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The Cure
Kat Beckman is a survivor.A harrowing IED attack in Afghanistan has left Kat with debilitating PTSD even though everything else in her life seems normal. It’s not something she talks about. Never. The secrets from her time overseas have stayed there. It’s better that way… or at least she thinks so.
One day, visiting her hospitalized mother-in-law, a mysterious man approaches her and offers Kat a cure for the cancer that is ravaging Laura’s body and the heart of Kat’s family.
But is Kat willing to face her dark memories to save Laura?
Kat’s decision drags her into a maze of blackmail, murder and treason that forces her to choose between her love for her family and her loyalty to her country.
Whether Kat can depend on the people from her past may control her future…
“The Cure” is the first book in the Kat Beckman thriller series. If you like Tom Clancy, James Patterson and Lee Child, then you’ll love this fast-paced, action-packed, mind-bending medical mystery book.
Buy “The Cure” and start the journey with Kat Beckman now!
One day, visiting her hospitalized mother-in-law, a mysterious man approaches her and offers Kat a cure for the cancer that is ravaging Laura’s body and the heart of Kat’s family.
But is Kat willing to face her dark memories to save Laura?
Kat’s decision drags her into a maze of blackmail, murder and treason that forces her to choose between her love for her family and her loyalty to her country.
Whether Kat can depend on the people from her past may control her future…
“The Cure” is the first book in the Kat Beckman thriller series. If you like Tom Clancy, James Patterson and Lee Child, then you’ll love this fast-paced, action-packed, mind-bending medical mystery book.
Buy “The Cure” and start the journey with Kat Beckman now!
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Published January 4, 2020
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October 15, 2020
This is book one of the Kat Beckman series and the main character is married to Steve and they have a four year old son Jack. Kat is a journalist and has only been doing pretty easy stories, nothing serious, since her accident in Afghanistan, where she worked as an embedded reporter. She is currently working from home for her editor Van Peck, as her husband’s mother Laura has been ill with cancer for some eight months and is in hospital. Steve doesn’t like to leave her alone at night, so they have been taking turns to spend the night in her room, whilst the other looks after their son Jack. On the night in question, another nurse is on duty, rather than one she is used to, but still brings her a cup of tea and she ends up feeling really sleepy. As she almost falls asleep, a man comes in dressed as a doctor, and tells her that she won’t find the cure there and offers her a chance of a cure for her mother-in-law’s cancer, leaving her a gold medallion before he leaves the room. She then falls asleep for the rest of the night, never waking, which is unusual considering how knackered she is.
She has flashbacks from her time in the sandbox of conflict and suffers from PTSD still, although she has therapies to try and use to try and manage the memories. She was embedded with the Army and went out on a routine trip to a local village when their Humvee went to check, another in front of them was hit and burst into flames. Theirs was next and she end up with a shattered wrist and in shock, whilst five men lost their lives. Now she is writing easy stories, not quite puff pieces, with one of her current ones about a warehouse fire in a rundown area. It could just be a simple electrical fire, but someone was trying to take more electricity from the lines than it could manage, as they didn’t do it properly. The man arranging the warehouse for his employers Apex, is called Edgar Cahill and he always has to get a building near to the main hospital where they can find patients and clients for their business. He offers families the chance to start over again, without the shadow of cancer over their heads, all in exchange for something the company wants.
Examples of the outcomes for some of their patients are given in the story, as Edgar has a choice of a red, yellow or blue vial of serum to give to the patients and as you can expect, each has a different outcome. The Beckmans’s are the next family to be targeted and Kat has already been approached and given the medallion, which has led her to wonder if she should start a story about it all. Even one of the nurses on the ward thinks something is strange about a young girl with a cancer that should have led to her death, suddenly recovering completely. She makes copies of the girl’s records, but that was a dangerous move! It seems this company is after information and has places setup all around the world and is expanding constantly. Edgar doesn’t like to fly, so he mainly covers North America.
