The Procedure (Dr. Earl Garnet) Paperback – May 29, 2001

Peter Clement engages the reader in a fast moving and spell binding read about the inside operations of the heath care systems in hospitals. He exposes the control that insurance companies hold over health care and the inordinate amount of money to be made in this business. At the same time he does renew faith in the many healthcare workers who deliver their best in spite of the insurers.

This book had some good parts, there's no arguing that, but getting to all of the interesting parts that add up to the moving line of the story is a difficult process. The Procedure could stand to lose at least 100 pages. Hopefully such a slim down would also help the main character be more consistent. Dr. Garnet shifts between a strong lead and a limp noodle, sometimes in the span of a single page.The Procedure is the kind of book you leave on an airplane when you're done with it.

One star for a good topic, but the writing is stilted, the book should have beeen half the length. I'm sure Dr Clement is a very good physician but the book desperately needed an editor & preferably a professional coauthor. There were passages I skipped becuase they were just unnecessary, unreadable & honestly, the characters are stereotypical. There are far better medical thrillers.