Zack Miller

Steve Marcus is neurologist in Fort Worth Texas. He is tired, overworked and stressed out. He is married with 2 little girls that he loves dearly and a wife not so much. She constantly belittles him and makes him feel as if the only reason he is kept around is to bring home the big bucks. Which, as it turns out, is exactly the only reason she keeps him around. When he finally has enough and leaves, Robin starts a nasty divorce. Steve is also in the Navy reserves and could be deployed at any moment. When he is Robin really gets nasty.

I really wasn't sure what to expect with this book and once I started I could not put it down. I loved every aspect of the book, the relationship with Robin and the children, his patients, the divorce, the time spent in the Navy, everything. The ending was certainly a surprise and in some way I wish it had gone on just a little longer. I won this book from Goodreads and I highly recommend it.
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'Texas Medicine' is a story of Steve Marcus, a neurologist with previous psychiatry experience whose life starts hitting one nasty bump after another. He has two daughters that he loves dearly but his wife has become a stranger to him. When he can no longer stand it, he moves out and his wife starts a very nasty divorce.

Then his friend has a cerebral hemorrhage and he has to take over his workload including having to appear in court as a medical expert. Steve has never done this before but he finds out that with some time consuming work and careful thought, he is up to the challege.

A colleague is murdered and someone takes a shot at him. At this point in the book, I thought I might be reading a mystery but it is more like a fictional biography!

Since, the author, Zack Miller has a similar background to the main character; he is thoroughly familiar with all the medical details in this book. Being a fan of books connected with medicine, I lapped them up gratefully.

The author also taught me about the differences between the practice of medicine in the real world and that of being in medicine in the Naval Reserves. There are lots of differences and Steve Marcus clearly enjoyed working in the Navy as opposed to regular private practice. Steve
Marcus is also sent to Iraq and that part of the book is a bit like the famous TV series Mash.

I enjoyed this book tremendously and would like to read any future books that Zack Miller writes. He kept me turning the pages quickly and I never got bored with this book. At some times, I was very disappointed with the main character like at the ending but then that just added to the realism of the book.

I highly recommend this book to all fans of doctor stories.

I received this book as a win from GoodReads but that did not influence my thoughts in this review at all.… (lisätietoja)