People are being chosen for the information they can provide for the company and how valuable it may be. When Laura takes a turn for the worse, Kat comes clean to her husband Steve about the medallion and what happened that night. He would do anything for his mother and they look for clues on the medallion and that leads them to the dark web! Kat is now left with a difficult decision on whether to do something for her family and save Laura, or if she should keep her loyalty to her country and refuse to reveal any secrets. What she finds, leads her to a maze of confusion, blackmail, murder and even treason. Family or country? Whatever she chooses will bring about serious consequences for her and her family, and maybe many others!
This story has way more twists and turns than you can ever expect and the ones at the end are colossal! People from Kat’s past will be brought back into her life, whether that will be to help or hinder her and if she should trust any of them, is unclear and you need to read to the end to find out for yourself. Her future and that of her family and friends is uncertain and will all be tied to her past! A veteran affected by what she saw in the Middle East, but with information that others will pay for, in the game where information is key. Secrets are worth more than life itself! A great story for the reporter in her and I can’t wait to see what happens in the next story in this series, as Kat has to deal with the aftermath of this episode, as well as a new story to come. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
She has flashbacks from her time in the sandbox of conflict and suffers from PTSD still, although she has therapies to try and use to try and manage the memories. She was embedded with the Army and went out on a routine trip to a local village when their Humvee went to check, another in front of them was hit and burst into flames. Theirs was next and she end up with a shattered wrist and in shock, whilst five men lost their lives. Now she is writing easy stories, not quite puff pieces, with one of her current ones about a warehouse fire in a rundown area. It could just be a simple electrical fire, but someone was trying to take more electricity from the lines than it could manage, as they didn’t do it properly. The man arranging the warehouse for his employers Apex, is called Edgar Cahill and he always has to get a building near to the main hospital where they can find patients and clients for their business. He offers families the chance to start over again, without the shadow of cancer over their heads, all in exchange for something the company wants.
Examples of the outcomes for some of their patients are given in the story, as Edgar has a choice of a red, yellow or blue vial of serum to give to the patients and as you can expect, each has a different outcome. The Beckmans’s are the next family to be targeted and Kat has already been approached and given the medallion, which has led her to wonder if she should start a story about it all. Even one of the nurses on the ward thinks something is strange about a young girl with a cancer that should have led to her death, suddenly recovering completely. She makes copies of the girl’s records, but that was a dangerous move! It seems this company is after information and has places setup all around the world and is expanding constantly. Edgar doesn’t like to fly, so he mainly covers North America.
People are being chosen for the information they can provide for the company and how valuable it may be. When Laura takes a turn for the worse, Kat comes clean to her husband Steve about the medallion and what happened that night. He would do anything for his mother and they look for clues on the medallion and that leads them to the dark web! Kat is now left with a difficult decision on whether to do something for her family and save Laura, or if she should keep her loyalty to her country and refuse to reveal any secrets. What she finds, leads her to a maze of confusion, blackmail, murder and even treason. Family or country? Whatever she chooses will bring about serious consequences for her and her family, and maybe many others!
This story has way more twists and turns than you can ever expect and the ones at the end are colossal! People from Kat’s past will be brought back into her life, whether that will be to help or hinder her and if she should trust any of them, is unclear and you need to read to the end to find out for yourself. Her future and that of her family and friends is uncertain and will all be tied to her past! A veteran affected by what she saw in the Middle East, but with information that others will pay for, in the game where information is key. Secrets are worth more than life itself! A great story for the reporter in her and I can’t wait to see what happens in the next story in this series, as Kat has to deal with the aftermath of this episode, as well as a new story to come. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
September 10, 2022
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A completely new scope for Kalis, The Cure is a medical terrorist tale told with the same attention to detail and logic she brings to her Emily Tizanno Vigilante series and her Jess Montgomery Thriller series. Kat is a reporter, currently working at home with her boss Van as her husband Steve spends days with his mom Laura who is hospitalized with last-stage cancer while Kat takes the night shift, taking turns as well at home with their 4-year-old son Jack. Kat still suffers occasional bouts of debilitating PTSD, re-living the trama of the IED attack that injured her and killed several of her friends during her pre-married years as an embedded reporter in Afghanistan so she isn't really comfortable away from home, but she is better and has undergone years of therapy.
