Bloodstream

Tess generally writes a goof story, this was as always well written but the underlying plot was so average maybe she should have let it pass. Admittedly Tess's style was good enough to finish the book. The ending was poor a good read that let you down. Tests dear if you can't finish a story don't publish for the sake of it

I'm sorry to say that Bloodstream compared to Harvest was a total disappointment. I kept having to force myself to continue reading from the very beginning. Everyone once on awhile hits a bomb, I guess this was one. Still love Ms. Gerritsen writing and will always get her books.

This book was a very slow read. Boring in fact. Kept looking for the real exciting part, but was greatly disappointed. I would not recommend this book. This was definitely one of her worse novels.

That can really happenby hungry pharmacyy that want to have the only know how of a threat to the human race, to either bring it total destruction on be the ones to solve the misery and save people or let them die, i enjoyed the book alot and will share it with friends

Em Bloodstream, assim como em seus thrillers médicos anteriores, uma médica dedicada luta para desvendar as raízes de um violento mistério, antes que este destrua tudo que ela mais ama.
Às margens do Lago Locust, na bucólica cidade de Tranquility, no Maine, a Dra. Claire Elliot tenta abrigar seu filho adolescente, Noah, dos perigos da cidade grande e das lembranças tristes da morte de seu pai.
Mas, juntamente com o inverno, como uma ironia, chegam verdades chocantes que distoam de seus planos: um jovem paciente seu comete um ato de violência aterrador: a professora de biologia da escola local recebe um tiro fatal.
E, como Claire e toda a cidade, logo descobre, é apenas o começo de uma cadeia de ataques violentos e letais, entre os adolescentes de Tranquility, contrariando seu próprio nome.
À medida que a onda de comportamentos violentos se alastra, Claire descobre um terrível segredo: esta não é a primeira vez que isso acontece. Esses acontecimentos são cíclicos na cidade, e podem ter causas sobrenaturais.
Claire suspeita, então, de que há uma causa biológica para a epidemia. E ela teme que o belo lago possa esconder um perigo incidioso. Serão os cogumelos azuis da floresta, ou a misteriosa fosforecência verde do lago, os culpados pela doença dos jovens?
Noah logo se torna incontrolável e perigoso, como os outros.
Enquanto ela luta para salvar a cidade - e seu filho - dessa dor, Claire descobre uma outra ameaça: uma conspiração para manipular a natureza e transformar inocentes em feras.
Claire luta, também, para conseguir um lugar nos corações de seus vizinhos e poder firmar sua carreira na cidade. Para tanto, também, um romance com o delegado local, Lincoln Kelly, parece adequado.
Tess Gerritsen nunca falha em matéria de tintas fortes - as cenas de hospital dão uma total credibilidade, impossível de se ignorar.
Mas...
... Já leram alguma coisa parecida? Não se preocupem - leram sim ...
O enredo desse livro é muito parecido com Harvest e Life Support, também de Tess. As protagonistas são talentosas e dedicadas médicas que descobrem uma forma maligna que está controlando a saúde dos pacientes.
Em Harvest, Life Support e Bloodstream, Tess Gerritsen injetou uma poderosa dose de adrenalina nos thrillers médicos de Michael Chrichton e Robin Cook. Mas, esses livros que antecederam o lançamento de minha dupla de detetive/médicalegista favorita, Rizzoli&Isles, possuem, basicamente, os mesmos elementos.
Ao ler Bloodstream, o leitor fica com uma sensação de déjà vu...
Eu amo Tess Gerritsen de paixão... porém, na série Rizzoli&Isles.
Bom, pelo menos estes são melhores que os romances de banca do início de sua carreira, que parecem até que foram escritos por outra pessoa, como Chamada a meia-noite, que chega a ser ridículo.

Bloodstream has an interesting enough premise. Dr. Claire Elliot is a small town doctor who relocates to rural Maine with her son, Noah to shield him from big city violence. All is well in the town of Tranquility until one of Claire’s patients, a teen boy snaps in a very violent act. This is the first of many violent acts that the young people of Tranquility start to perpetrate. Claire investigates the situation and discovers that this sort of thing happens in Tranquility about twice a century, convincing her that this isn’t random, and something biological in nature is responsible.

Unfortunately the novel doesn’t live up to the billing. The plot has massive holes and towards the ends starts to devolve into something implausible and not particularly interesting. The writing is not up to par with other of Gerritsen’s work. This is one that I would recommend staying away from.

