Warning Signs

C.J.LYONS has written another great book I stayed up late to finish it.I think she is one of the best writers

On rotation at Pittsburgh's Angels of Mercy Medical Center and struggling to finish medical school, Amanda can't afford mistakes or mystery - but mysterious symptoms that defy diagnosis have been affecting her performance. When two patients with the same symptoms die, she must begin her own life-saving investigation in this fine medical thriller, perfect for general lending libraries.

Ms. Lyons takes 4 very different and difficult people and makes them all work very well together .You really want to know mare about them

I love how Cj's writing so cleverly intertwines the lives of the four women in these books. If you have not read Lifelines, I highly suggest it as well! Amanda, who is trying to finish up med school, has a story that pulls you in and has you wanting to somehow help her out. I felt I could not put it down. I have come to love reading about these women and can not wait for a third one!

Amanda Mason is struggling to finish out medical school so that she can go into pediatrics. She's currently on a neurology rotation under Dr. Lucas Stone. This might even be enjoyable, considering how much she looks up to him and enjoys his company, except for one thing: she's started having some odd symptoms (clumsiness, weakness, numbness), and she's afraid he'll notice and decide that she isn't fit for duty. The problem becomes much larger than her, however, when two other patients with the same symptoms die, and a third slips into a coma. Amanda has to figure out what's going on with her and the other girls before the third one dies--and before Amanda follows her. But Amanda's friends, who are ignorant of Amanda's connection to the mysterious cases, are also caught up in their own problems. Nora's being stalked by an old boyfriend who won't give up; Lydia is trying to keep a homeless boy from being taken away from his sick great-grandmother, and Gina can't seem to get over a past trauma that's keeping her from doing her work. The back of the book compares Lyons's writing to "ER" or "Grey's Anatomy," but, not being a fan of those shows, I can't compare. I can say that the medical mystery seemed to me to be right up there with what I was used to from "House," but instead of a grumpy addict of a doc as main character, it's med student Amanda Mason and her friends (a by-the-book nurse (Nora), a streetwise ER attending (Lydia), and another student completing an EMS rotation (Gina)). There was plenty of personal plot and drama among all four characters, but I didn't feel that it stepped over the line into melodrama or soap opera. It was comfortably in the realm of allowing us to be a part of these women's lives.