And one night, awakened from what she later recognizes is an obviously drugged sleep while sitting by Laura's bedside, Kat is told by a man wearing surgical scrubs that there is a way to save Laura - she has only to supply them with the roster of the Delta crews she was embedded with in Afghanistan and Laura would be cured overnight. The man then flashes a gold coin and a wide grin. Thinking it was a very vivid dream, Kat doesn't take it seriously until one of the nurses tells her of the miraculous recovery of a kid with stage 4 cancer, dying one day and hungry and free of any cancer cells the next. And then there is the gold medallion in her pocket.
When she tells Steve that to obtain that information she will have to steal it and face years in prison because she will be caught, she will have to use her personal access to get the list, he is unsympathetic. He just wants his mother to live. He truly doesn't think Kat will face consequences for turning over the roster, and anyway, his mom could live!
Will she do it? Can she do it? Only time will tell...
Reviewed on March 25, 2022, at Goodreads, AmazonSmile, Barnes&Noble, and BookBub. Not available for review at Kobo or GooglePlay.
A completely new scope for Kalis, The Cure is a medical terrorist tale told with the same attention to detail and logic she brings to her Emily Tizanno Vigilante series and her Jess Montgomery Thriller series. Kat is a reporter, currently working at home with her boss Van as her husband Steve spends days with his mom Laura who is hospitalized with last-stage cancer while Kat takes the night shift, taking turns as well at home with their 4-year-old son Jack. Kat still suffers occasional bouts of debilitating PTSD, re-living the trama of the IED attack that injured her and killed several of her friends during her pre-married years as an embedded reporter in Afghanistan so she isn't really comfortable away from home, but she is better and has undergone years of therapy.
And one night, awakened from what she later recognizes is an obviously drugged sleep while sitting by Laura's bedside, Kat is told by a man wearing surgical scrubs that there is a way to save Laura - she has only to supply them with the roster of the Delta crews she was embedded with in Afghanistan and Laura would be cured overnight. The man then flashes a gold coin and a wide grin. Thinking it was a very vivid dream, Kat doesn't take it seriously until one of the nurses tells her of the miraculous recovery of a kid with stage 4 cancer, dying one day and hungry and free of any cancer cells the next. And then there is the gold medallion in her pocket.
When she tells Steve that to obtain that information she will have to steal it and face years in prison because she will be caught, she will have to use her personal access to get the list, he is unsympathetic. He just wants his mother to live. He truly doesn't think Kat will face consequences for turning over the roster, and anyway, his mom could live!
Will she do it? Can she do it? Only time will tell...
Reviewed on March 25, 2022, at Goodreads, AmazonSmile, Barnes&Noble, and BookBub. Not available for review at Kobo or GooglePlay.
August 3, 2023
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Kindle freebie on March 7, 2021 (currently free at Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited as of writing this post)
I really wanted to like The Cure and certainly there are people who enjoyed it more than me. There is so much potential here. The plot was interesting. However, it took me months to finally get it read. I maybe should have chose to DNF. But I wanted to know things.
Kat is the main character and a journalist. Does she ever actually write any stories which are published? She is investigating this one. Are all her stories big, long term pieces that take 2-4 weeks to produce? I didn't like how her editor pushed her to do illegal things to get the cure "to help others."
Here's my problem. It's like the blurb on Goodreads for the book - it says the same thing over and over. The book could have used some serious editing to improve the pacing. Details like making coffee or how can she decide or whatever are repeated which add nothing. There were a lot of characters and we get several points of view which didn't always help with the character development.
