Fixation

by Steve Smart

The unexpected death of a facial cosmetic surgery patient appears to result from a post-operative complication. Dr. Celeste Noles, pathologist, finds clues during autopsy which stir the Army hospital medical staff, the Korean populace and the local legal community. Questions swirl, allegations are made, a trial ensues, and a second death results. The author fills in unknown portions of a real story with entertaining and suspenseful possibilities that will keep you reading.

254 pages, Hardcover

Published December 13, 2019

Reviews

[Becki Lusk]

Really a good read.

Thanks for an entertaining book with a real mystery. Have already recommend it to several friends and relatives as a goodread.

[Paula Reynolds · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable book. Well done!!! I agree with my mother-in-law: Steve Smart can write a good story.

[Felicity Terry · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fan of well written, interesting characters, I found the characters in Fixation fascinating.

A real page turner, jam-packed with medical (some of it pretty graphic it has to be said) and military jargon, that benefits from its short chapters, some of them barely a page long. The plot, a story that evolved into this, a fictional novel based in part on an actual event, compelling; though I had my suspicions fairly early the author kept me guessing right up until the end and even then ... well, lets just say I wasn't expecting this.

Far be it for me to advise Mr Smart to 'give up the day job' (that of an oral and maxillofacial surgeon) but, if he were to do so, he has a promising career as an writer ahead of him if this is anything to go by.

Copyright ... Tracy Terry @ Pen and Paper

[Sandy Carpenter]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and would recommend everyone read it. I never expected the ending. Great job Dr. Smart