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貝納德的墮落
多年來，十一歲的耶可夫一直在莫斯科街頭流浪。他有一頭燦爛的金髮，湛藍的雙眼散發出一種超乎年齡的睿智神采。那些奇怪的叔叔都迷戀他稚嫩的臉蛋，好像都不在乎他少了一條左手臂。他希望自己快點長大，因為長大了就可以不用再受這種蹂躪，就可以跟那幾個同樣無家可歸的大孩子一樣，靠神不知鬼不覺的扒竊技藝謀生。對未來，他的期待也只有這麼多了。
有一天，一對美國來的年輕男女看上了耶可夫。他們說，他們到俄國來，是為了尋找像他一樣健康聰明的孩子，帶回美國送給好人家收養。就在莫斯科西邊九百公里，拉脫維亞的里加港，有一艘老舊的貨輪已經生火待發。就在那片茫茫未知的大海彼岸，美國，幸福夢幻的國度，美好光明的前途。
波士頓的貝賽醫院有全美國最頂尖的心臟移植小組。艾貝是一位靠貸款苦讀出身的年輕醫師。對她來說，不可思議的美好前途突然降臨了，因為，才擔任兩年住院醫師的她即將成為心臟移植小組的新成員，再過幾天，她即將參與第一次移植任務。器官等候名單上第一順位的原本是一個十七歲的年輕人，沒想到，醫院卻臨時下令將心臟移植給一位大富豪的夫人。在良知的驅使下，艾貝違抗院方的命令，擅自將年輕人轉送他院，並奪回了那顆心臟。
沒多久，移植小組的核心成員亞倫醫師卻離奇自殺了。有人在閒置的醫院頂樓發現他的屍體，被自己的皮帶吊死在衣櫃?的掛勾上……
有一天，一對美國來的年輕男女看上了耶可夫。他們說，他們到俄國來，是為了尋找像他一樣健康聰明的孩子，帶回美國送給好人家收養。就在莫斯科西邊九百公里，拉脫維亞的里加港，有一艘老舊的貨輪已經生火待發。就在那片茫茫未知的大海彼岸，美國，幸福夢幻的國度，美好光明的前途。
波士頓的貝賽醫院有全美國最頂尖的心臟移植小組。艾貝是一位靠貸款苦讀出身的年輕醫師。對她來說，不可思議的美好前途突然降臨了，因為，才擔任兩年住院醫師的她即將成為心臟移植小組的新成員，再過幾天，她即將參與第一次移植任務。器官等候名單上第一順位的原本是一個十七歲的年輕人，沒想到，醫院卻臨時下令將心臟移植給一位大富豪的夫人。在良知的驅使下，艾貝違抗院方的命令，擅自將年輕人轉送他院，並奪回了那顆心臟。
沒多久，移植小組的核心成員亞倫醫師卻離奇自殺了。有人在閒置的醫院頂樓發現他的屍體，被自己的皮帶吊死在衣櫃?的掛勾上……
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First published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Tess Gerritsen
204 books21.1k followersInternationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D.
While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote a screenplay, "Adrift", which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.
Tess's first medical thriller, Harvest, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Her suspense novels since then have been: Life Support (1997), Bloodstream (1998), Gravity (1999), The Surgeon (2001), The Apprentice (2002), The Sinner (2003), Body Double (2004), Vanish (2005), The Mephisto Club (2006), and The Bone Garden (2007). Her books have been translated into 31 languages, and more than 15 million copies have been sold around the world.
As well as being a New York Times bestselling author, she has also been a #1 bestseller in both Germany and the UK. She has won both the Nero Wolfe Award (for Vanish) and the Rita Award (for The Surgeon.) Critics around the world have praised her novels as "Pulse-pounding fun" (Philadelphia Inquirer), "Scary and brilliant" (Toronto Globe and Mail), and "Polished, riveting prose" (Chicago Tribune). Publisher Weekly has dubbed her the "medical suspense queen".
Now retired from medicine, she writes full time. She lives in Maine.
While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote a screenplay, "Adrift", which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.
Tess's first medical thriller, Harvest, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Her suspense novels since then have been: Life Support (1997), Bloodstream (1998), Gravity (1999), The Surgeon (2001), The Apprentice (2002), The Sinner (2003), Body Double (2004), Vanish (2005), The Mephisto Club (2006), and The Bone Garden (2007). Her books have been translated into 31 languages, and more than 15 million copies have been sold around the world.
As well as being a New York Times bestselling author, she has also been a #1 bestseller in both Germany and the UK. She has won both the Nero Wolfe Award (for Vanish) and the Rita Award (for The Surgeon.) Critics around the world have praised her novels as "Pulse-pounding fun" (Philadelphia Inquirer), "Scary and brilliant" (Toronto Globe and Mail), and "Polished, riveting prose" (Chicago Tribune). Publisher Weekly has dubbed her the "medical suspense queen".
Now retired from medicine, she writes full time. She lives in Maine.
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June 9, 2022
This is an adrenaline filled medical mystery. I rate it 4.5 stars rounded down. It is Tess Gerritsen's first book and a stand alone, not part of the Rizzoli series. The book opens in Moscow, with people coming to a apartment to ostensibly take an orphan from his uncle to a willing family in the US. But as the story unfolds, a far more sinister picture emerges. In Boston, Mass., Dr. Abby DiMatteo stumbles upon a strange lack of documentation for an organ transplant performed in her hospital. When she starts asking questions, bad things happens to her.