Whether it is Kat or the barely defined characters, a variety of plot threads are left hanging without closure. I did try to see if these issues are part of the ongoing story for the series but from other reader's reviews, it looks like that is a not the case. So I can't really recommend The Cure.
Kindle freebie on March 7, 2021 (currently free at Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited as of writing this post)
I really wanted to like The Cure and certainly there are people who enjoyed it more than me. There is so much potential here. The plot was interesting. However, it took me months to finally get it read. I maybe should have chose to DNF. But I wanted to know things.
Kat is the main character and a journalist. Does she ever actually write any stories which are published? She is investigating this one. Are all her stories big, long term pieces that take 2-4 weeks to produce? I didn't like how her editor pushed her to do illegal things to get the cure "to help others."
Here's my problem. It's like the blurb on Goodreads for the book - it says the same thing over and over. The book could have used some serious editing to improve the pacing. Details like making coffee or how can she decide or whatever are repeated which add nothing. There were a lot of characters and we get several points of view which didn't always help with the character development.
Whether it is Kat or the barely defined characters, a variety of plot threads are left hanging without closure. I did try to see if these issues are part of the ongoing story for the series but from other reader's reviews, it looks like that is a not the case. So I can't really recommend The Cure.
September 7, 2021
Fast-paced mystery and adventure…
The Cure is a wonderfully original medical thriller/mystery that kept me completely engaged from start to finish. The premise is simple but crafty, the characters are authentic, the mystery and intrigue are unremitting, and I found the whole story experience quite satisfying. The main character, Kat Beckman, is a journalist who was once embedded with a special ops team in the Middle East and suffered a traumatic experience which left her with PTSD. She is now living as a civilian with a husband and their son, trying to sustain her career, and trying to cope with the effects of her PTSD when she finds herself entangled in a bizarre scheme which threatens her family and her very life as well as putting her in danger of being prosecuted for acts of treason. To what lengths must she go to keep herself and her family out of danger and can she maintain her focus and keep her wits about her as the stress threatens to pull her back into her past trauma? Pick up the book, find a comfy chair and find out.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily offering my honest and unbiased review.
The Cure is a wonderfully original medical thriller/mystery that kept me completely engaged from start to finish. The premise is simple but crafty, the characters are authentic, the mystery and intrigue are unremitting, and I found the whole story experience quite satisfying. The main character, Kat Beckman, is a journalist who was once embedded with a special ops team in the Middle East and suffered a traumatic experience which left her with PTSD. She is now living as a civilian with a husband and their son, trying to sustain her career, and trying to cope with the effects of her PTSD when she finds herself entangled in a bizarre scheme which threatens her family and her very life as well as putting her in danger of being prosecuted for acts of treason. To what lengths must she go to keep herself and her family out of danger and can she maintain her focus and keep her wits about her as the stress threatens to pull her back into her past trauma? Pick up the book, find a comfy chair and find out.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily offering my honest and unbiased review.
October 8, 2020
Kat Beckman's mother in law is dying of cancer. There is a cure out there, but it comes with a huge price from some really shady people who only deal on the dark web. The price could cost Kat her freedom, leaving her son without his mother. Kat also suffers from PTSD from when she was a journalist in the Middle East. Kat has problems considering this, but her husband wants her to and pushes her into it. But then his mother refuses the treatment and he pushes her to get more. This involves her friends from the Middle East. But there is a twist that I never saw coming!!! I really enjoyed this story very much. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC.
January 15, 2021
Would not recommend. There were. Few issues. One is it is very repetitive - descriptions and motivations are brought up every chapter. Second is the believability of the characters in the back third of the book. The way they behave just does not make sense. Finally the ending is way too rushed. It’s as if the author realised they had to wrap it up in three pages so quickly tied up as much as possible and then called it good.
March 3, 2024
premise was good but…..
