Review: Loving Dr. Steven Dunbar!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 4, 2012
Our hero, Dr. Steven Dunbar, works with the Sci-Med Inspectorate and he is called to investigate crimes or mysteries in the science and medical fields. In "The Lazarus Strain" you are hit right off the bat with a very frightening prologue: a factual history of the influenza pandemic of 1918 that killed millions of people. Right then you know Ken McClure is going to take you through another medical mystery ... one that has way too much truth to it.Dunbar is asked to investigate the vandalism of a research facility, apparently trashed by animal-rights activists. The monkeys are released, a researcher is tortured to death, and there's an attempt cover up what's been going on at the facility. But things aren't always as they seem. And the bodies keep piling up. It's Dunbar's job to unravel the mystery ... and the author's job to keep you guessing.  Both are successful.McClure keeps his novel contemporary by exposing the reader to terrorist cells and plots to bring down the Western world. Yes, this book is fiction, but we certainly should know by now that biological warfare is not. That's one reason you'll be holding your breath as you read "The Lazarus Strain."A good mystery keeps you guessing and this one does just that.  McClure doesn't waste time getting you into the action and you won't have a moment to relax until you read the final page. You'll be able to create vivid images in your mind as you read and you'll be drawn into the characters through snappy dialogue.Give it a shot; I don't think you'll be disappointed.