Review: Another McClure winner!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2012
I was more than ready to read this Ken McClure medical thriller and "Pandora's Helix" didn't disappoint.Dr. Michael Neef works in pediatric oncology at a large city hospital and the hospital has joined forces with a company that's developed a new way to treate cancerous tumors. Neef's hospital agrees to the first human trials of the treatment and the patients are children with cancer ... this treatment is their last hope. Something, however, goes wrong and the trial results just don't make sense.In the meantime, two young girls die from what appears to be a virus, but the pathology indicates lung cancer as well. Then there are more deaths.McClure links these two situations together in a fast-paced story that includes greed, fraud, murder, government coverup, and competition beyond what is acceptable.  McClure also introduces a possible love interest for Neef ... and why not ... Neef is the kind of guy who needs to be appreciated and loved. The love interest, however, is a reporter and her job threatens the developing relationship.I really liked the depth of character development in this book.  The reader gets to know Neef quite well ... and Eve, the reporter, is multi-dimensional as well.As far as the "mystery" goes ... I figured it out earlier than usual, but that didn't detract from the reading experience at all.GREAT read - I highly recommend it!