The premise was good and could’ve been such a better read. There was a lot of repeating of the same information over and over. I found myself skipping pages because once again we were hearing the same info that the character just told us in the last chapter. I almost didn’t finish the book (something I rarely do) & the only reason I didn’t was it wasn’t a very long book. It also seemed like every time you turned around the main character was suffering the effects of ptsd so badly that she was blacking out for long periods of time 3-4 times in a day. If someone is still suffering that severely so frequently every day, then they needed in patient care and certainly didn’t need to be left alone with their small child. The behavior of the main character and her husband makes them sound so unbelievable not to mention shallow & selfish. If my parent was dying from cancer and prob wouldn’t make it through the week, I wouldn’t be hanging out at home all day reading emails & hanging out with friends without a care in the world. I would be at their bedside in case they needed me and to comfort them as best I could until they passed. It’s also an unbelievable story. What an elaborate medical scheme to have such idiots working it that they would make so many careless and stupid decisions such as not give the patient this serum and instead agree for the first time ever to just hand it over to the family so they could give it to them? And if they were having to give them something to make them sick, then u would think the “cure” they handed over would only work for the patient they made sick in the first place and couldn’t just be given to any random patient? Yeah bummer that a plot that had such potential could turn out to be a big let down.
The premise was good and could’ve been such a better read. There was a lot of repeating of the same information over and over. I found myself skipping pages because once again we were hearing the same info that the character just told us in the last chapter. I almost didn’t finish the book (something I rarely do) & the only reason I didn’t was it wasn’t a very long book. It also seemed like every time you turned around the main character was suffering the effects of ptsd so badly that she was blacking out for long periods of time 3-4 times in a day. If someone is still suffering that severely so frequently every day, then they needed in patient care and certainly didn’t need to be left alone with their small child. The behavior of the main character and her husband makes them sound so unbelievable not to mention shallow & selfish. If my parent was dying from cancer and prob wouldn’t make it through the week, I wouldn’t be hanging out at home all day reading emails & hanging out with friends without a care in the world. I would be at their bedside in case they needed me and to comfort them as best I could until they passed. It’s also an unbelievable story. What an elaborate medical scheme to have such idiots working it that they would make so many careless and stupid decisions such as not give the patient this serum and instead agree for the first time ever to just hand it over to the family so they could give it to them? And if they were having to give them something to make them sick, then u would think the “cure” they handed over would only work for the patient they made sick in the first place and couldn’t just be given to any random patient? Yeah bummer that a plot that had such potential could turn out to be a big let down.
September 24, 2021
Horrible editing/writing
Admittedly, I was only able to suffer through 4 chapters of this book….the writing style is, well as if it was written without forethought, an idea in her head, maybe a few notes by her side & just started ‘writing a book’ (shocking this is a 6 book series!)…maybe editors are to blame, but I can’t seem to think they’ve the lesser ownership of ‘bad writing’ seen within “The Cure”.
Our main character sits down to research bizarre happenings from the previous night on her laptop, yet ends up checking (and responding) to emails, checks in with a lead about building fire for a story she’s working on…then our character is noted to be too frustrated to ‘write anything’…apparently having scars on her upper limbs that are exposed when she tucks her son into bed, when her sleeves ‘slide down’ (more frustration for said character) because she’s hiding these by pushing her sleeves back up (?)…I had to call it quits when I read…she walked out into the ‘blazingly bright sun’…umm hmm - wait, what??
Admittedly, I was only able to suffer through 4 chapters of this book….the writing style is, well as if it was written without forethought, an idea in her head, maybe a few notes by her side & just started ‘writing a book’ (shocking this is a 6 book series!)…maybe editors are to blame, but I can’t seem to think they’ve the lesser ownership of ‘bad writing’ seen within “The Cure”.
