Someone may be trying to kill an old homeless man on the streets of Cincinnati. Or is he just having some really bad luck? New City Hospital third year resident Ben Nealy tries to persuade his professors of the former and finally gets attention from Tom Bolling, chief of staff. Tom is a retired Air Force general whose daily activities involve him in quality of care issues beset by tradition. When he gets involved in Ben’s case he draws in an old friend, former Air Force Criminal Investigator Ron Looney to help identify the old man. At that point the case becomes deeper and more sinister than ever.
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Summary
From: Carol Pennington
Book Title: One, Two, Three Times a Murder
Book Author: G.L. Barbour
What do you like about this book:
When a homeless man presents to the Emergency room at New City Hospital with alcohol poisoning from a very expensive brand of scotch, red flags go up for Dr. Ben Nealy. Although, he admits to himself he is on high alert for foul play after recently uncovering a case of arsenic poisoning. When the vagrant known as Barry sobered up, he left the hospital against medical advice. When he showed up again, this time with a heroin overdose, Dr. Nealy knew something was amiss as the vagrant did not possess the expected track marks of an addiction. Again, without Dr. Nealy’s quick actions, Barry would have died. Still, he did not have enough evidence to convince administration of foul play. Again, Barry left the hospital as soon as he was alert. When Barry arrived the third time, comatose from respiratory arrest, Dr. Nealy finally had the attention of administration and the police.
This medical murder mystery has a lot of the same characters and the same setting as Death Unexpected; however, it is a stand alone novel. The in-depth look at the medical findings of the cases were especially appealing to me as a member of the medical field. I also enjoyed the back stage look at hospital administration and medical teaching programs. An added bonus is the behind the scenes look into the investigations by the police surrounding the cases. There are a few curse words in this book, but nothing vulgar. It also contains some non-graphic violence. There are no sex scenes in the book. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good mystery, especially one related to the medical field.