Carl Alves – author of Blood Street

I purchased this book (Kindle Version) on the store.co.uk.

I had high expectations of this book because I loved some of the author's other thrillers (especially "The Surgeon" and "The Apprentice".

Alas, this was a let-down.

If I hadn't paid £3.99 for the book, I would have given up after two chapters. Various events happen, but they don't connect. There's no plot, no storyline, no one to root for, nothing to care about until fairly late into the novel. Eventually, some of the threads meet, but it takes ages before a story emerges.

The characters are uninteresting. Most of them are so immature, I don't want to spend time in their company. And I don't mean the minors. The adult characters in this novel - people in responsible positions, such as doctor, police chief - have all the maturity of 13 year olds. The doctors bicker about has stolen whose patients, the police chief is curious and jealous, so he decides to interview the suspect (his lover) himself, ignoring protocol and common sense. The list goes on and on.

What story there is - and I don't think I'm giving anything away here, because it's so utterly predictable - revolves around aggression spreading by infection, and teenagers are susceptible. Yeah, ok, so what? I've only read a dozen stories based on this premise. For a while I thought there was a virus making adults childish, which would have explained some of the idiocies, but no.

The writing style is fluid, that's what I'm giving 2* for. The plot would have been 1*.

But in places, even the writing style makes me groan. Whole pages are medical lectures. The author (through her characters) drones on and on and on, sorely tempting me to skip.

Die-hard Tess Gerritsen fans may get some joy out of this. But if you're new to this author, it may be better if you read one of her other books first.

I was hoping for something more from this book. After all the rave reviews, I expected Bloodstream to be of a much better quality than it was. That's not to say it wasn't worth the read; some of the ideas are intelligent and I enjoyed the medical aspect of it, even though I didn't understand if it was possible or not.

However, the writing style was rather pedestrian as I didn't get much of a sense of place or setting there. Tranquility is a drab town. It's simple and gets straight to the point. For some, that's a bonus but i'd prefer to have had more description. Characters too aren't all that likable. Only two didn't annoy me in this book and that was Claire and Lincoln. Noah is nearly always a one-note whiny teenager and many of the secondary characters are downright unpleasant, with no redeeming characteristics. That's to be expected for a book about teenaged violence; we're going to see some unpleasant teenagers. However, even the adults seem overly vindictive, all culminating into a town that seems just out to get Claire. The problem I found was that Claire and Lincoln weren't strong enough to balance out the other characters.

Bloodstream may be a good thriller at points, but the overall book wasn't that well presented. I think it would have been a passable movie but Gerritsen's storytelling doesn't do the ideas justice.

Bloodstream is Tess Gerritsen's 11th stand-alone novel. The action is set in the small town of Tranquility, Maine, where Dr Claire Elliott has relocated with her son, Noah, to remove him from less-than-desirable influences in Baltimore. After the discovery of some human bones at nearby Locust Lake, followed by a shooting at the high school Noah attends, Claire begins to suspect something is affecting the behaviour of the local youth population. Are they being affected by drugs, or is it some natural phenomenon? Claire even begins to wonder about a parasitic infestation. But the town displeased with her investigations, and Claire starts to feel persecuted. Tess Gerritsen is the master of medical detective drama, and once again shows her skill and knowledge in this novel. Characters, dialogue and plot are all excellent, and there are a few twists to keep it exciting. Another Gerritsen winner.

Dr. Claire Elliot moved to quiet Tranquility, Maine with her rebellious teenage son Noah after the death of her husband. She takes over a small medical practice and starts to rebuild her life, but after only being in town for a short while, strange things start happening among the town's youth. Teenage pranks rapidly accelerate into a shooting spree at the local school. Clare wonders why some of the town's residents want to cover up the incidents and she also wonders if there might be a medical explanation for everything that is going on. Then folks start blaming her for what's happening and it looks like they want to drive her out of town.

Convinced that there's a medical reason for the evil behavior of the town's teenagers, Claire chases after every clue she can find. Then her son is arrested for a hit and run and that leads to the clue that might solve the puzzle.

BLOODSTREAM is a fast and fun five star read that will have you deeply involved in the mystery while you work along with Claire as she tries to figure it all out.