Our main character sits down to research bizarre happenings from the previous night on her laptop, yet ends up checking (and responding) to emails, checks in with a lead about building fire for a story she’s working on…then our character is noted to be too frustrated to ‘write anything’…apparently having scars on her upper limbs that are exposed when she tucks her son into bed, when her sleeves ‘slide down’ (more frustration for said character) because she’s hiding these by pushing her sleeves back up (?)…I had to call it quits when I read…she walked out into the ‘blazingly bright sun’…umm hmm - wait, what??
August 22, 2023
When I get to rate a book, I check my personal level of enjoyment during the reading process. I don't necessarily check the credibility of the story, or the or the depth of its characters. Equally important to me is the resolution of the book – how it ends. In this case I really enjoyed the story. But regarding the last 3%, , it became evident that the author struggled to provide a satisfactory conclusion. . Numerous narrative threads remained disjointed even in these concluding stages. Consequently, the ending felt contrived, leaving numerous unresolved questions about various events mentioned throughout the book.
It appears that the book's publisher imposed a tight deadline on the author, requiring the manuscript to be completed within 24 hours for distribution.
Additionally, the story suffered from issues of redundancy and excessive descriptions, particularly in relation to Kat's child.
Bottom Line. Until one chapter before the end it felt 5 stars (from the enjoyment point of view). The final episode's shortcomings caused it to lose a star in my evaluation.
It appears that the book's publisher imposed a tight deadline on the author, requiring the manuscript to be completed within 24 hours for distribution.
Additionally, the story suffered from issues of redundancy and excessive descriptions, particularly in relation to Kat's child.
Bottom Line. Until one chapter before the end it felt 5 stars (from the enjoyment point of view). The final episode's shortcomings caused it to lose a star in my evaluation.
June 23, 2023
Not sure what to say about this book
I finished it which is something but I won't do another in this series. I do wonder how writers get contracts for later books in a series when the first one is so poorly written. I hate to say that I have given up expecting that books have been edited because few of them are but simple factual errors should not occur. A woman who refused a treatment for cancer is said to want it later but the reader knows of no discussion about it. A character leaves her keys in the ignition of her car and then leaves the door ajar but there is no beeping from the security system. She has a four-year- old son but it wearing a gun holstered around her waist and the child never feels the gun when he is picked up or hugged. One character tells another to have nurses at the hospital put something in a refrigerator. Does anyone believe that a nurse would just do that without any questions? And the list goes on.
I finished it which is something but I won't do another in this series. I do wonder how writers get contracts for later books in a series when the first one is so poorly written. I hate to say that I have given up expecting that books have been edited because few of them are but simple factual errors should not occur. A woman who refused a treatment for cancer is said to want it later but the reader knows of no discussion about it. A character leaves her keys in the ignition of her car and then leaves the door ajar but there is no beeping from the security system. She has a four-year- old son but it wearing a gun holstered around her waist and the child never feels the gun when he is picked up or hugged. One character tells another to have nurses at the hospital put something in a refrigerator. Does anyone believe that a nurse would just do that without any questions? And the list goes on.
October 25, 2021
This book kept my interest but it was not especially well written. The author seems like a budding James Patterson, but has a way to go to improve her skills.
There were several technical errors as well. At one time, the author called a character by the wrong name. Also the medical scenes should be researched better. Nurses do not usually take blood from patients, the phlebotomists do that. The whole premise of this book was about a cure for cancer and there will never be a once and for all cure for cancer because there are so many differnt kinds of cancer. I do think the premise of a mob that holds back a cure for money or information could be real however.
I could still recommend this book for the surprise ending and for the strong female protagonist.
There were several technical errors as well. At one time, the author called a character by the wrong name. Also the medical scenes should be researched better. Nurses do not usually take blood from patients, the phlebotomists do that. The whole premise of this book was about a cure for cancer and there will never be a once and for all cure for cancer because there are so many differnt kinds of cancer. I do think the premise of a mob that holds back a cure for money or information could be real however.
