Critical Condition

I just finished the book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Plenty of action, suspense, and excitement. Richard Mabry keeps you hanging through various twists and turns with several subplots going throughout. I can never take time to read straight through a book, but I struggled to find good stopping points when I was running out of reading time. I recommend Ricahrd Mabry's books to anyone who enjoys medical drama.

excellent on the edge of my seat suspence

Love all of Dr. Mabry's books. Have them all and have read them all more than once.

Keep them coming Dr. Mabry

Suspenseful and satisfying conclusion.

This was an awesome medical mystery!! I have never read anything by this author and I really enjoyed it.

Sisters, Shannon and Megan go through alot in this book not knowing who to trust and wondering what catastrophe is going to happen to them next. Shannon is a surgeon who keeps experiencing traumatic deaths and has a hard time trusting God and relationships. Megan is recovering from addictions and trying to get her life in order, but her past keeps coming back to haunt her.

I really enjoyed all the drama and mystery in this christian book. The ending was not predictable and the story line and characters kept my interest the entire story. I would highly recommend this book!

I was given a complimentary copy of this e-book for social media and blog review. All opinions are my own.

Medical mystery from the perspective of two Christian doctors with struggles of faith. Good read, hard to put down.

Most of what I read is material that I find useful for my life, from my work in ministry to fatherhood, and every topic in between. Every once in a while, though, I like to grab a good fiction novel and enjoy some lighter reading for a change.

Last week, I picked up a new novel by Richard Mabry, called Critical Condition. I managed to digest the entire book in just a couple of evenings, and enjoyed it.

I've read several other books by Mabry in the past, and thoroughly enjoyed each one of them. This one just didn't seem to be as good as the rest that I've read.

The premise of the story is based around Dr. Shannon Frasier. During a dinner party, a man is shot in her front yard, and dies in her arms. Add to that Dr. Frasier's younger sister moving in after a fight with her boyfriend, and with drug trouble a possibility, Dr. Frasier is suddenly overwhelmed.

That's when the questions and threats start coming. And they are coming from both the police and a mysterious caller. Dr. Frasier's life becomes a nightmare, and just staying alive seems an impossibility.

I found the story line to be a great idea. The details were well situated and the plot carried itself along very nicely. The biggest problem was in the character development. I had a hard time understanding several key aspects of each of the major characters. Several times, it felt like Mabry assumed that the reader knows something about one of the characters that hasn't been revealed yet. Dialog was forced, and occasionally the story would jump to conclusions that didn't fit.

I found that disappointing. I was expecting to enjoy this story like the others I've read. Sadly, that was not the case. Overall though, it wasn't a terrible novel. It felt as if Mabry were rushing to get Critical Condition finished before a deadline. A bit more effort would have turned this into another spectacular story.

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This excellent fiction writer does his homework and provides the reader with details only a physician could. The drama, adventure and continuous suspense guarantee the reader great satisfaction and wonderment.The book appears to call for a sequel. Bring it on!

If you like mystery, intrigue and suspense, look no further than Richard L. Mabry's newest book Critical Condition. I love it when I find a good writer who is new to me, because that means I'll be able to go back and read his earlier work.

Critical Condition is the first book that I've read by Richard L. Mabry M.D. and I wasn't disappointed. He skillfully draws the reader in to the storyline and reveals the characters, almost like pealing an onion, layer by layer you learn about the characters and what motivates them and what brought them to this place and how will it end.

Dr. Mabry brings a different twist to mystery novels. The story includes characters who are doctors and the reader gets to view the events through the different lens of medicine.

The story is fast paced and more than once kept me up late because I didn't want to put the book down. I can tell a good book when it leaves me thinking about the characters and try to figure out what will happen even when I'm not reading the book.

I especially appreciated how Dr. Mabry has interwoven faith into the storyline through the characters as they struggle with and grow in their faith. Faith seemed to be a natural part of the characters, not just something thrown in because this a book by a Christian author. I appreciate a writer who doesn't have to turn to immorality to tell a good story

I give a big thumbs up to Critical Condition by Richard L. Mabry M.D. I look forward to reading more novels by this writer.

I would like to thank the people at BookLook for giving me a copy of Critical Condition to read and review. I was under no obligation to give a favorable review.

My first book that I read of Richard Mabry's was Code Blue that I borrowed from a friend. Right away I was drawn into the suspence. Critical Condition was no different. The suspence kept me turning the pages from the start. Richard Mabry clearly is an expert on this subject because he is a retired physician and this comes out in his writing. I highly recommend this book to lover's of medical suspence.