This book is hard to put down. I read it in 3 days. There is a shattering climax. I purchased this book at a used bookstore 4 years ago and just got around to reading it. I highly recommend it to medical mystery fans and Tess Gerritsen fans.
This book is hard to put down. I read it in 3 days. There is a shattering climax. I purchased this book at a used bookstore 4 years ago and just got around to reading it. I highly recommend it to medical mystery fans and Tess Gerritsen fans.
August 31, 2016
You know a book is really good when you read it all in one sitting. This book grabbed my attention immediately and I just did not want to pull myself away.
The story centers on medical resident Abby DiMatteo, an ambitious new surgeon. Amidst the stress and sleep deprivation of her job at the hospital, she finds herself stumbling into irregularities with her hospital's transpant team. More specifically, organs seem to be coming available without the usual documentation. She starts to investigate and her search leads her into a dark underworld of corruption and some of the more horrifying aspects of the organ trade. This dark, action-packed story is one of Gerritsen's earliest thrillers and even though parts of it are a tad predictable, it was still a fantastic read.
The story centers on medical resident Abby DiMatteo, an ambitious new surgeon. Amidst the stress and sleep deprivation of her job at the hospital, she finds herself stumbling into irregularities with her hospital's transpant team. More specifically, organs seem to be coming available without the usual documentation. She starts to investigate and her search leads her into a dark underworld of corruption and some of the more horrifying aspects of the organ trade. This dark, action-packed story is one of Gerritsen's earliest thrillers and even though parts of it are a tad predictable, it was still a fantastic read.
February 19, 2024
Move over, Cook and Palmer! You've got company!
Nina Voss is dying and her husband, wealthy financier Victor Voss, will do almost anything to ensure that she receives a heart transplant actually scheduled for Joshua O'Day, a young seventeen year old lad currently on top of the transplant list. In a joint act of compassion, Abby DiMatteo, second year resident and Vivian Chao, chief surgical resident of Bayside General Hospital, jeopardize their careers by obtaining a directed transplant consent to ensure Joshua gets the heart. This end run around the outraged Voss and his bottomless supply of money, the power of the hospital's transplant team and the corporate plans of Bayside's CEO, prompts a brutally swift and relentless legal vendetta from Voss intended to destroy DiMatteo's life and her medical career as a promising surgeon. In the midst of this furor, a second available heart surfaces out of nowhere and the transplant for Voss is completed. But, in the course of investigating the cause of a post-operative infection, DiMatteo discovers that records have been falsified and the source of this second heart is a terrifying and brutal black market in transplant organs.
Gerritsen's experience as a doctor is evident in her vivid and moving portrayal of the high pressure boiler-room atmosphere in the surgical intensive care unit at a large city hospital - the unforgiving and demanding long hours; the crushing academic standards of surgical rounds and the intense competition to succeed among the resident staff; the compassionate involvement, caring and humanity that must often be held in check in order to perform as a competent professional; the resounding chaos of a crash "code blue"; and, the gut wrenching, soul-destroying fear of malpractice suits filed at the least provocation.
Perennially present issues such as assisted suicide and conflict between certain religious belief systems and the medical profession make effective brief cameo appearances. I believe that Gerritsen did not intend that these sidebars be considered sub-plots, because they took no part in the continuity of the main story line at all. But they certainly enhanced the overall reality of the milieu and served to flesh out details of the pathos, the frustration and the extreme complexity of the environment in which the medical profession is forced to operate today.
In her debut outing, Gerritsen has produced a medical thriller that rivals anything produced by her colleagues. Move over, Robin Cook and Michael Palmer! You've got some worthy company! This is a proverbial page turner from start to finish!
Paul Weiss
Nina Voss is dying and her husband, wealthy financier Victor Voss, will do almost anything to ensure that she receives a heart transplant actually scheduled for Joshua O'Day, a young seventeen year old lad currently on top of the transplant list. In a joint act of compassion, Abby DiMatteo, second year resident and Vivian Chao, chief surgical resident of Bayside General Hospital, jeopardize their careers by obtaining a directed transplant consent to ensure Joshua gets the heart. This end run around the outraged Voss and his bottomless supply of money, the power of the hospital's transplant team and the corporate plans of Bayside's CEO, prompts a brutally swift and relentless legal vendetta from Voss intended to destroy DiMatteo's life and her medical career as a promising surgeon. In the midst of this furor, a second available heart surfaces out of nowhere and the transplant for Voss is completed. But, in the course of investigating the cause of a post-operative infection, DiMatteo discovers that records have been falsified and the source of this second heart is a terrifying and brutal black market in transplant organs.
Gerritsen's experience as a doctor is evident in her vivid and moving portrayal of the high pressure boiler-room atmosphere in the surgical intensive care unit at a large city hospital - the unforgiving and demanding long hours; the crushing academic standards of surgical rounds and the intense competition to succeed among the resident staff; the compassionate involvement, caring and humanity that must often be held in check in order to perform as a competent professional; the resounding chaos of a crash "code blue"; and, the gut wrenching, soul-destroying fear of malpractice suits filed at the least provocation.