I could still recommend this book for the surprise ending and for the strong female protagonist.
September 28, 2023
Science fiction plus thriller describes this book. Kat is a journalist who was embedded with troops in Afghanistan. She returned with PTSD. Her mother-in-law has cancer. Kat is contacted and told if she will supply classified information from her day in Afghanistan, her mother-in-law will be supplied with a cancer-curing drug. If Kat gives this person the information, she could go to jail for treason. But is there more to this than meets the eye? It's a good story until a very abrupt ending. The reader must read the next book in the series to find out more. Other than the ending, it was a good read.
June 14, 2021
Are you a fan of Lee Child - well you will love KJ Kalis. This is a medical thriller, a true page turner. KJ has started a wonderful series and I look forward to reading the following books in this series. Her characters are strong and the storyline well developed. It is obvious that she has taken the time to research the various topics in her book. This is definitely a book that you should have in your collection, - but a warning it will be a hard book to set down - so give yourself a nice quiet weekend to enjoy it.
May 24, 2023
I was enjoying this book until the very last section. All at once the book ended with a not unexpected twist. Like the author remembered she had an appointment and had to leave immediately.
Perhaps the unexplained storyline and the loose ends left hanging would be resolved in the next book of the series but I won’t be reading it to find out.
Several misspellings and errors that a decent editor should have picked up on. Too much talk about her child and not enough of her standing up to her bully husband.
Perhaps the unexplained storyline and the loose ends left hanging would be resolved in the next book of the series but I won’t be reading it to find out.
Several misspellings and errors that a decent editor should have picked up on. Too much talk about her child and not enough of her standing up to her bully husband.
July 7, 2023
Quite a readable book with some well thought out characters and a bit of a twist at the end. Handy that she kept in touch with TJ and that she still had top secret clearance but if she hadn't it would not have been possible to end the story. Kat's PTSD is played up a bit more than necessary in my opinion but apart from that it rolls along nicely to a bit of an unexpected conclusion although it seems odd that someone with a cure for cancer which would make them billions on the open market chooses to use subterfuge to obtain secrets to sell for the same result.
March 17, 2023
Journalist Kat Beckman got the job of her dreams by being imbedded with the troops. An attack leaves her wounded and scarred with PTSD. She’s now married with a child and still working from home as a journalist her husband’s mother is the hospital with stomach cancer that is slowly killing her. Kat has a strange encounter with someone who tells her that her mother in law can be cured. Is it true ? Is it possible ? You will be riveted to your seat and unable to put this down.
August 1, 2023
Stumbled upon this and it sounded so interesting.........but sighs......
I think I got a hair over 100 pages of this before I had to toss my hands up in the air and surrender.
The characters seemed great. The plot seemed soooo interesting. But....sighs. Maybe it was execution? Maybe it was me not fully connecting? I'm not sure. I just couldn't care and I started skimming rather quickly.
DNF from me.
I think I got a hair over 100 pages of this before I had to toss my hands up in the air and surrender.
The characters seemed great. The plot seemed soooo interesting. But....sighs. Maybe it was execution? Maybe it was me not fully connecting? I'm not sure. I just couldn't care and I started skimming rather quickly.
DNF from me.
October 22, 2025
I loved this book. It made me think about the ethics surrounding drug companies and how they control so much of our health system. Kat Beckman is a woman with a husband and a son. Her husband's mother has developed cancer. In the book there was a company on the dark web that has a cure for all cancers but will only do so for a price...information for their clients. The clientele is the type of people that are either out for vengeance or other motivations. A very good read.
October 10, 2020
This book blew me away! I was hooked from page 1. Although I wanted to know how things ended, I was disappointed to finish the book and leave the characters behind. This was a medical/military thriller and had so many interesting twists and turns. I cannot wait to read more from this series. Kalis does not disappoint!