Dr. Clair Elliott, a widow from Baltimore, moves to Tranquility, Maine to start a new life and remove her son, Noah, 14, from the bad influences in Baltimore. They both were very affected by her husband's death. She takes over the practice of a beloved doctor and has problems establishing her practice because she is viewed as an outsider who may leave after a short time anyway as other doctors have done. Tranquility has many tourists in the summer, but the population drops in winter and the winters can be harsh. Episodes of violent and homicidal behavior begin to occur and teenagers start to exhibit strange behavior and behave violently. Elliott starts to tie this behavior to the lake and something lurking in it. These violent episodes occured fifty years earlier, too. I started this book at an airport where I had to wait six hours for a flight. It started off strong, but somewhere after the middle the storyline started to lag. There were too many sub plots and too many loose ends to tie up. It also had a plausibility issue that I think was the book's primary weakness.

Dr. Claire Elliott and her son, Noah are newcomers to the town of Tranquility, Maine. Claire, a widow, had to get out of Baltimore, where her fourteen year old son was hanging out with the wrong crowd, and getting into more and more trouble. Dr. Elliot was determined to start a new life in Tranquility, taking over the only medical practice in Town. The only problem was the residents still treated her like an outsider and were reluctant to go to her, eight months after her momentous decision. It does not help her practice that someone is sending those who come to see her warning notes to stay away. She is the only one willing to treat Warren Emerson, the local outcast. Her son Noah wants desperately to go back to Baltimore. However things get better for him when he becomes friends with Amelia Reid. The Reids live in tragic circumstances and meet a tragic end. At school, Taylor Darnell goes on a bloody rampage in his biology class enraged over a bad grade. Soon after, Scott Braxton attacks his family and kills his mother. The Local Emergency room is filled to capacity. When her own son starts to exhibit abnormal rage, Claire is desperate to find the answer. She enrages the community itself when she tries to blame Locust Lake as the cause for all the trouble. Her only defender is Lincoln Kelly, the Police chief. Reporters far and wide, want to report on the events happening in Tranquility. With some research at the local newspaper archives, and persistent determination, Claire manages to reveal the truth.

Hey folks,

This was a fairly typical medical related thriller into which Gerritsen seemed to grow. At 500 pages, it is a bit too long for my taste, but the story is very interesting, and I found it quite easy to care about the characters. I have also enjoyed her Jane Rizzoli series. I know we are not talking about The Great American Novel here, but I find Gerritsen's thriller books to be entertaining and usually bring a smile to my face at the end of each. Her books may sometimes have a bit of sex and some curse words, but her stories are not about gratuitous sex and just plain bad language. She is a story teller who uses her words to create interest in the reader rather than shock the reader's sensibilities. That is pretty good for me.

Best wishes,
Dave Wile

Tess Gerritsen is a learning writer's writer. Any one who wishes to write for a living should read Mrs. Gerritsen. This author does everything right. From the opening pages of "Bloodstream", I was hooked! What a prologue Mrs. Gerritsen writes, if it doesn't hook you to this book nothing will.
I was first introduced to Mrs. Gerritsen through "Gravity" and was very surprised by just how good she is at her job. As a medical thriller writer, Tess Gerritsen is the best in my option. This author leaves the others in the dust.
In "Bloodstream", Mrs. Gerritsen is once again in top form. With well developed characters, which the reader will care about. Not just the "lead" characters, but all the characters. Any one who has ever moved to a new town will understand the problems that occur in trying to fit in with the population, especially in a small town. The author does a great job in plotting these problems into the story line. And using them to advance the plot. Yes, I will agree with one reviewer that there are a couple of loose ends. To me though these couple of things didn't matter to the plot. They just showed what was happening all over the town. "Bloodstream" is a very well written book, with a tight plot and very well developed characters. I really enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it highly to any one who likes a good mystery.

--when the town Tranquility's economic mainstay (tourism) is threatened by the suspicion that Locust Lake (the big attraction) is dangerous.
I came by this book via "Gravity" and Stephen King's high praise. Ms. Garritsen delivers on fast pace, good characterizations (some a little overdrawn),and a hig-tech tension in the Emergency Room scenes. The season and locale (late fall in northern Maine) are well done and key to the story. Her teenage males have a realistic ring. I don't confer the phrase "page turner" often, but "Bloodstream" meets the criteria. Admittedly, I am a fast reader, but completing a 324 page book in 1-1/2 sittings is clipping right along, even for me.
The story did have loose ends (a fine scene describing an enraged teen aged girl from her little sister's terrified viewpoint; then you never hear of them again. An unexplained local doctor who is beyond snide, tumbling into malpractice. We are never told any reasons for his behavior. He sounds as if he is central to the plot, and again, we never hear any more about him.) Also, it is unexplained why retesting by other labs is never considered.
Most mystery readers who have a weakness for medical thrillers will be delighted with this book.

