I enjoyed Miracle Cure by Harlan Coben which is a re-release of this book first published in 1991. Coben writes an Introduction explaining the re-release and how some aspects might be dated but despite being written in his early 20s, he's still proud of the book and made no changes. The story centres around an AIDS clinic where some patients and others involved with it are being murdered. Detective Bernstein investigates and there are many different aspects to the story and the investigation. The AIDS epidemic was still fairly new to the western world and the clinic, run by Dr Harvey Riker, is fighting for funds to find a cure. The clinic also has to fight the prejudice against the patients so the purpose of the murders appears to be to shut down the clinic. There are some twists along the way, but the final one is a big surprise. Also interesting to read a story which doesn't have mobile phones. 4/5
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Miracle Cure
I enjoyed Miracle Cure by Harlan Coben which is a re-release of this book first published in 1991. Coben writes an Introduction explaining the re-release and how some aspects might be dated but despite being written in his early 20s, he's still proud of the book and made no changes. The story centres around an AIDS clinic where some patients and others involved with it are being murdered. Detective Bernstein investigates and there are many different aspects to the story and the investigation. The AIDS epidemic was still fairly new to the western world and the clinic, run by Dr Harvey Riker, is fighting for funds to find a cure. The clinic also has to fight the prejudice against the patients so the purpose of the murders appears to be to shut down the clinic. There are some twists along the way, but the final one is a big surprise. Also interesting to read a story which doesn't have mobile phones. 4/5
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