February 11, 2021
OK, BUT left a lot of questions
The story is about Kate Beckman and her husband‘s attempt to save his mothers life from cancer. Was there really a cure for the cancer and is she willing to divulge national security information to get the cure they needed? Not really sure about the ending.
The story is about Kate Beckman and her husband‘s attempt to save his mothers life from cancer. Was there really a cure for the cancer and is she willing to divulge national security information to get the cure they needed? Not really sure about the ending.
February 25, 2021
Enjoyable
I like this author and intend to get more of her books. I read it in 2 days, quick reader but it's also lockdown so nothing else to do. The plot was very good and kept me guessing but for some reason I guessed who was involved. A book you can't put down so next book I've ordered.
I like this author and intend to get more of her books. I read it in 2 days, quick reader but it's also lockdown so nothing else to do. The plot was very good and kept me guessing but for some reason I guessed who was involved. A book you can't put down so next book I've ordered.
June 1, 2021
There was an excellent story and well developed characters with a surprising twist at the end. The only thing that let it down was the duplication of segments, errors in the storyline and some minor proof reading errors such as the wrong name at one point, apart from that I thoroughly enjoyed it and will read the next one
July 31, 2021
Slightly disappointed
This book started out as a 5*. Right on par with K.J. K's other books. Intriguing and interesting but things started to fall apart with all the twists that happened at the end. It felt as if I got lost in the forest (with so many moving parts with no explanations) and then I fell off the cliff. Rushed cliffhanger!
This book started out as a 5*. Right on par with K.J. K's other books. Intriguing and interesting but things started to fall apart with all the twists that happened at the end. It felt as if I got lost in the forest (with so many moving parts with no explanations) and then I fell off the cliff. Rushed cliffhanger!
September 28, 2021
The first part of the book was okay. The storyline was plausible but the ending was rushed and compacted into a few pages and was totally unbelievable.
The characters were good but I was annoyed at the repeated mention of Jack’s trucks. I thought they may have come into play at some point as they were mentioned so much.
The characters were good but I was annoyed at the repeated mention of Jack’s trucks. I thought they may have come into play at some point as they were mentioned so much.
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April 21, 2023
If you were given the chance to cure one of your family of cancer--would you do it? This is Kat's problem. Her husband is kind of forcing her into it even though she would be giving up government secrets. There are a couple of twists in a couple of different directions! What Kat discovers near the end will shock you!!
September 8, 2020
The Cure was a very good book
This book was easy reading and kept my attention not knowing what to expect next. Looking forward to reading more books by this Author in the Kat Beckman Series.
This book was easy reading and kept my attention not knowing what to expect next. Looking forward to reading more books by this Author in the Kat Beckman Series.
September 8, 2020
An excellent medical mystery with a good storyline and well developed characters. The story is exciting and fast paced with non-stop action. Very hard to put down and quite enjoyable. Highly recommended start to the Kate Beckman thriller series.
October 30, 2020
The cure?
Excellent plot. It kept me turning the pages to see what was going to happen next. Three quarters of the way through the book I figured out who was behind it all. Overall it was a thrill of a read.
Excellent plot. It kept me turning the pages to see what was going to happen next. Three quarters of the way through the book I figured out who was behind it all. Overall it was a thrill of a read.
June 2, 2021
Well paced
This is a good series opener. Characters are likable and not too annoying or stereotypical. The mystery keeps you engaged without tuning you out. The balance between action and character development is does well and the story is well laced without any bumps.
This is a good series opener. Characters are likable and not too annoying or stereotypical. The mystery keeps you engaged without tuning you out. The balance between action and character development is does well and the story is well laced without any bumps.
June 26, 2021
Brilliant
A book that I really enjoyed from the start! Found it very difficult to put down. I am looking forward to the next book! If you like thrillers in general, you’ll love this one.
A book that I really enjoyed from the start! Found it very difficult to put down. I am looking forward to the next book! If you like thrillers in general, you’ll love this one.
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