This book is very unusual. I found it very difficult to get through the first 100 pages because the horror aspects were so gruesome and seemingly gratuitous. Then the plot seemed to be pointless. But a medical emergency scene came in that was quite good, and then another. After a few hundred pages, the plot got better and the horror less gruesome. The final 50 pages were absorbing to read. This makes grading difficult. I gave the beginning a one-star, the end a four-star, the medical emergencies a five-star, and the bulk of the dialogue and portrayal of the town of Tranquility, Maine a one-star. Unless you are dying for a horror-medical mystery, I suggest you skip this one. Ms. Gerritsen can write emergency room scenes quite well, but regular dialogue is difficult for her to do smoothly and make interesting. There's a lot more dialogue in this book than emergency room scenes.
Dr. Claire Elliott moves to Tranquility, Maine with her teenage son, Noah, to get away from the evils of the big city, Baltimore. She soon finds that she is shunned as an outsider, assumed to be incompetent, losing patients and money, and unable to make headway against a mystery disease. All of this seems to tie together into something that has been going on for hundreds of years. What is it?
The conflicts between the characters are pretty predicatable, so it is impressive that Ms. Gerritsen can keep the mystery working through the obvious plot complications and setbacks. You can figure out the mystery though. There are many clues, decently scattered at large intervals along the way, but it is a fairly interesting premise as medical mysteries go. The medical mystery solution made me glad that I finished the book.
After you read this book, you should think about what you can do to be more friendly and cooperative with other people. Many chances to have a more beneficial and positive relationship are lost when both sides aren't open enough. Assume the best about the other person's motives and competence, and you'll be pleasantly surprised to find out how often you are correct.
Build a better world, one relationship at a time!

Dr. Claire Elliot and her son, Noah, move to Tranquility to rebuild their lives after the death of Noah's father. Claire is considered an outsider and finds it difficult to build her medical practice as well as gain professional respect from the townspeople. There is a sudden unexplainable outbreak of violence among Tranquility's teenagers and Claire learns that this same phenomenon occurred roughly 50 years earlier. She feels confident there are biological reasons for the violence and is met with significant skepticism. As Claire struggles for answers, Noah begins to exhibit uncharacteristically aggressive behavior himself.

Bloodstream is the perfect mix of mystery, romance and medical suspense. Tess Gerritsen lets a few loose ends behind but for the most part pulls everything together in a cohesive and exciting story.

This was very good! First off, Jan Maxwell reads the plot wonderfully, with the right emphasis and just enough emotionality to lend it credulity. But more importantly, the plot is just thrilling - from beginning to end, the pace rarely slackens, and certainly speeds up on side-B-tape-2.

Without ruining anything, violence is erupting among the youth of Tranquility, Maine. It starts with scuffles, and vandalism, but is soon a rising tide of murderous rage. And when recently arrived Doctor Claire Elliot sees this violence closer (and perhaps within) her own teenaged son, things take a turn for the dangerous.

Tess Gerritsen has my hard-won fanship. With most medical thriller authors, after two or three you start to see the pattern, find the baddie, and close the book with a vague sigh. Even listening to abridged audios of her work, I never quite guess the villain until it's nearly too late for the heroine!

The only misgivings I have about this one is the romantic attachment that Claire finds feels a bit forced - likely a result of the abridgement, however, as I'm sure there are scenes missing that would have laid more of a foundation in their relationship.

All in all, a really enjoyable listening experience.

'Nathan

I am a huge, self-confessed Tess Gerritsen fan. I love and adore her Rizzoli & Isles books (and the TV series which is totally different from the books, but the character interactions are great. The mysteries...not so much). So, I assumed that I would like Bloodstream. I assumed that I would LOVE Bloodstream after I finished the prologue. It (the prologue, I mean) was nail-bitingly creepy. I was seriously holding my breath while frantically clicking on the Kindle. I thought that the prologue would set the tone for the book. Ehhh, it didn't really happen that way.

Again, this book starts off with a BANG!!! I think it may be one of the creepiest prologues from a mystery book that I've ever read. The chapters following the prologue were still plenty creepy and more than a little intriguing. In fact, the beginning chapters of Bloodstream reminded me heavily of a UK movie called The Children (totally recommended, by the way. It's creepy, underrated, and due to what happened in the movie, it will never be remade and subsequently ruined by American filmmakers). So much that I thought it was sort of going to go that way (which I really would've preferred). But it didn't.

