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Title: To the Bone by Neil McMahon ISBN: 0-06-052916-4 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Keeps moving
Comment: A read to turn the pages. Plenty of red herrings to keep you guessing and enough action to reward your perseverance. Good job.
Rating: 5
Summary: Is there anything better than a great mystery?
Comment: "To The Bone" by exciting writer, Neil McMahon, had me glued to my cozy chair for hours on end as I was ushered inside the mysterious world of ER Dr. Carroll Monks.
A beautiful model's mysterious death leads ER Dr. Carroll Monks to a renowned and quite possibly dangerous plastic surgeon in this high suspense medical intrigue story. A book you don't want to miss! (Highly Recommended Novel!)
Rating: 3
Summary: The high price of beauty.
Comment: Dr. D. Welles D'Anton is a plastic surgeon for the rich and famous. He takes pride in removing physical imperfections from the women whom he transforms with his scalpel. However, as we see in Neil McMahon's medical thriller, "To the Bone," sometimes the pursuit of beauty is just not worth it.
Dr. Carroll Monks is an emergency room physician, employed in a San Francisco hospital, who is suffering from burnout. He has a failed marriage under his belt, children he rarely sees, and a borderline drinking problem. His girlfriend, Martine, seems ready to move on.
Monks is on duty when a beautiful young woman named Eden Hale is brought in to the ER in excruciating pain. The day before, Eden had been Dr. D'Anton's surgical patient. Now, the young woman is suffering from a rare blood clotting disorder with no obvious cause. Dr. Monks valiantly tries a controversial treatment to treat Eden, but he fails to save her. The fallout from this episode may cost Dr. Monks his job.
In an effort to prove that he was not responsible for Eden's death, Monks, along with his private investigator friend, Stover Larrabee, decide to look into Eden's background. They discover that the world of the rich, beautiful, and famous is, ironically, one of ugliness, insecurity, jealousy, and selfishness. Delving into the depressing world of the "beautiful people," Monk learns that there are individuals who look good physically, but who are even more emotionally burned out than he is.
The best moments in "To the Bone" are those that deal with the medical problems in the ER. The book falters when McMahon resorts to stereotypes in his exploration of the surgically enhanced women who rely on plastic surgery to stay young. There is another plot in "To the Bone" that deals with a serial killer. This plot is underdeveloped and the resolution comes out of left field.
"To the Bone" makes the valid point that the worship of physical beauty is a losing proposition. In addition, those who live for the moment, without any regard for the long-term consequences of their behavior, are foolish and self-destructive. Unfortunately, with the exception of Dr. Monks, who is a fully developed, three-dimensional character, "To the Bone" is as shallow as the beautiful women it depicts.
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Title: Twice Dying by Neil McMahon ISBN: 0061098353 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Blood Double by Neil McMahon ISBN: 0061030902 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Lie Still : A Novel of Suspense by David Farris ISBN: 0060505540 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Mortal Remains by PETER CLEMENT ISBN: 0345457781 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Sinner by TESS GERRITSEN ISBN: 0345458915 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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