Robin Cook: Blindsight

Robin Cook's Blindsight (affiliate link) is the first Cook book to feature Laurie Montgomery, but Jack Stapleton has yet to appear.

Forensic pathologist Laurie is courted by two men, homicide detective Lou and high-income eye surgeon Jordan (cough cough Robin Cook himself). Young and successful people are dying of cocaine overdoses, and Laurie begins to suspect that something is wrong. At the same time, seemingly random people are being executed mafia-style. Does the mafia boss under the eye surgeon's care have something to do with it?

As always, Robin Cook's older hospital thrillers keep me entertained. I don't like his newer work, though.

 

 

Robin Cook: Night Shift

Night Shift (affiliate link) is the 13th book in Robin Cook's Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery series

 

Laurie's good friend, Dr. Susan Passero, is killed, although only the reader knows this. Jack tries to find out the cause of death, which seems mysterious. Sue suspected that a serial killer was rampaging in the hospital. Soon, other lives will be in danger.

Some of the things about the main couple in the series were new and strange to me, and I only realized afterwards that I had not read the previous book in the series, Genesis, because it is not in the library.

 

Cons of the book

-constant forcing of the Covid vaccination

-crap dialogue, especially the constantly repeated same and corny "swear" words

 

Has Robin Cook always been such a bad writer? No, I recently read my favorite by him, Mutation.

 

 

Robin Cook: Mutation

I have read Robin Cook's book Mutation (affiliate link) countless times in my life. It is my favorite of Cook's works, and it was already on my list of favorite books. I devoured it quickly even now, even though I know exactly what is going to happen in it.

Mutation is about a scientist named Victor Frank who begins a secret experiment. His goal is to create a super-intelligent child. But can a child be too intelligent?

Mutation has always been a touching book in my opinion, and I couldn't avoid tears this time either. A strong reading recommendation, especially if you are interested in medical thrillers.