Perennially present issues such as assisted suicide and conflict between certain religious belief systems and the medical profession make effective brief cameo appearances. I believe that Gerritsen did not intend that these sidebars be considered sub-plots, because they took no part in the continuity of the main story line at all. But they certainly enhanced the overall reality of the milieu and served to flesh out details of the pathos, the frustration and the extreme complexity of the environment in which the medical profession is forced to operate today.
In her debut outing, Gerritsen has produced a medical thriller that rivals anything produced by her colleagues. Move over, Robin Cook and Michael Palmer! You've got some worthy company! This is a proverbial page turner from start to finish!
Paul Weiss
March 6, 2023
If someone needs a heart transplant who should get the heart? The person with the greatest need right? It shouldn't depend on your wealth or social status. You can't buy an organ or a spot on the waiting list. Can you?
In Tess Gerritsen's debut medical thriller novel that is the question that second year surgical resident Dr. Abby DiMatteo is asking. Abby is skilled, bright, and on the fast track at Boston’s Bayside Hospital. She is being tapped as a recruit on the cardiac transplant team. Until.
A patient at Bayside, a dying seventeen-year-old boy, has been matched for the heart of a woman involved in a car crash. But it has also been matched for Nina Voss from Rhode Island, wife of wealthy financier Victor Voss. Abby makes sure that the heart goes to Joshua O'Day. The repercussions are swift. She finds herself facing the backlash of Bayside's CEO, the hospital's transplant team, and Victor Voss. Her career and her life are endangered. She also meets Nina Voss. The decision she made to have the heart go to Joshua O'Day doesn't seem so simple anymore.
Suddenly a new heart appears and Nina gets her transplant. Where did the heart come from? A post-operative infection develops and Abby investigates. She finds that records have been falsified and a black market for transplant organs. The novel also touches on subjects such as assisted suicide.
A page turning thriller that also stops and gets you thinking.
In Tess Gerritsen's debut medical thriller novel that is the question that second year surgical resident Dr. Abby DiMatteo is asking. Abby is skilled, bright, and on the fast track at Boston’s Bayside Hospital. She is being tapped as a recruit on the cardiac transplant team. Until.
A patient at Bayside, a dying seventeen-year-old boy, has been matched for the heart of a woman involved in a car crash. But it has also been matched for Nina Voss from Rhode Island, wife of wealthy financier Victor Voss. Abby makes sure that the heart goes to Joshua O'Day. The repercussions are swift. She finds herself facing the backlash of Bayside's CEO, the hospital's transplant team, and Victor Voss. Her career and her life are endangered. She also meets Nina Voss. The decision she made to have the heart go to Joshua O'Day doesn't seem so simple anymore.
Suddenly a new heart appears and Nina gets her transplant. Where did the heart come from? A post-operative infection develops and Abby investigates. She finds that records have been falsified and a black market for transplant organs. The novel also touches on subjects such as assisted suicide.
A page turning thriller that also stops and gets you thinking.
July 3, 2014
Dr Abby DiMatteo felt like she was in a good place; a second year resident at Bayside Hospital, and working with the elite cardiac transplant team – she was just beginning to feel that all her hard work, the study, the years of staying at home when her friends went out partying and her huge student debt; it was all worth it.
With the devastating loss of a female car crash victim, brain dead but healthy in every other aspect it meant, with the husband’s permission, the heart was ready to be harvested to save a critically ill patient. The wealthy Nina Voss was the recipient, but Abby was confronted by the fact that a seventeen year old boy would also die without this heart. The decision Abby made in that emotional moment of matching the heart to the two different patients suddenly had her facing the intense rage of an extremely wealthy man – a man who could buy anything he wanted; a man who would also do anything to get what he wanted.
Suddenly Abby’s world tilted on its axis. Something was wrong – desperately wrong. As she began a covert investigation into hospital files and past transplants, she wondered who she could trust. What about Mark, her brand new fiancé – she should be able to trust him, shouldn’t she? But the intricate web of deceit and deception went deep; Abby was in danger and didn’t know where to turn. Would anyone help her? Or was she in way over her head?
I thoroughly enjoyed this dark psychological medical thriller. Author Tess Gerritsen never disappoints. The plot was fast paced and full of intrigue, with twists and turns until the very end. Gripping, twisted and full of a terror that what was happening in this fictional book could be actually happening out there in the real world. I have no hesitation in recommending Harvest highly.
With the devastating loss of a female car crash victim, brain dead but healthy in every other aspect it meant, with the husband’s permission, the heart was ready to be harvested to save a critically ill patient. The wealthy Nina Voss was the recipient, but Abby was confronted by the fact that a seventeen year old boy would also die without this heart. The decision Abby made in that emotional moment of matching the heart to the two different patients suddenly had her facing the intense rage of an extremely wealthy man – a man who could buy anything he wanted; a man who would also do anything to get what he wanted.
Suddenly Abby’s world tilted on its axis. Something was wrong – desperately wrong. As she began a covert investigation into hospital files and past transplants, she wondered who she could trust. What about Mark, her brand new fiancé – she should be able to trust him, shouldn’t she? But the intricate web of deceit and deception went deep; Abby was in danger and didn’t know where to turn. Would anyone help her? Or was she in way over her head?
I thoroughly enjoyed this dark psychological medical thriller. Author Tess Gerritsen never disappoints. The plot was fast paced and full of intrigue, with twists and turns until the very end. Gripping, twisted and full of a terror that what was happening in this fictional book could be actually happening out there in the real world. I have no hesitation in recommending Harvest highly.
