DELAYED DIAGNOSIS

by Gwen Hunter

Book Overview

When Dr. Rhea Lynch takes a position in the ER of a small South Carolina hospital, she is stunned to discover that several residents, including her best friend, are falling prey to strange and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373062451
• ISBN13: 9780373062454
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: MIRA
• Length: 381 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

I loved this book!!

Delayed Diagnosis was a great book. I has all the things a great novel should have, mystery, romance, suspense, and an interesting set of characters. I especially liked the main character. This book takes wild twists and turns that will leave you wanting to read more to find out what happens, guarenteed!!

WOO-HOO!

Dr. Rhea Lynch returned from a two week vacation to find out her best friend, Marisa, was almost dead. The official diagnosis was a paralyzing stroke. Rhea disagreed. However, Marisa's husband, Dr. Steven Braswell, refused to let anyone near his wife, especially close friends and family! So Rhea did her own, illegal, examinations and her diagnosis was totally different ... and horrifying! Then two more men show up in Rhea's ER with the same symptoms and the same diagnosis. All three were unable to communicate what happened to them and who did it. Rhea's findings put he in danger. The more she discovered, the more someone wanted her dead! ***** Move over Robin Cook and Echo Heron! I had to stop reading a few times to calm myself down! My mother would call this exciting novel "A WOO-WOO!" (Her version of "Wow" and "Lu-Lu" mixed.) You will not be able to turn the pages fast enough. (I probably left skid marks!) Here is a novel that I highly recommend to everyone! A KEEPER! *****

Hunter hits her mark.

When she left Charleston, and a life that was threatening to drown her, Dr. Rhea Lynch ran to Dawkins County, South Carolina, and the only real family she knew. She'd hardly settled in to her new life when her best friend, Marisa, suffers a mysterious and brutal injury that leaves her paralyzed and incapable of speech. According to the doctors, it was a stroke, but when Rhea finds out that she's been barred from even seeing her best friend, she begins to suspect the initial diagnosis. With the assistance of Miss Essie, Marisa's housekeeper, Rhea manages to sneak into the house and examine her friend secretly, discovering a clue that was apparently missed by both the attending physician and the emergency room doctor, a clue that tells her Marisa did not suffer a stroke. Rhea begins her own investigation into what happened, but when one and then another patient appears in her emergency room displaying identical symptoms, Rhea puts the pieces of the puzzle together, coming to a terrifying conclusion that threatens to tear apart not only the lifelong friendships Rhea treasures, but perhaps the very fabric of Dawkins County as well.Gwen Hunter, a Rock Hill resident and medical professional, draws on her extensive experience to invest a sense of reality into this many layered conspiracy whose ultimate solution will surprise even the most jaded reader. Her prose possesses an easy, fluid clarity that captures her readers and keeps them glued to every page. Her characterizations are dead-on, making even the least important character in the book as real as the people we encounter in real life all the time: Mark, the handsome police captain who wants Rhea but is too hard-headed to admit it; Cam, a college buddy who may be more interested in the charming doctor than she ever knew; Miss DeeDee, matriarch, dressed to kill in blue jeans and pearls, who knows all the secrets the county has tried to keep hidden. But it is Rhea who leaps off the page. Fiercely independent and loyal to her childhood friend, Rhea's innate curiosity and attention to even the smallest details open up a wild tangle of deception, infidelity and attempted murder."Delayed Diagnosis" is a well-crafted tale, filled with suspense and intrigue enough to keep readers turning the pages until we reach the end, closing the cover first with a sigh of satisfaction, followed by an impatient groan at having to wait until the next tale falls into our hands.

Graphic but good

When Dr. Rhea Lynch returned to South Carolina as an ER doctor in a small hospital, she had to be prepared for anything. Marisa Braswell, Rhea's friend since childhood, had become unable to move or to communicate. Her initial diagnosis was a paralyzing stroke, but when two other patients appear in the ER with similar symptoms, Rhea is forced to investigate. Gwen Hunter's first in a series featuring Dr. Rhea Lynch is a tight, gripping suspense. The medical details may be graphic in spots, but the grit and realism only contribute to a fine story rather than detracting from it. If this book is well crafted, we can only hope for more and better from Gwen Hunter.

Excellent medical thriller

After being on vacation for a week, ER Doctor Rhea Lynch returns home to learn her best friend Marisa Braswell suffered a sever stroke. However, instead of being at the hospital, Marisa's husband, Dr. Stephen Braswell, head of ER, has kept her at their home and will not allow any visitors. Rhea cannot fathom why Stephen is keeping his spouse out of the hospital and how such a healthy young woman like Marisa could have suffered such a debilitating illness.Rhea is unable to ignore her friend's plight. She sneaks into the Braswell home, but what she sees horrifies her as a comatose Marisa drips a strange liquid from her nasal passages. Her quick exam fails to verify Stephen's diagnosis. Later that same day, a patient enters ER with similar if not the identical symptoms as Marisa has. Rhea begins to investigate what is happening to her adopted small South Carolina town though someone will go to any lengths to insure she fails including murder.DELAYED DIAGNOSIS is an exciting medical thriller that centers on the theme of friendship and how far a person will go in the name of that friendship. The heroine is a person will risk everything for a friend. The intrepid Rhea is a flawed person whose weaknesses turn into strengths. She goes the extra mile to help her best friend over the objection of Marisa's spouse, who is the patient's doctor and Rheaís boss. Though the reason for the conspiracy seems thin, readers will fully enjoy this action-packed medical drama because Rhea, who tells much of the tale, hooks the audience.Harriet Klausner