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Code Blue With Intent
When Kate Ross, RN case manager from Northwest General Hospital, learns of the death of a patient and the possibility that it's tied to an insurance company merger, she must learn to regard her co-workers as suspects―even as her romantic entanglement with one of them deepens…
As Kate unravels the facts, and as more patients die, the threats to her own safety loom larger. She needs to determine―and fast―if she's fallen for a killer, and uncover the truth before it's too late.
As Kate unravels the facts, and as more patients die, the threats to her own safety loom larger. She needs to determine―and fast―if she's fallen for a killer, and uncover the truth before it's too late.
198 pages, Paperback
Published December 10, 2019
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November 11, 2019
"Code Blue With Intent" is author, Marilyn Esper Kelsey’s foray into medical thrillers. Her lead character is Kate Ross, a RN case manager at Northwest General Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey, renowned for its surgeons and innovative surgical techniques. Despite its impeccable reputation, Kate and her colleagues become concerned when an unusual number of patients start dying. That concern is heightened when it appears they were all insured by the one company, Premier Regional. As more and more patients die, Kate becomes suspicious of her colleagues, even her own love interest, Dr. Jake Fenelli and as the story unfolds, the suspects build. Just when it seems obvious who the killer is, along comes someone who is more likely. Meanwhile, over at Premier Regional, things aren’t all that rosy. There are too many bothersome patients who have a history of multiple hospital admissions. This is seriously affecting the insurer’s bottom line just at a time when they are trying to merge with a larger, more economically sound medical insurer. What to do? Back at Northwest, layer by layer, Kate is unravelling the truth but as she gets closer to identifying those responsible for the deaths, she is placing herself in mortal danger.
It is hard to believe that "Code Blue With Intent" is Marilyn Esper Kelsey’s first medical thriller. It has all the positive hallmarks of a Robin Cook novel. The writing is tight, the tension builds steadily from the outset through to the explosive dénouement. Clearly, the author is either a former health practitioner herself or has carried out a monumental amount of research. The setting of Northwest General is very real, there is an authentic feel about the medical-speak, hospital procedures and drugs used in the story. The scenes are highly visual, the characters real and the dialogue believable. The book appears to have been professionally edited, something that cannot be taken for granted these days. At times I had to ask myself if the story wasn’t a little too implausible but on reflection, I don’t think it matters. "Code Blue With Intent" is a gripping, hard-to-put-down read that will scorch your fingers as you turn each page.
It is hard to believe that "Code Blue With Intent" is Marilyn Esper Kelsey’s first medical thriller. It has all the positive hallmarks of a Robin Cook novel. The writing is tight, the tension builds steadily from the outset through to the explosive dénouement. Clearly, the author is either a former health practitioner herself or has carried out a monumental amount of research. The setting of Northwest General is very real, there is an authentic feel about the medical-speak, hospital procedures and drugs used in the story. The scenes are highly visual, the characters real and the dialogue believable. The book appears to have been professionally edited, something that cannot be taken for granted these days. At times I had to ask myself if the story wasn’t a little too implausible but on reflection, I don’t think it matters. "Code Blue With Intent" is a gripping, hard-to-put-down read that will scorch your fingers as you turn each page.
June 8, 2021
Perfect read.
This books twist took me by surprise
I liked the characters and look forward to reading another of her books.
This books twist took me by surprise
I liked the characters and look forward to reading another of her books.
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