September 15, 2017
This medical thriller is well written and captivating. Although the villains are obvious and the plot more or less predictable ,the reader cannot stop turning pages until the end.
February 21, 2018
Μερικές φορές άλλα περιμένω από ένα βιβλίο και άλλα μου προκύπτουν. Διαβάζοντας το οπισθόφυλλο περίμενα να έχει αγωνία, νόμιζα ότι το βιβλίο είναι αστυνομικό και απλά βασίζεται σε ιατρικό θέμα. Ε, δεν ήταν έτσι. Ούτε ιατρικό ήταν (κάτι σαν το Grey's Anatomy για παράδειγμα). Δείχνει στιγμές από τη ζωή ενός ειδικευόμενου χειρουργού, είναι και ένας αστυνομικός στην υπόθεση αλλά δεν υπάρχει κανένα μυστήριο και καμιά αγωνία για τους ενόχους, μας αποκαλύπτονται σχεδόν στην αρχή.
Παρ' όλα αυτά το βιβλίο είναι πολύ ωραίο, καλογραμμένο, δεν με άφησε με απορίες. Είναι αρκετά στενάχωρο φυσικά (αφού το θέμα του είναι το εμπόριο ανθρωπίνων οργάνων), πόσο μάλλον που φοβάμαι ότι δεν απέχει καθόλου από την πραγματικότητα και τα πράγματα είναι ακριβώς όπως τα περιγράφει η συγγραφέας (που τυγχάνει να είναι και γιατρός).
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BRACE 2018: Ένα βιβλίο με όπλο στο εξώφυλλο ή στο τίτλο
Παρ' όλα αυτά το βιβλίο είναι πολύ ωραίο, καλογραμμένο, δεν με άφησε με απορίες. Είναι αρκετά στενάχωρο φυσικά (αφού το θέμα του είναι το εμπόριο ανθρωπίνων οργάνων), πόσο μάλλον που φοβάμαι ότι δεν απέχει καθόλου από την πραγματικότητα και τα πράγματα είναι ακριβώς όπως τα περιγράφει η συγγραφέας (που τυγχάνει να είναι και γιατρός).
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BRACE 2018: Ένα βιβλίο με όπλο στο εξώφυλλο ή στο τίτλο
May 18, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A medical thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat all the way to the end. The subject is heart transplants and ethics comes into play. Who deserves a new heart when one does become available? The premise is that there is a waiting list, but can the wealthy buy one out of turn? Add the Russian Mafia and you wouldn’t be surprised, but you will be taken aback at the twists and turns in this plot. Also you’ll need to figure out who’s the good guys and who’s not. My first Tess Gerritsen and it won’t be my last.
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Prompt # 46 - A book related to one of the traditional full moon names
A medical thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat all the way to the end. The subject is heart transplants and ethics comes into play. Who deserves a new heart when one does become available? The premise is that there is a waiting list, but can the wealthy buy one out of turn? Add the Russian Mafia and you wouldn’t be surprised, but you will be taken aback at the twists and turns in this plot. Also you’ll need to figure out who’s the good guys and who’s not. My first Tess Gerritsen and it won’t be my last.
ATY Goodreads Challenge - 2025
Prompt # 46 - A book related to one of the traditional full moon names
September 26, 2021
Goodreads peers who are ensconced in “thriller / horror”, search for reviews of mine to support and it is mutual. The ultimate adventures for me are mysterious atmospheres without crimes. I hereby treat my loyal peers to this review in their genre! “Harvest”, 1996, was a gift to my Mom from my Brother. She preferred true crime but was passionate about medicine.
Outside of disturbing occurrences, I saw the appeal of a fast pace. I hope killing to steal organs is fictional. Stories of the need for organ transplants were relatable. The protagonist, Abby was a surgical resident whose patient survived a car accident, a young Mother. Senior resident Vivian, had a teenager in heart failure. It was cold to try urging Abby to end anyone’s life support. I rooted for them all. The dilemma extended to a likeable lady who was at peace with the life she had received. Her bad tempered husband pressured a Boston transplant team to divert the Mother’s heart to her. Abby and Vivian intervened and noticed illegal channels. A surgeon who had planned to quit and move away with his wife was killed, bringing police into an alliance with Abby. I like stories in which protagonists are bolstered by friends.
Such desperate situations invest readers in believable emotions. Difficulties for families and medical staff are shown compassionately. There is a real registry to ensure that whomever needs organs the most, receives them in asking order. I felt five-star appreciation for awhile.
Genres have clichés and this story hit all of them, downgrading it to three stars. I have no interest in twists. Tess Gerritsen blackened such trusted characters, the whole story weakened. It devolved into the protagonist struggling alone and being in danger, instead of the plausible premise of confronting injustice because she cared.
Outside of disturbing occurrences, I saw the appeal of a fast pace. I hope killing to steal organs is fictional. Stories of the need for organ transplants were relatable. The protagonist, Abby was a surgical resident whose patient survived a car accident, a young Mother. Senior resident Vivian, had a teenager in heart failure. It was cold to try urging Abby to end anyone’s life support. I rooted for them all. The dilemma extended to a likeable lady who was at peace with the life she had received. Her bad tempered husband pressured a Boston transplant team to divert the Mother’s heart to her. Abby and Vivian intervened and noticed illegal channels. A surgeon who had planned to quit and move away with his wife was killed, bringing police into an alliance with Abby. I like stories in which protagonists are bolstered by friends.
