Review: A page-turner
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2011
"Deadly Medicine" is a real page-turner, but there are serious believability problems.The story involves a young physician working in a British HIV clinic participating in a drug trial. The test is discontinued after several patients die of heart attacks. A few months later, he accidentally discovers that almost all of the test subjects have died since the test was discontinued, but not necessarily of heart attacks. He begins to suspect foul play and a coverup, which launches him into his adventures involving a secret "enforcement" organization, and a beautiful female agent. There are numerous plot twists and surprises to carry the reader along in this fast-paced book.The book seems almost at the level of a boy's adventure story. That is, our hero, with no special training, is able to conduct an investigation into corporate wrongdoing while being pursued, both in Britain and the African bush, by police and villains alike. He gets beat up several times, and whenever things get really sticky, something unexpected just happens that gets him out of it.The book is well written, and I enjoyed it greatly - just be aware that you may need to put your brain in neutral.