Review: Trial #1322
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 23, 2012
When this novel begins Laura, a music journalist, and her flat mate friends Jason and Natalie, enter a hospital for a drug trial.  They are not taking part for altruistic reasons, purely for the money paid on completion of the trial.  Of course they are not the only people taking part and the small group of seven soon settle into uneasy relationships.  Natalie's jealousy threatens to stop the trial, but can it be stopped?This is a very unusual and interesting novel.  From the very beginning, the author makes his three central characters unsympathetic and then begins to change our perceptions of, not only them, but everyone else.  Is the nurse Anna just abrupt, or is she something more sinister?  Why is the ward on the next floor empty?  Should the group be concerned about the locked doors?  This is a gripping and thrilling medical thriller, which I was unable to put down.  Overall, a really good and exciting read and I look forward to anything else by this author, who shows immense promise with this debut novel.