go along for the ride. And the legal advice! Puhleeeze! What is really sad is that this lame story is wrapped around a central theme: hatred of HMOs. I'm sure that most readers have doubts about HMOs, or worse, a personal story about how an HMO has denied a needed medical service. The diatribe goes over the top - worse than Clement's others - and his argument is lost in all the histrionics. Clement really has Garnet chewing the scenery in this one. A book billed as a medical mystery should be just that: strange viruses running amok with the hero using her skill to find the villanous pathogens and scaring the daylights out of us while doing so. A little science, please!

Exciting Page Turner:
I really enjoyed this book and am glad that there are no HMO's in Quebec. As exciting as the previous ones, couldn't put it down. Dr. Garnett is like a hound following a scent, he never lets up. I anxiously await the next round with Dr. Garnett et al.

An Excellent Medical Suspence:
It was authentic, thrilling, with excellent characters, plot and suspence. Peter and Veronique