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Dr Daniel Gregory is a GP in a picturesque Mid-Staffordshire market town. Divorced and denied visiting rights to his seven year-old daughter, he is lonely and vulnerable to the dysfunctional behaviour of some of the locals. Like Vanda Struel, a single parent who repeatedly brings her toddler into the surgery with a succession of increasingly bizarre complaints. Or Chelsea Emmanuel, a precocious teenager who makes advances to him only to plan pathological revenge when he refuses. Or the fatally damaged town policeman, who suspects Daniel of harbouring an unhealthy attraction for his French wife...When an elderly woman patient is mistakenly given a terminal diagnosis, Vanda becomes pregnant with her second child and Daniel's own possessive mother arrives on the scene, things head inexorably towards the final breaking point.
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Dr Daniel Gregory is a GP in the fictional Staffordshire market town of Eccleston. Daniel is divorced and missing dreadfully his ten-year-old daughter Holly who lives with his ex-wife some distance away.
The story follows the daily routine of a doctor who cares about his patients, yet despite doing his best and through no real fault of his own, matters spiral dramatically out of his control.
Vanda Struel is a single parent who has a continually sickly child, for which despite numerous test Daniel can find no medical cause. He refers her to a specialist but as always with the NHS there is a long waiting period. One of his elderly patients jumps to the conclusion that she has a terminal illness with distressing results, and tarty Chelsea Emmanuel strips off in his surgery when he has no chaperone, and then spreads malicious rumours.
The bright spot in his life is the weekend visits of his daughter Holly, who makes friends with Bethan, the daughter of the local policeman Brian Anderton. But even this pleasant association is soon a problem as Brian Anderton's wife Claudine has a stalker, a weirdo who steals her underwear off the washing line. Brian is very jealous and takes it into his head that it is Daniel who is after Claudine.
As Daniel tries to deal with the increasing drama of his life, he makes the mistake of asking a colleague if she would like a drink after work, and then he has another problem.
The book covers a period of time and the tensions, the jealousy and desire fester culminating in a dramatic climax.
One thing that made me laugh was Daniel's observation that when he had moved to the town he had brought a property that was central, but that every time he stepped out of his front door he was in his consulting room as anyone passing by would give them their symptoms and expect a diagnosis on the spot. It reminded me of a doctor friend telling me that he was at a party once and when a woman insisted on describing her gynecological problems, in desperation he said `if you would like to strip off here I will examine you now'!
The insight into human nature portrayed by the characters in the book is masterly. I was reminded of Thursday Afternoons by Monica Dickens, - the same wonderful story-telling ability where the reader gets swept up in the lives of the characters. I couldn't stop reading. I wanted to pick up the next installment and continue reading about them all, so real and fully fleshed out were they. Highly recommended.
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Lizzie Hayes
The story follows the daily routine of a doctor who cares about his patients, yet despite doing his best and through no real fault of his own, matters spiral dramatically out of his control.
Vanda Struel is a single parent who has a continually sickly child, for which despite numerous test Daniel can find no medical cause. He refers her to a specialist but as always with the NHS there is a long waiting period. One of his elderly patients jumps to the conclusion that she has a terminal illness with distressing results, and tarty Chelsea Emmanuel strips off in his surgery when he has no chaperone, and then spreads malicious rumours.
The bright spot in his life is the weekend visits of his daughter Holly, who makes friends with Bethan, the daughter of the local policeman Brian Anderton. But even this pleasant association is soon a problem as Brian Anderton's wife Claudine has a stalker, a weirdo who steals her underwear off the washing line. Brian is very jealous and takes it into his head that it is Daniel who is after Claudine.
As Daniel tries to deal with the increasing drama of his life, he makes the mistake of asking a colleague if she would like a drink after work, and then he has another problem.
The book covers a period of time and the tensions, the jealousy and desire fester culminating in a dramatic climax.
One thing that made me laugh was Daniel's observation that when he had moved to the town he had brought a property that was central, but that every time he stepped out of his front door he was in his consulting room as anyone passing by would give them their symptoms and expect a diagnosis on the spot. It reminded me of a doctor friend telling me that he was at a party once and when a woman insisted on describing her gynecological problems, in desperation he said `if you would like to strip off here I will examine you now'!
The insight into human nature portrayed by the characters in the book is masterly. I was reminded of Thursday Afternoons by Monica Dickens, - the same wonderful story-telling ability where the reader gets swept up in the lives of the characters. I couldn't stop reading. I wanted to pick up the next installment and continue reading about them all, so real and fully fleshed out were they. Highly recommended.
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Lizzie Hayes
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Intriguing British Mystery with complex plot
13 Nov 2008
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Priscilla Masters is at her best in the complex story with multiple subplots. The language is clean and crisp and the pages seem to fly. The characters are new, but very well presented and it is easy to feel empathy. The portrayal of the French woman Claudine was "spot -on." I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves British mysteries. Masters is a wonderful author for readers who like Rendell, D.P. James, Margaret Murphy, Nicci French and others. The psychological suspense is extremely well done. What happens next? I hope there is a sequel.
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