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    Critical Conditions
    Critical Conditions
    Critical Conditions
    Audiobook12 hours

    Critical Conditions

    Written by Stephen White

    Narrated by Dick Hill

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    About this audiobook

    Summoned to the hospital to learn the motives behind a teenage girl's suicide attempt, Alan discovers that the girl's young stepsister lies near death in another hospital with a heart disease. Denied an experimental new treatment that could save her life by her parent's managed-care provider, the stepsister has become a symbol of a health care system more concerned with costs than with the lives of its patients. And when a wealthy executive of the family's HMO is found dead, Alan and Denver detective Sam Purdy uncover the truth that links the teenage girl to his death, and the truth behind a family willing to kill in the name of love...and revenge.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJul 15, 2009
    ISBN9781423394655
    Critical Conditions
    Author

    Stephen White

    Stephen White is a clinical psychologist and the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels, including Kill Me and Dry Ice. He lives in Colorado.

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    • 5/5
      This is yet another in the series featuring psychologist Dr. Alan Gregory in his Boulder, CO practice. I found this series after there were already 10 published. It was a great find. The stories are all very engaging. They are more like putting on a favorite old slipper than a fabulous jeweled pump. I still have 3 more to read!
    • 3/5
      Critical Conditions is the 5th book in the Dr. Alan Gregory series. It started off really good. His patient, Merritt, is a 15 yo girl suspected of murder. However, she is remaining silent and Alan and his detective friend are trying to find out what happened without her help. The book started going downhill when she started speaking again to tell Alan the truth to what happened. It just seemed a little far-fetched.
      3.5 stars
    • 3/5
      This book kept my interest and had lots of twists and turns.
    • 4/5
      Predictable? Maybe, but the plot is complex and White's dialog is convincing. The Alan Gregory novels always entertain me.
    • 2/5
      So predictable.