Such desperate situations invest readers in believable emotions. Difficulties for families and medical staff are shown compassionately. There is a real registry to ensure that whomever needs organs the most, receives them in asking order. I felt five-star appreciation for awhile.
Genres have clichés and this story hit all of them, downgrading it to three stars. I have no interest in twists. Tess Gerritsen blackened such trusted characters, the whole story weakened. It devolved into the protagonist struggling alone and being in danger, instead of the plausible premise of confronting injustice because she cared.
March 10, 2024
Mėgstu šios knygos autorę, tačiau tai buvo ne pati geriausia jos knyga. Pirma pusė knygos buvo nuobodi, tik antra pusė knygos tapo įdomesnė, daugiau įtapmos ir intrigos atsirado.
December 19, 2018
TESS GERRITSEN - DONORAS
Peržiūrėjusi šių metų perskaitytų knygų sąrašiuką teko pastebėti, jog šiemet Tess knygų buvo perskaityta bene daugiausia 🙈 Iš viso perskaičiau jos septynias knygas 🤩 Galbūt todėl, jog iš ties pamilau šią rašytoją ir žinau, jog jos knygos manęs nenuvils 😎
Medicinos rezidentės Abigailės Dimateo gabumai nelieka nepastebėti ir jai yra pasiūloma prestižinė vieta Bostono Beisaido ligoninėje. Jai siūloma prisijungti prie širdies transplantacijų grupės. Be abejo jai ši galimybė pasirodo tarsi svajonės išsipildymas.
Tačiau vieną kartą gydytoja padaro lemtingą klaidą ir donoro širdį paskiria kitam ligoniui, nei ji buvo numatyta. Ji užsitraukia vieno turtuolio nemalonę, tačiau nemalonumai greitai atslūgsta, nes staiga atsiranda kitas donoras ir moteris, kuriai turėjo atitekti širdis yra operuojama.
Abei kyla šioks toks įtarimas, kaip taip greitai atsirado naujas donoras, lyg pagal užsakymą..
Tuomet ir atsiveria tamsioji medicinos pasaulio pusė ir pavojingi bei šiurpūs nusikaltimai pradeda lįsti į dienos šviesą..
Ši Tess knyga nuo pat pradžių pasirodė kiek kitokia bei neįprasta, nei kitos prieš tai skaitytos jos knygos. Iš pat pradžių veiksmas rutuliojasi šiek tiek lėtokai, bet vėliau viskas taip įtraukia, jog sunku ir atsiplėšti.
Labai įdomi knygos tema, daug naujų dalykų sužinojau apie širdies persodinimus.
Įtampa išlaikyta iki knygos pabaigos. Siužetas nenuspėjamas. Rekomenduoju perskaityti, tikrai neeilinė knyga ❤️
Peržiūrėjusi šių metų perskaitytų knygų sąrašiuką teko pastebėti, jog šiemet Tess knygų buvo perskaityta bene daugiausia 🙈 Iš viso perskaičiau jos septynias knygas 🤩 Galbūt todėl, jog iš ties pamilau šią rašytoją ir žinau, jog jos knygos manęs nenuvils 😎
Medicinos rezidentės Abigailės Dimateo gabumai nelieka nepastebėti ir jai yra pasiūloma prestižinė vieta Bostono Beisaido ligoninėje. Jai siūloma prisijungti prie širdies transplantacijų grupės. Be abejo jai ši galimybė pasirodo tarsi svajonės išsipildymas.
Tačiau vieną kartą gydytoja padaro lemtingą klaidą ir donoro širdį paskiria kitam ligoniui, nei ji buvo numatyta. Ji užsitraukia vieno turtuolio nemalonę, tačiau nemalonumai greitai atslūgsta, nes staiga atsiranda kitas donoras ir moteris, kuriai turėjo atitekti širdis yra operuojama.
Abei kyla šioks toks įtarimas, kaip taip greitai atsirado naujas donoras, lyg pagal užsakymą..
Tuomet ir atsiveria tamsioji medicinos pasaulio pusė ir pavojingi bei šiurpūs nusikaltimai pradeda lįsti į dienos šviesą..
Ši Tess knyga nuo pat pradžių pasirodė kiek kitokia bei neįprasta, nei kitos prieš tai skaitytos jos knygos. Iš pat pradžių veiksmas rutuliojasi šiek tiek lėtokai, bet vėliau viskas taip įtraukia, jog sunku ir atsiplėšti.
Labai įdomi knygos tema, daug naujų dalykų sužinojau apie širdies persodinimus.
Įtampa išlaikyta iki knygos pabaigos. Siužetas nenuspėjamas. Rekomenduoju perskaityti, tikrai neeilinė knyga ❤️
August 23, 2014
Abby de Mateo is a second year resident at a big Boston hospital.She is very excited to be offered a place on the cardiac transplantation team and has a bright future ahead of her. But Abby soon realises that something is terribly wrong with the transplant team. Heart transplants don't always seem to be going to the most deserving patients and there is a mystery over where some donor hearts are being collected. When she starts to investigate she finds a conspiracy against her and is not even sure if she can even trust her boyfriend, Mark, himself a member of the transplant team.
A gripping, dark medical thriller with some gruesome moments. Highly recommended to all lovers of psychological thrillers!
