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  • Delayed Diagnosis

  • Rhea Lynch, M.D., Book 1
  • By: Gwen Hunter
  • Narrated by: Carol Hendrickson
  • Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (358 ratings)

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Delayed Diagnosis

By: Gwen Hunter
Narrated by: Carol Hendrickson
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Publisher's summary

Dr. Rhea Lynch left a suffocating life in Charleston to practice medicine in the ER of a small South Carolina Hospital. Now, Dawkins County is her home, a place that holds the only real family she's ever known.

But when she returns from vacation, Rhea is shocked to discover that her best friend, Marisa, is near death and unable to communicate. The official diagnosis: a paralyzing stroke. Despite the family's attempts to keep her away, Rhea is determined to make her own diagnosis.

In a surreptitious examination, a hideous truth is revealed. Then a man is brought into her ER with similar symptoms. And then another. Each one of her patients has been willfully, brutally, silenced in a most inhuman way. Desperate to find answers, Rhea must determine who she can trust, as a powerful conspiracy threatens the people she loves - and perhaps the entire community.

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Editorial reviews

All the professional calm that Dr. Rhea Lynch learned in medical school deserts her when her closest friend suffers what appears to be a catastrophic stroke. Soon, Dr. Lynch learns that the stroke is more mysterious than it appears, especially when other patients start coming in to the ER of her small South Carolina hospital with all the same symptoms. Will she be able to find the real culprit in time? This is a fast-paced medical mystery skillfully narrated by performer Carol Hendrickson, who does an excellent and enjoyable South Carolina accent. Listeners who love feisty female heroines, medical mysteries, and tightly-plotted thrillers will enjoy this first installment of the Rhea Lynch series.

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Great Medical Novel. I will probably get more of

I always enjoyed this author's series about the world of medical examiners. This book is similar in style and the characters are pretty good. I would not rate this book as one of the best, but it is well worth the read.

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Smart and Sympathetic Heroine

Sustained suspense, fully developed, credible characters, good writing, and lots of interesting medical detail in this excellent mystery. Add to this authentic regional Southern regional realism for a unique work in its genre.

The narration was also first class.

I look forward to reading the entire series.

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Reads like a romance novel

Would you try another book from Gwen Hunter and/or Carol Hendrickson?

No

How could the performance have been better?

Maybe a better narrator.

Was Delayed Diagnosis worth the listening time?

Well yes but certainly won't read the rest of the series

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Engaging

This is book one in the Rhea Lynch MD series. Dr. Lynch moved from Charleston to practice medicine in the ER of a small South Carolina hospital in Dawkin County.

Dr. Lynch returns from vacation to find her best friend near death form a stroke. Her family blocks Lynch from visiting her. Then a man is brought into the ER with similar symptoms, then another and another. A powerful conspiracy affects the entire community. Lynch discovers it is not a stroke but whatever it is, it was caused on purpose.

The pace is fast, lots of riveting ER action. The story is full of suspense, well drawn characters and a strong story line. I am enjoying this easy to read book that is full of suspense and humor. I have learned a number of southern expressions that I have never heard before. I am glad to have discovered the writings of Gwen Hunter. I read this as an audiobook downloaded from Audible. Carol Hendrickson narrated the book.

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Scary

Scary because it could easily happen to certain populations including the elderly like me and my friends.

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Good story, lousy performance

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Not with this narrator/reader.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Protagonist very engaging.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Carol Hendrickson?

Someone who does not have rapid pressured speech. She was almost aggressive in her narrative.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not really. It was just a good story that kept me engaged despite the horrible reader.

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Audible Review - Delayed Diagnosis

I love the book and have read it along with the others in the series before. I thought that getting it in audio would be great, a chance to enjoy the stories while working or driving my daily commute. I found that I do enjoy audio but did not like the voice of the person reading the story.. Though the characters are from the south, the individual reading the story used an accent that was very fake. I think it would have been better to have just been read without the accent.

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Good Start To A Series

I just finished this book, and it is now one of my favorites. I love Ms. Hunter's descriptive writing style, and the detail in the medical situations is wonderful. I have been involved in medicine my whole working life, and have always been a big fan of Robin Cook. I am happy to say that Gwen Hunter has given me a new source of medical mystery novels. I have just started my third Dr. Rhea book and am looking forward to another captivating story!

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Good one!

As a nurse I appreciated the fairly accurate depiction of the typical small town ER. It is fiction but tried to relay the real feeling . Looking forward to next book on series

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Good book overall with one complaint

I really enjoyed the story and it was well narrated, but if I had to hear one more time about how dry the doctor's skin was and whether she was able to apply jojoba oil, I was ready to scream. I kept thinking that it was going to make sense in the end, but it wasn't part of the plot after all. Just annoying!

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