personal Book Review – Donor by Ken McClure
publisher: Polygon – 2010
first published 1998
genre – medical thriller
ISBN – 978-1-84697-162-4
This is a really interesting medical thriller. It focuses on a new private hospital which is losing money and costing the taxpayers in government funding. The transplant unit is the only department in profit but there are concerns about 2 unexplained deaths so Dr. Steven Dunbar is called in to conduct an undercover investigation. There are 2 whistle blowers, both ex-nurses, a sub-plot of murder and a new transplant patient to protect.
The style is very descriptive and flows nicely, there are clues dropped in everywhere that lead you to think that you know what the outcome will be from very early on in the book. The conclusions you draw will be wrong though as there are 2 very clever twists at the end which once you know what they are make perfect sense. There is also a love story sub-plot element which adds a little extra.
I really enjoyed this book and found myself working along with Dr. Dunbar to try and unravel the mystery whereas sometimes with other similar books I find myself just following along rather than feeling actively involved.
McClure has a very clever writing style with some good characters, I intend to read more of his books.
Personal read 5/5