There were just too many things going on in this book. It's a parasite. No, it's evil. No, it's an actual person. No, it's the evil corporations. No, it's the parents' influece causing the kids to go violently crazy and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Seriously, everything was packed in here. Every single excuse was packed in here. I understand that the point of mysteries is to keep you guessing, but it was just too much. And the resolution was very anti-climactic and the ending a bit abrupt. So much that I kept clicking the Kindle thinking "It can't really be over..."

However, my main issue with Bloodstream was that I thought every single character in it was an idiot. That makes it REALLY hard to root for them. I understood why the teenagers were bratty (they were teenagers, therefore, are supposed to be bratty and then if you add in what's actually happening then it's sort of understandable), but all of the adults were pissing me off, too. They were acting worse than the children. So, I didn't feel a huge sense of remorse when they started getting picked off.

I did give Bloodstream two stars instead of one because the premise was very intriguing and so promising (which was why the execution was so disappointing). Plus, it's Tess Gerritsen so you know the book was a huge page-turner. All I could think about in my 8AM college math class was how to get back to this book, so that's something. In the end, I thought that Bloodstream was just okay and I definitely liked all of the books in the Rizzoli and Isles series more than I liked this one.

Dr. Claire Elliot has moved from Baltimore to the small village of Tranquility, Maine to make sure that her adolescent son does not get into trouble. However, what is gets is not exactly "tranquility": after a wet spring and a warm summer autumn arrives and all the teenagers in the village seem to go berserk: there is violence everywhere and the reason for it is totally unclear at first. In addition, the locals do not trust the "outsider" Claire and that only gets worse when she tries to convince the population that the problem is coming from one of their main income-generating landmarks. Finally, she finds the solution, but it nearly costs her all that is dear to her.

A good book: the suspense slowly builds up and the possible solutions keep coming up and being turned down all through the book. Comparable to such medical detective authors as Robin Cook.

I bought this book used and written inside the front cover was "Exceptional! 8/2/00." I agree. The first six pages give you an inkling of how you will feel as the story progresses.
The characters are well defined and the physical setting reminds me of a place where I spent my childhood summers and some winter holidays in upstate New York. Remembering the polio epidemic and later times from illnesses said to have been caused by goose droppings or septic overflows made it difficult for me to separate fact from fiction. Even the attitude of the local doctor was a reminder of something that had tragic consequences in our family.
There were times when I held my breath and times when I actually gasped as I was reading this book. Occasionally, it does get unpleasantly descriptive but hang in there because it's worth it to get the picture of what is going on.

Tess Gerritsen's book kept me spellbound from beginning to end. It's the fascinating story of a woman and her son who move to this little town in Maine next to this lake. She's a doctor, but is still having trouble getting the locals to like and trust her. But then the teenagers in the town start turning violent and deadly. It's up to her to find out what is happening before her own son falls prey to what's going on.

I really can't express how wonderful this book is. If you enjoy suspense with a little hint of romance as well, this is definitely the book for you. For me, it's a must have. I love this book. Definitely worth reading!!

Dr. Claire Elliot moves to a small town to rebuild her life after her husband dies and to help her son get away from his deliquient habits that he aquired in Baltimore.
After several months there, the teenagers begin fighting and sometimes even killing people. Claire begins her own investigation after some of the children who committed these acts show signs of a medical abnormality.
Interesting concept...but the ending is kind of hokey. Not as good as her first book, Harvest, but still a good read when the a paperback comes out.
She has a nice touch with the little bit of romance she throws in.

Sometimes writers create a very interesting scenario, but then are at a loss to explain it, so they conjure up all sorts of improbable explanations to try to tie ends up. Doesn't work. There are so may questionable aspects (SPOILER ALERT): first, unlikely the army will want a drug that only creates paranoia & mindless killing of people close to one! There are similar drugs that are hardly useful in combat situations. Trying to eradicate a worm!! Easier to take out a patent. And many other unsatisfactory explanations, even the writing becomes haphazard towards the end.

