Don't Go Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00B5JZ83O | Format: PDF
Don't Go Description
From the New York Times best-selling author of Come Home comes a riveting thriller about one man's search for his wife's killer.
When Dr. Mike Scanlon is called to serve as an army doctor in Afghanistan, he's acutely aware of the dangers he'll face and the hardships it will bring his wife, Chloe, and their newborn baby. And deep inside, he doesn't think of himself as a hero, but a healer.
However, in an ironic turn of events, as Mike operates on a wounded soldier in a war-torn country, Chloe dies at home in the suburbs, in an apparently freak household accident. Devastated, he returns home to bury her, only to discover that the life he left behind has fallen apart. He's a stranger to his baby girl, and his medical practice has downsized in his absence. Worse, he learns a shocking secret that sends him into a downward spiral.
Grief-stricken, Mike makes decisions upon returning to Afghanistan which will change his life forever. It's not until he comes home for good that he grasps the gravity of his actions, and realizes he must fight the most important battle of his life, to reclaim his life and his daughter. Along the way, he discovers that everything is not as it seems, and he learns ugly truths about those he loves the most, as well as the true meaning of heroism.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 11 hours and 25 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Audible.com Release Date: April 9, 2013
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00B5JZ83O
Lisa Scottoline's most recent book -"Don't Go" - takes a trip into previously uncharted Scottoline territory. It's the story of Dr. Mike Scanlon, a foot surgeon who leaves his loving wife, thriving medical practice, and infant daughter to serve in Afghanistan. While he is there, his wife dies in a household accident and, when he looks over the post mortem results, he discovers that she was pregnant with another man's child. His sister and brother in law take in baby Emily, raising her as their own while Dr. Mike's life goes from bad to worse to even worse. The book tells of his struggles to survive, serve, deal with his return, and find his way in the world.
This has many of the earmarks of classic Scottoline. There's a legal battle and some courtroom drama. There's someone wronged going after the bad guy on their own. There's the recurring "I found a piece of evidence and I have to show this to the police right away" scene. But it doesn't have the story-telling glue that usually holds it all together.
It's really two books, and neither is in the mystery/crime genre where it is classified.
The first book is Dr. Mike's war story, with gripping detail and insights about an Afghanistan deployment - the daily threats, the feel of the countryside, the lurking dangers. It gives a compelling description of the medical team and how it works. You understand the pressures these soldiers withstand and deal with. You come to understand their fierce dedication and devotion to each other. You will come away with an even greater respect for soldiers and what they endure and surmount.
The other story is not a mystery, either. It's sort a sad love story, of Dr. Mike pining for his wife Chloe, who died in a bizarre kitchen accident.
Don't Go - by: Lisa Scottoline
It is going to be quite difficult to describe why I did not see this novel in the same light so many others have. However, I will try. I have to wonder just why the editor/publisher chose not to add a synopsis of the book here but used the first chapter, which has nothing to do with giving an over-all look at the book.
Ms. Scottoline wrote this as if it was two almost separate books in one. The first book was the emotional one, dealing with the death of Chloe and then several of the members of his medical team. This first half was written while Mike was still at war and was filled with a lot of medical technical jargon.
The second book deals with Mike coming back to the US, dealing with his medical condition and trying to become a proper father to his daughter. It reads as if the time passage is much longer but only about a week goes by while it is all hitting the fan.
All I could think while I was reading this novel was just how obvious everything was. You knew every mistake Mike was making BEFORE he made it just by reading closely
I had no sympathy for Mike or any of the other main characters in this book. Where I should have been experiencing deep emotion, I was rolling my eyes. He was always using what could be termed `the easy way out' and I never saw him as good father material. ------------> SPOILERISH <--------- By the time Bob and Danielle was having Mike's parental judgment questioned and they all went to court, if you read between the lines as I did, you knew it was coming right from the time that he went back to war after Chloe's death. You just knew these two were hoping that he would make some sort of mistake and they would get Emily's custody.
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