The Face Transplant by R. Arundel Review!

Book Details

• Paperback: 378 pages
• Publisher: The Face Transplant (December 10, 2013)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0991979907
• ISBN-13: 978-0991979905
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Dr. Matthew MacAulay is a Facial Transplant Surgeon at a prestigious New York hospital. His friend and mentor, Tom Grabowski, dies under mysterious circumstances. Matthew is forced to investigate. He uncovers his friend’s secret. A new technique that allows perfect facial transplants. No incisions, no scars. The surgeon is able to transplant one person’s face to another with the perfect result. Tom was able to accomplish this monumental feat with the help of Alice, a supercomputer robot with almost human abilities. While trying to find the people responsible for murdering his friend Tom, Matthew realizes he is the prime suspect. Matthew must flee for his life with the help of Dr. Sarah Larsson, a colleague and reluctant helper who has a secret of her own. Alice helps them make sense of a baffling series of seemingly unrelated events. Matthew is forced to undergo a facial transplant to hide his identity and help to uncover the truth. The clues carry Matthew and Sarah around the world. Matthew stumbles onto a sinister plot of monumental proportions, the real reason Tom was murdered. This discovery leads Matthew all the way to The White House with a dramatic conclusion. Matthew never wavers in his quest for the truth and perseveres against all the odds. He must race to stop a major catastrophe, ratcheting up the excitement until the thrilling conclusion. The Face Transplant is a powerful medical suspense thriller of the first order. The novel was written by a surgeon. The novel has a realism that only a surgeon can bring. The plot weaves politics, medicine and espionage into a tightly paced, intelligent thriller. The novels crescendos page by page to a totally unexpected conclusion.

About the Author

R. Arundel is a practicing surgeon, his novel, The Face Transplant, takes the readers on a thrilling adventure. Set in the near future this novel tells the story of a young facial transplant surgeon who is forced to solve the mysterious death of his friend and mentor. The novel weaves an exciting medical triller with high level political intrigue. The story is set within the backdrop of facial transplantation, a world where anyone can have a new face, just ask. R. Arundel brings an authenticity to the story only possible from a real surgeon. Murder, Politics and Medicine intertwine for a refreshingly innovative novel.

My Thoughts

The Face Transplant is a story that could really happen now instead of in the future. With medical technology what it is now, there actually have been a few done with good outcomes, facial transplants are not inconceivable. The story starts out in an operating room where Dr.Matthew MacAulay is doing this very transplant on a man. Unfortunately the man dies and this is the start of Matthews problems. A good friend and fellow facial transplant surgeon dies. Matthew decides to investigate and when more people turn up dead, Matthew and a colleage, Dr.Sarah Larsson, go on the ride of their lives. There are people out there who want Matthew dead because they think he knows to much. Who are "they"? Can't tell you that but it is a plot that goes all the way up the chain of command in America. Matthew has the facial transplant done on him so he can investigate incognito, if you will. This investigation, with the help of other friends and colleagues, takes Matthew and Sarah around the globe to stop the person who has the power to destroy the world.

This book was a well written and well thought out suspenseful murder mystery. I enjoyed the story-line and the characters were so well written that I found myself eagerly turning the pages to see what happens next. I love a good mystery and this one is certainly one of those. It is also a story that will have the reader thinking about what could be done with this type of medical technology. I highly recommend it.