Bloodstream is a stereotypical medical mystery with little suspense and facile plot solutions. The romance that develops between heroine MD Claire Elliot and the town's top cop is a shopworn plot device, and Claire has no trouble ignoring the inconvenience of his marriage. Claire's difficulties in establishing herself as the town's replacement for a beloved retired doctor, her own son's inevitable infection with the deadly parasite, and the ease with which only Claire identifies the real dangers threatening the town all combine to reduce any suspense that the story might have generated if presented less predictably. The conclusion is truly repulsive, unless you're a big fan of annelids, in which case, you'll love it!
Tess Gerritsen has done much better - for a much more engrossing story, try The Surgeon, Vanish, or The Sinner.

Anyone with teenage children can relate to what Dr. Claire is going through. However, the children take it a step farther, and begin doing physical damnage to one another beyond that typically expected of teenagers. Combine that will a conspiracy with a biomedical company and you get a dilemma that only can be solved by some pretty serious investigating. Tess has done her homework (as always) on this one, and I expect it will be picked up by Hollywood and produced as a motion picture. Are you listening Jerry Bruckheimer?
Steve Waterman

Dr. Claire Elliot takes her son Noah away from Baltimore and moves to Tranquillity, Maine. Every 50 years or so when the rains are heavy and summers hot, the community's teenage boys, boil over with uncontrollable rage. Desperately hoping all the violent occurrences have medical causes, Claire comes up with a variety of theories, all of which involve placing a quarantine on Locust Lake, the town's main source of income. The real cause of the terror is even more ominous and frightening than Elliot ever imagines.

Gerritsen has an amazing eye for detail and gripping dialogue. The situations in this book are very peculiar. The plot mainly consists of teenagers going violent all of a sudden. It may seem cliche, but trust me, no book has ever amazed me so much. Could be the characters, so realistic. Could be the scenes, so vividly described. But I think it is mostly how everything comes together in this great novel. Read the first six pages. And I dare you to stop reading this book.
It's just that good.

This was my first introduction to Tess Gerritsen. A doctor begins to suspect a relationship between strange acts of violence and an ecological curiosity at a near by lake. The fate of the town and her own son's life are at stake, unless she can find an explanation and a cure... This is a great read and very fast paced. There's enough twists and turns to keep the reader guessing until the very end of the book. It's also pretty violent, almost bordering on horror at times. Highly recommended.

I cheated and listened to the unabridged version of the audio cassette (over 11 hours of narration). I rarely have time to sit and read but wanted to hear this story as the synopsis caught my attention. Within 5 minutes, I was hooked.
I have listened to many tapes as I drive, but none that kept my attention as strongly as BLOODSTREAM. I would sit in my driveway once I returned home and continue to listen until I felt guilty for not going in to greet my family.
Gerritsen weaves a believable tale mixing science and human relationships to create a moving, intense rollercoaster ride for all her avid fans (I am now one, by the way).
I will not go into the cliffnote truncation of this novel as others can read the nutshell plot review in previous reviews on this page. Suffice it to say, I enjoyed this intriguing mystery and plot thickening scientific story produced by Ms. Gerritsen. I was very disappointed when the story ended...not because of the WAY it ended, but because IT ENDED. It was as if I had lost a best friend, and indeed Ms. Gerritsen was for the 11 hours it took me to finish this novel on tape.
Just this last week, I purchased HARVEST and LIFE SUPPORT. My wife has finished both of them. I hope to get to them someday soon. I am anticipating that she will enjoy BLOODSTREAM as much or more than I did.

A griping tale of a town haunted by destructive teens and memories of years past. Dr. Claire Elliot moves herself and her teen son, Noah, to a wondrous summer tourist spot in Maine. Thinking that she is removing her son from the haunting recollections of his dead father, she is doing more devastation than help. Once there, the teens begin their terror, killing and commotion are everywhere. Once she sees the drama first hand, Claire rushes to find the source of this problem. Searching through the town's records of killing and disruption by teens, she uncovers the mystery of this small town vacation spot. She reveals that these killings have happened before, about fifty years before. As she struggles to fight to not allow history to repeat itself, and save her self and her reputation as a medical doctor, she allows herself to fall in love with the town's sheriff. What is the mystery behind this small town, well I guess you'll just have to read it to find out!
Plan on staying up all night with this book.

An interesting perspective..very timely in today's rise in youth violence. Without revealing the plot, this book will burrow itself into your psyche, and never let you go until the final page.
It's finally a medical thriller that doesn't attack the dreaded health care providers. This is a refreshing change from the current crop of medical pulp that look under rocks for conspiracies. Better reading than a Cook book. Look forward to my review of "Gravity".