A gripping, dark medical thriller with some gruesome moments. Highly recommended to all lovers of psychological thrillers!
March 18, 2018
Iki pat knygos pabaigos negalėjau nuspėti istorijos įvykių krypties, tikrai šauniai išlaikyta intriga, nenuspėjamumas. Labai patiko ir dėl to, kad pati sukuosi panašioje srityje, todėl visų medicininių sąvokų ir kitų niuansų skaitymas nebuvo sudėtingas. Esu pasižymėjusi tikrai dar ne vieną Tess Gerritsen kūrinį, todėl be galo nekantrauju juos visus perskaityti ir tikiu, kad tikrai nenusivilsiu. :)
December 30, 2024
Перша половина книжки мене дуже дратувала, оця несправедливість, щодо інших пацієнтів, коли багатші за інших можуть вирішувати кому дістанеться орган. Я можу зрозуміти чоловіка Ніни Восс, але якщо б у мене був вибір віддати серце 17 підлітку, чи дорослій жінці за 60 здається, то я би віддала хлопцю, як і поступила жгг, і якщо брати до уваги те, що у містера Восса є гроші, то він міг дістати орган, так не законно, але як варіант, але він відреагував, коли докторка Еббі ДіМаттео віддала орган тому хлопцю, відчуття що цей орган був по документах містера Восса і що у нього не має грошей і можливостей щоб знайти інше серце, в результаті яке, потім все ж таки він знайде, і питається нафіга все це було?
Хлопець/наречений Ніни мені чомусь не сподобався одразу на початку, під кінець я зрозуміла, що я була права і що він хуйня.
Якщо згадувати про початок, то там була ситуація після того випадку з серцем, то там були письма на адресу докторки, де інші її пацієнти казали, що вона непрофесійалка, що вона якось не правильно лікувала, так ось, я так і не зрозуміла, хто почав оцю колотнечу з ними, містер Восс? Чи інші лікарі, які замішані у продажі органів? Оця деталь пройшла повз мене якось.
Кінець якось зім'ятий, бо не зрозуміло, у Еббі і того копа буде щось, бо відчуття що так? Що буде з тим хлопцем, якого разом з нею врятували? Чи вона прокинеться? Якось багато питань.
Хлопець/наречений Ніни мені чомусь не сподобався одразу на початку, під кінець я зрозуміла, що я була права і що він хуйня.
Якщо згадувати про початок, то там була ситуація після того випадку з серцем, то там були письма на адресу докторки, де інші її пацієнти казали, що вона непрофесійалка, що вона якось не правильно лікувала, так ось, я так і не зрозуміла, хто почав оцю колотнечу з ними, містер Восс? Чи інші лікарі, які замішані у продажі органів? Оця деталь пройшла повз мене якось.
Кінець якось зім'ятий, бо не зрозуміло, у Еббі і того копа буде щось, бо відчуття що так? Що буде з тим хлопцем, якого разом з нею врятували? Чи вона прокинеться? Якось багато питань.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 7, 2012
I can't believe I read this in less than 24 hours. All 344 pages! This story was so good and so fast-paced, I couldn't stop.
Tess Gerritsen, like another favorite of mine Robin Cook, is a physician so writing a medical mystery comes natural to her.
Dr. Abby DiMatteo is a second year resident at Boston's Bayside Hospital. After 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school, she is finally getting to do what she longed to do since losing her beloved little brother as a child- surgery. She is also living with forty-something surgeon Mark Hodell who also works at Bayside.
I really liked the character of Abby. She is the kind of person you'd like to have as your doctor and your friend. Ditto for Dr.Vivian Chao . Dr. Chao works in the 5th year residency with clinic patients who are uninsured and while she's not the openly warm and fuzzy type, you can see her heart for the poor and uninsured. She is smart as a whip and has very fast hands in surgery. These two women are great characters.
Problems erupt when a woman who is AB positive is left brain dead after an accident where a drunken idiot crashes head on into her while driving down the wrong side of the road. The heart really should go to the person at the top of the transplant list which is a teen boy under Dr. Chao's care. Instead, a rich and vindictive SOB named Victor Voss tries to purchase the heart right out from under the boy for his dying 46 year old wife Nina Voss (the only person on the planet who can stand him and not that much!).
The hospital admin is going along with the sale . Vivian is watching the boy code over and over. Finally, she transfers him to Mass General. She sends Abby to the husband of the woman who the heart is being harvested from to sign a directed donation giving the heart to the boy. The man signs and then Abby is sent in an ambulance to courier the heart to the other hospital. The hospital director tries to get the ambulance back but she gets there and the heart is implanted and the boy is saved.
Meanwhile, the hospital administrator, the transplant director, the lawyer, and the head of the residency program are royally pissed and Abby must face them. Vivian has been fired but since she has already done her residency, she can just get a job in a practice. Abby is just a second year resident and barely manages to hold on to her job.
A furious Victor Voss wants to see heads roll. The main head he wants to see roll is Abby's and as the 14th richest man in America, he can afford to see it happen. First, he has a Russian boy murdered for his heart for Nina then takes out in a reign of terror after Abby. When Abby finds her fiance Mark is involved and the Russian Mafia are transporting orphans to murder to harvest for body parts, she hooks up with the detective investigating her- Detective Katzka- for the ride of her life.
