Romans, Nouvelles, Recits (Domaine Etranger): Morts Accidentelles (Series #6137061) (Paperback)

from tracyfox

A typcial Robin Cook thriller set in an exotic locale. This time the villian is a giant American HMO convincing young Indian nurses to kill patients in hopes that the resulting publicity will quash medical tourism in India. Predictably, Cook's forensic detecting duo -- Laurie Montgomery and Jack ...

from INTPLibrarian

Eh. I keep reading Robin Cook's books hoping for another wow book like his earlier one's were for me. This one had me keep hoping for a twist to come. Something unexpected. But, alas, no go. I guess it's a plus that I *did* keep reading 'til the end. And it made me want to go read up on modern In...

from reeread

Jennifer Hernandez, a medical student in LA first hears of her grandmother's death in India on CNN. Once she arrives in India, she discovers other "medical tourists" from the US have died under suspiciously similar circumstances. Enlisting the help of Jack & Laurie Montgomery, forensic pathologis...

from blockbuster1994

Ultimately, I found Foreign Body to be a disappointing novel as a medical thriller, but I did enjoy Cook's character development and his simple, plain use of language. The story was quite predictable, but I kept moving forward because I liked the people at the center of the contraversy.

from LivelyLady

As usual Cook has taken a current medical subject, in this case "medical tourism" and written a pretty good page turner. "Medical tourism" is what is happening to countries such as India where people from this country are going for cheaper, safer, surgery, often when they have to pay out of pocke...