Night Shift (A Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery Novel)
In this exhilarating new medical mystery-thriller by Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie are lured into the dark underbelly of hospital dangers when an internist is murdered.
Colleagues-turned-spouses Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton already have their plates full between 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 hopsital 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.
With his curiosity sparked by an inconclusive autopsy, the indefatigable Jack is compelled to resolve the case at hand, and sets out to investigate on-site at Manhattan Memorial Hospital, even though it means blatantly defying the Office of Chief Medical Examiner’s rules. What started out as an inquiry into Sue’s tragic passing soon turns into a deadly and dangerous chess game between Jack and the clever and deranged killer, who might just administer another lethal blow if Jack isn’t careful.
Colleagues-turned-spouses Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton already have their plates full between 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 hopsital 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.
With his curiosity sparked by an inconclusive autopsy, the indefatigable Jack is compelled to resolve the case at hand, and sets out to investigate on-site at Manhattan Memorial Hospital, even though it means blatantly defying the Office of Chief Medical Examiner’s rules. What started out as an inquiry into Sue’s tragic passing soon turns into a deadly and dangerous chess game between Jack and the clever and deranged killer, who might just administer another lethal blow if Jack isn’t careful.
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Community Reviews
Forensic pathologists and married couple Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton juggle demanding jobs and family life. Their routine is disrupted when Laurie’s healthy colleague and friend, Sue, suddenly dies in a hospital parking garage, forcing Jack to oversee the autopsy. When the results are inconclusive, Jack begins investigating the death, even though doing so breaks official rules. As he digs deeper, Jack realizes Sue’s death may be murder and finds himself in a dangerous battle with a cunning killer.
My bad for not realizing this was literally book 13 out of a series 🫣 thankfully I didn’t need to read the first 12 to understand.
This book was definitely an interesting one. It felt like a classic thriller, with a different writing style than what I’m used to and I LOVED IT. While the medical terminology had me googling in between paragraphs, overall it was an interesting plot of whodunnit and why. The entire time I didn’t have a single suspect in my head, so Mr. Cook, job well done 👏🏽
While I liked this book and enjoyed reading something different, I’m not too sure I’ll continue with this particular series, only bc medical stuff isn’t really my thing.
Also I learned a lot of details about autopsies that I never ever thought about or would have ever ever guessed. So there’s that lol
Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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