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I was pleasantly surprised by this book. In the past, I haven't usually liked medical drama/thrillers, to the point where I can't remember the last one I read. I think it was a Robin Cook book - maybe (I can't remember). Anyway, hubby has been telling me for years that Tess Gerritsen (former surgeon turned writer) is different and that I would probably like her. He's right - I do like Gerritsen.

There were a few sections where the medicalese and jargon got to be a bit much but the thing I really dislike about medical centered books is the minutia of surgeries, which there is almost none of in this book. Most of the story centered around the discovery of a organ harvesting scam among a group of doctors.

The scary part of this story is that this crap does exist. There are really people out there, killing people (people who won't be missed) simply to harvest their organs and sell them to rich people who don't want to wait for an organ through the legal means.

Right up to the last page, this story was turning out to be a 4star rating but because of the final scene, I'm rating it 3stars. I could understand the cliff hanger ending if this book were part of a series. However, to have a cliff hanger ending on a standalone book is just irritating and completely unnecessary. It doesn't deter me from reading another Tess Gerritsen medical drama/thriller, Hopefully, cliff hanger endings on standalones isn't a habit of hers because that would deter me from become a long standing fan.