Suture Self

by Mary Daheim

Book Overview

A bum hip has bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn limping off to Good Cheer Hospital -- a questionable "haven of healing" where two recent patients didn't make the cut after routine... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380978660
• ISBN13: 9780380978663
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Patients are dying after surgery, is it murder?

Judith and Renie are at it again. These cousins are a hoot! Judith is off to the hospital for hip surgery. Renie is having rotator cuff repair. Unfortunately right before they are admitted, they learn that two recent well-known patients didn't make it after they had routine surgery. Then while they are in the hospital recuperating, the ex-pro quarterback in the next room dies after minor knee surgery. Was he killed? The cousins begin to look into the deaths at Good Cheer Hospital. This is not easily done. Judith is pretty much bed-bound, so Renie ends up doing a lot of the leg work. Most of the staff won't talk, but they do find a few who will give them a little information. But then most of them mysteriously go on vacation or are transferred. Plus Renie is not the best patient. She is constantly finding a way to order in better food. Their neighbor across the hall, assists in this activity on a few occasions. Then a snow storm brings the town to an almost standstill. This also means that their husbands can't visit. The husband of the first woman to die is a reporter. He stops in and chats with the cousins. A few minutes later Renie observes him being hit by a car in the hospital parking lot. They know someone is up to no good and hope that they can survive while working to uncover everything! I love this series. These cousins always make me laugh. They get into some of the wildest situations! Judith's husband and her mother are not as prominent in this book. They really add to this series as well. I like how the author can weave the various characters in and out depending on the setting. They still play a part, but maybe not as big. The author has a real winner! If you are looking for a cozy that you can fly through and enjoy, you've found it! I highly recommend this book and the entire series!

A Book To Die For!

Mary Daheim's "Suture Self" is on of the most thrilling murder mysteries I have read so far. It is filled with shocking twists and turns that leave you guessing what will happen next. The main characters, Judith and Renie, provide constant comic relief in what should be a serios situation. Their quest is to find out who or what is killing the famous patient of Good Cheer Hospital.They go about it using unique "detective" prosedures,which make for some ery interesting situations.

The Best Yet!

I was getting slightly bored by her books and debated whether to even buy this one. I'm glad I did. I found it the best yet. I laughed out loud several times over Renie. I mean to me..she is the star of the book. To me this seemed more like her book and it was funnier because of it. If I am ever stuck in the hospital I plan on taking my food with me too!

One of the best of the series

Everyone is a little leery of hospitals, but Good Cheer has good reason to make Judith and Renie nervous. Two high profile patients have recently died after fairly routine surgery. Judith needs a hip replacement, and Renie is scheduled for shoulder surgery. The night after their operations, a well known ex football player in the next room dies as well. Since they have nothing to do but think about what's going on, Judith and Renie put their minds to solving the mystery and to find out aabout the other strange things happening at Good Cheer hospital.This is the best that this series has produced in a long time. Hospitals are naturally creepy and this one is really strange. The setting of a hospital isolated after a snow storm really adds to the drama. Enjoy it, I did!

Mysterious hospital deaths

Judith McMonigle Flynn needs to have a hip replacement, coincidentally at the same time that her cousin Renie is having shoulder surgery. They are a little apprehensive about their admission to Good Cheer Hospital, because there seems to be a rash of deaths of basically healthy people who have recently had surgery at the hospital. There is a rumor of a takeover of Good Cheer and there are plenty of quirky hospital employees as well as relatives of the deceased which gives Judith a long list of suspects. Her husband is working on a case dealing with homeless people and Judith suspects that there is a connection to the case she's working on. Undaunted by her surgery, Judith travels around the hospital in her wheel chair and, as usual, manages to solve the mystery before the police. This is another enjoyable book in the Bed-and-Breakfast series.