Medical School Is Murder: A Ben Candidi Mystery (na engleskom)

Medical School Is Murder: A Ben Candidi Mystery (Ben Candidi Mysteries) / Dirk Wyle.
Highland City : Rainbow Books (1 July 2001)
286 str. ; 22 cm
Series: Ben Candidi Mystery Series
ISBN: 1568250843
jezik: engleski
meki uvez
Žanrovi: Misterija, Medicinska fikcija

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This is the third title in the Ben Candidi Mystery Series by real-life biomedical scientist Dirk Wyle. Back Cover Copy: When Rebecca said it was a great career opportunity, Ben had to agree. But with Rebecca in the middle of her training program, Ben's opportunity will mean separation for six months. Ben Candidi, Ph.D., leaves his physician soulmate in Washington DC and returns to Miami's Bryan Medical School to take over a dead scientist's laboratory and two-year grant. And when he is offered $20,000 to write the biography prescribed in eccentric Dr. Peter Peterson's will, Ben accepts that opportunity, too.Collecting humorous anecdotes about the talkative old bachelor and WW-II hero is simple, but making sense of his after-hours crusades for science and reason is much harder. Dr. Peterson made many enemies when he spoke out on public corruption, the right to die, abortion, animal experimentation, human cloning and meat irradiation. And how should Ben deal with rumors that Dr. Peterson had falsified his lab data on dietary supplements? Should Ben heed anonymous warnings to stop looking for substance in Dr. Peterson's crusades? Was last night's burglary just another random act of Miami violence? And what should he tell Rebecca, the next time she calls from Washington? Can he write off the poorly-documented crusades as the delusions of an attention-starved old man? Or was it something other than a heart attack that left Old Pete floating in the canal by Bryan Medical School?

A Tale of Mystery and Suspense at a Major Medical Center

For a newly minted Ph.D. scientist, the offer from Miami seemed too good to be true. Ben will inherit the dead scientist's functioning laboratory and a two-year grant. The late Peter Peterson's results with dietary antioxidants will tie in nicely with the research publications that came from Ben's dissertation. Rebecca thinks this could jump-start a research career for Ben.

But accepting the job in Miami will mean six months of separation from Rebecca, who is in the middle of a world health fellowship in Washington, DC. Nevertheless, Ben's physician soul mate encourages him to seize the opportunity, sensing that he is not happy working as a patent examiner.


Ben accepts the job at Miami's Bryan Medical School, and things seem very promising at first. Peter Peterson's lab is well-stocked, career technician Mildred is able to work semi-independently, and there are two pleasant surprises. Dr. Peterson had drafted three scientific articles that are almost ready for publication. And a lawyer offers Ben $20,000 to write a short biography of Old Pete, which the eccentric scientist had prescribed in his will.

Collecting humorous anecdotes about the talkative old bachelor and WW-II hero is simple enough, but making sense of his after-hours "crusades for science and reason" is much harder. Dr. Peterson made many enemies when he spoke out on public corruption, the right to die, abortion, animal experimentation, human cloning and meat irradiation. Slowly, Ben realizes that he has inherited not only a working lab but also a legacy of trouble. Colleagues advise Ben to let the "crusades" stay buried with Old Pete's bones. Administrators intimate that there might be something wrong with Pete's data on dietary supplements. Then comes a threatening letter.

Should Ben heed the anonymous warnings to stop looking for substance in Dr. Peterson's crusades? Can he write off the poorly documented crusades as the delusions of an attention-starved old man? Or was it something other than a heart attack that left Old Pete floating in the canal by Bryan Medical School?