Tess Gerritsen, like another favorite of mine Robin Cook, is a physician so writing a medical mystery comes natural to her.
Dr. Abby DiMatteo is a second year resident at Boston's Bayside Hospital. After 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school, she is finally getting to do what she longed to do since losing her beloved little brother as a child- surgery. She is also living with forty-something surgeon Mark Hodell who also works at Bayside.
I really liked the character of Abby. She is the kind of person you'd like to have as your doctor and your friend. Ditto for Dr.Vivian Chao . Dr. Chao works in the 5th year residency with clinic patients who are uninsured and while she's not the openly warm and fuzzy type, you can see her heart for the poor and uninsured. She is smart as a whip and has very fast hands in surgery. These two women are great characters.
Problems erupt when a woman who is AB positive is left brain dead after an accident where a drunken idiot crashes head on into her while driving down the wrong side of the road. The heart really should go to the person at the top of the transplant list which is a teen boy under Dr. Chao's care. Instead, a rich and vindictive SOB named Victor Voss tries to purchase the heart right out from under the boy for his dying 46 year old wife Nina Voss (the only person on the planet who can stand him and not that much!).
The hospital admin is going along with the sale . Vivian is watching the boy code over and over. Finally, she transfers him to Mass General. She sends Abby to the husband of the woman who the heart is being harvested from to sign a directed donation giving the heart to the boy. The man signs and then Abby is sent in an ambulance to courier the heart to the other hospital. The hospital director tries to get the ambulance back but she gets there and the heart is implanted and the boy is saved.
Meanwhile, the hospital administrator, the transplant director, the lawyer, and the head of the residency program are royally pissed and Abby must face them. Vivian has been fired but since she has already done her residency, she can just get a job in a practice. Abby is just a second year resident and barely manages to hold on to her job.
A furious Victor Voss wants to see heads roll. The main head he wants to see roll is Abby's and as the 14th richest man in America, he can afford to see it happen. First, he has a Russian boy murdered for his heart for Nina then takes out in a reign of terror after Abby. When Abby finds her fiance Mark is involved and the Russian Mafia are transporting orphans to murder to harvest for body parts, she hooks up with the detective investigating her- Detective Katzka- for the ride of her life.
January 13, 2022
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.
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.
August 23, 2022
širdies kaina
Esu didelė visokio plauko detektyvų gerbėja, tiesa, daugiau televizinių, tačiau pamažu įsibėgėju ir su detektyviniais romanais ir pagaliau prisikasiau iki Tess Gerritsen. Įdomu tai, kad visai nesistengdama, gana atsitiktinai, pradėjau būtent nuo pirmo jos detektyvinio romano ‘Donoras’.
Man šis medicininis romanas patiko. Surijau kaip visada, sugebėjo nustebinti, mediciniai niuansai, su kuriais autorė gerai susipažinusi, buvo kokybiški įdomūs. Nuostabus pasakojimo stilius leido mėgautis skaitymu, pagrindinė veikėja nors šiaip ir nebuvo proto bokštas, taip pat patiko ir buvo gera su ja aiškintis visas paslaptis. Prekyba organais - nuostabi tema detektyviniam romanui, ne juokais šiurpinanti, be kita ko, kelianti ir diskusijų.
Tiesa, man veiksmo ir šaudymų man buvo kiek per daug. Su drama ir sekimais bei kitais paranojos ženklais antroje knygos pusėje sukurta įtampa viskas buvo gerai, bet kažkaip netiko bandymai suvažinėti ir jūros naršymai prie tokio nusikaltėlių tinklo, kuriame viena pusė yra gana intelektuali. Galbūt daugiau įtampos norėjosi pradžioje, kad ji būtų buvusi palaikoma ištisai, o ne sprogusi gale.
Esu didelė visokio plauko detektyvų gerbėja, tiesa, daugiau televizinių, tačiau pamažu įsibėgėju ir su detektyviniais romanais ir pagaliau prisikasiau iki Tess Gerritsen. Įdomu tai, kad visai nesistengdama, gana atsitiktinai, pradėjau būtent nuo pirmo jos detektyvinio romano ‘Donoras’.
Man šis medicininis romanas patiko. Surijau kaip visada, sugebėjo nustebinti, mediciniai niuansai, su kuriais autorė gerai susipažinusi, buvo kokybiški įdomūs. Nuostabus pasakojimo stilius leido mėgautis skaitymu, pagrindinė veikėja nors šiaip ir nebuvo proto bokštas, taip pat patiko ir buvo gera su ja aiškintis visas paslaptis. Prekyba organais - nuostabi tema detektyviniam romanui, ne juokais šiurpinanti, be kita ko, kelianti ir diskusijų.
Tiesa, man veiksmo ir šaudymų man buvo kiek per daug. Su drama ir sekimais bei kitais paranojos ženklais antroje knygos pusėje sukurta įtampa viskas buvo gerai, bet kažkaip netiko bandymai suvažinėti ir jūros naršymai prie tokio nusikaltėlių tinklo, kuriame viena pusė yra gana intelektuali. Galbūt daugiau įtampos norėjosi pradžioje, kad ji būtų buvusi palaikoma ištisai, o ne sprogusi gale.
