Michael Palmer- "Critical Judgment"

I am a bad hypochondriac. I check my pulse everyday and I freak out when I get a headache thinking it is a brain tumor. Having said that, I still manage to be able to read medical thrillers. I love them, too. Robin Cook really freaks me out, and yet I still can't help but read his books. This is the first Michael Palmer book I have read, and it definitely will not be the last.

I hate hospitals.

Dr. Abby Dolan is a newbie at the hospital in Patience, California while her boyfriend works at a battery plant nearby. As time goes on, she finds more and more curious cases of symptoms that can't be diagnosed as anything. Soon she begins to find more strange happenings that lead her into a dangerous investigation as to what exactly is going on at the battery plant.

I loved this book so much. It was fast-paced and exciting. It gave me yet another excuse to not go to the hospital. I have like, a billion excuses. There was a lot of times where I found myself skipping paragraphs due to all the medical stuff, but it's a medical thriller so what the hell else is it going to have in it? The ending was great as well. Definitely nothing I predicted. Dr. Abby was a kick ass protagonist and a damned good doctor. I wish I could be that cool, but alas, I have to worry about my pulse instead.