September 12, 2017
Μου άρεσε πάρα πολύ. Η συγγραφέας έχει συνδέσει με μαεστρία το κοινωνικό θέμα με το ιατρικό θρίλερ και σε κρατά σε αγωνία από την αρχή μέχρι το τέλος. Το θέμα δύσκολο. Οι παράνομες μεταμοσχεύσεις οργάνων και το εμπόριο ανρθωπίνων οργάνων από παιδιά. Όσο το διάβαζα φρικάριζα γιατί σκεφτόμουν ότι όλα αυτά που διαβάζω, γίνονται στην πραγματικότητα, κάπου στον κόσμο. Δεν ξέρω αν η συγγραφέας με αυτό το βιβλίο ήθελε να αφυπνίσει κάποιους, μιας και η ίδια ήταν γιατρός και ήξερε από πρώτο χέρι τι γίνεται, σίγουρα όμως ταρακούνησε πολλούς.
April 6, 2020
Güzel ve heyecanlı bir kitaptı.. Organ mafyası, aileye kavuşma ümidiyle kaçırılan ve katledilen kimsesiz çocuklar konu yürek burkucuydu.. Sevmediğim nokta polisiye gibi değildi. Çünkü tüm aktörler en baştan belliydi. Kimler kötü, kimler işin içinde herşey ortadaydı.. Son sayfalara kattıkları ekstra kişi ise beni şaşırtmadı bence o da belliydi.. O yönden benim için konu güzel olsa bile tatmin edici bir polisiye değildi maalesef 😕😕
May 6, 2024
Puiki knyga. 📔❤️
Daug įtampos ir netikėtumų.
Siaubą kelia į paviršių iškeliama nelegalaus organų pardavimo problema.
Prisėdus prie knygos, sunku nuo jos atsitraukti.
Daug įtampos ir netikėtumų.
Siaubą kelia į paviršių iškeliama nelegalaus organų pardavimo problema.
Prisėdus prie knygos, sunku nuo jos atsitraukti.
February 13, 2025
This book dives into a real issue in the US and globally! Lack of organ donations.
Man will do anything to continue to be on this earth. AND … money talks!
What really brings to mind for me is the ‘missing’ illegal immigrants that we have … how many of their organs ended up being harvested for money?
Man will do anything to continue to be on this earth. AND … money talks!
What really brings to mind for me is the ‘missing’ illegal immigrants that we have … how many of their organs ended up being harvested for money?
November 30, 2018
Yazar doktor olunca çok fazla tıbbi terim kullanmış buna rağmen her zaman olduğu gibi yine sürükleyici ve heyecan dolu dolu bir Tess Gerritsen kitabı.
February 4, 2008
Harvest was recommended to me by a visitor to my site. Thanks, I enjoyed it.
Oftentimes when you read a novel about the profession in which the author was, at least you'll get an in depth perspective of that area.
In this case, the medical profession. Harvest focuses on organ
transplants, and the story involves organ donation on the black market.
Interesting stuff, and a very readable and exciting story. It would
appeal to just about anyone with an interest in this. All in all, a pretty formulatic thriller though, so I mildly recommend it.
Oftentimes when you read a novel about the profession in which the author was, at least you'll get an in depth perspective of that area.
In this case, the medical profession. Harvest focuses on organ
transplants, and the story involves organ donation on the black market.
Interesting stuff, and a very readable and exciting story. It would
appeal to just about anyone with an interest in this. All in all, a pretty formulatic thriller though, so I mildly recommend it.
November 29, 2018
Εξαιρετικό,με καταιγιστική δράση και σφιχτοδεμένη πλοκή.Αν εξαιρέσει κανείς την ατυχή μεταφορά του πρωτότυπου τίτλου,που το κάνουν να φαντάζει σαν Άρλεκιν με γιατρούς,έχουμε ένα βιβλίο ισάξιο του Ανθρώπου Σκιά.5🌟
September 6, 2020
I absolutely loved this book. The suspense never let up, and I found the characters likable and believable. Wish I could follow their life after the book ended, that’s how much they crept into my heart.
December 21, 2023
o livro é bem intenso, e um "page turner", mas senti que após a metade a história começou a apresentar certo cansaço. quando nos aproximamos do final, o livro volta com o gás do início, nos levando a revelações bem interessantes, mas que não são nada grandiosas, uma vez que já esperava por aquilo.
April 25, 2022
The ending was a little bit rushed.
May 9, 2022
Esu šiaip ties 3 ir 4 žvaigždutėm. Patiko, kad buvo intrigos. Nepatiko, kad gal yra užtempta kaikuriose vietose ir pasidarydavo nuobodu.
Bet šiaip labai įtraukė ir norėjosi skaityti kuo daugiau, kad sužinoti kas nutiko.
Bet šiaip labai įtraukė ir norėjosi skaityti kuo daugiau, kad sužinoti kas nutiko.
July 12, 2021
Siguiendo con mi racha de “buenas lecturas” por fin me animé a leer el penúltimo libro que tengo en casa de esta autora.
Tess Gerritsen, desde hace varios años, es mi fiel compañera de viajes.
Todavía los “viajes” son dentro de nuestra propia ciudad, pero desayunar en un hotel acompañada de sus novelas es lo más cercano a la “vuelta a la normalidad”.
Tess Gerritsen, desde hace varios años, es mi fiel compañera de viajes.
Todavía los “viajes” son dentro de nuestra propia ciudad, pero desayunar en un hotel acompañada de sus novelas es lo más cercano a la “vuelta a la normalidad”.
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