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Vera Mortina (Dangerous Doctors Series) Paperback – August 24, 2015

by Dimitri H. Markov (Author)
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What to do when the patient is not the sick one? Dr. Richard Bates has devoted his life to making other people feel better and curing other peoples diseases. Now he finds himself fighting for his own life. Needing an additional doctor for his growing internal medicine practice, he contracts with a “head-hunter,” who in his zest for a sale "fails" to perform an adequate background check. Dr. Vera Mortina, Richard's new partner, soon appears, accompanied by acrimony, odd and disturbing idiosyncratic behaviors, and the unexpected deaths of several patients and staff. The closer Richard looks into Vera, with her violent thoughts and bizarre hobbies, the more imperiled his own life becomes. Will the doctor become the patient, and can he survive?
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    August 24, 2015
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 2nd edition (August 24, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 411 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1517029619
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1517029616
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.93 x 8 inches
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Dimitri Markov

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Dimitri Markov, the author's name for Donald Harvey Marks, is a physician and writer of intense medical fiction on the theme of Dangerous Doctors. Markov (Marks) gets his too-near-to-real-life material by observing others in the greater healthcare field for their actions, beliefs, hopes, fears and fantasies. Markov employs his lifetime of medical experience to explore the ill-defined boundary between medical fact and medical fiction. His Dangerous Doctors series of medical fiction includes: Vera Mortina, Her Charm Was Contagious, BloodBird, and The Surrogate. These works tell the (fictional) stories of good doctors, nurses and various health care providers, and doctors who are quite dangerous because of their faults : anger, jealousy, insecurity, greed, and mental illness. Dangerous to patients, dangerous to themselves, and certainly dangerous to those doctors and nurses they work with every day. Themes include the greedy in vitro fertilization business, paranoia and insecurity of aging doctors, commercialization of medical care, and the transplantation of consciousness. If you enjoy true-to-life medical fiction by Robin Cook, Michael Palmer, Patricia Cornwell, Carol Cassella, Kathy Reichs, and Arnaldur Indridason, and the writing style of Scott Turow, then you should be reading Dimitri Markov's Dangerous Doctors series. In that sense, it would probably be dangerous for you to relate to your own health care providers the same way again.

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Frank475
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read - quick hook.
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2019
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I really enjoyed this book. It's well written, hooked me almost immediately and had me rooting for the somewhat naive Dr. Bates the entire time. In addition, I enjoyed the inside view of medicine and medical world that comes as a bonus with the story.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Vera M...
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2017
Vera Mortina, a doctor who joins a small medical group, but without adequate exploration of her rather unusual background. Her sudden arrival is accompanied by acrimony,odd and disturbing idiosyncratic behaviors, and the unexpected deaths of several patients and staff. Dr. Mortina is avery approopriately a member of the Dangerous Doctor series. Dr. Richard Bates looks into Vera, with her vioent thoughts and bizarre hobbies, the more imperiled his own life becomes.

Vera Mortina is a medical thriller. This book tells the story of the dangers of putting patients into the wrong hands and how that can effect the patiens and everybody around them. Follow Vera as she is hired to manage patients, because this one facility is overrunning and they can't handle everyone on their own. Vera learns that isn't what it seems. Soon as Vera starts work at the practice she begins to display odd and troubling behaviors. Patients starts to die in mysterious ways after Vera's arrival.

You will start to ask yourself: Who is behind these deaths? Did Dr. Bates hire the wrong person? Is he safe? Or did someone set Vera up?
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cuteelf
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Medical Thriller
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2017
A beautifully written book Black Inked Pearl is not for the faint of heart or a beginner to fine literature. This book contains several allusions to well known myths and books of literature which implies that the reader be well versed in such works in order to truly appreciate some the references and context of the book. Fortunately, I am and I adored it. A wonderful love story following a girl named Kate as she tries to find a man she once rejected but now realizing it was a huge mistake seeks him out as he is her true love. It was endearing to see a female character seeking a man out instead of the other way around. Kate is bold, spunky, and stubborn which in my opinion makes her all the more lovable. The writing is similar to poetry, so if you are uncomfortable with alot of poetic forms this may not be the book for you.

My suggestion is to read the book out loud, paying attention to the rhythm, flow, and punctuation. It will help you appreciate more the author's intent without drawing back any figurative language. I would reccomend this book to anyone whose even been in love, made a mistake in love, or wants to be love.
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4.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't put it down and I will be picking up more from this author!
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2017
Vera Mortina by Dimitri Markov at first slightly turned me off. I am a total cover person when it comes to books and this cover didn't really do it for me. But after reading a few reviews of it. I decided to give this psychological and medical thriller a try. This book tells the story of the dangers of putting patients into the wrong hands and how that can effect not only the patients but other around them.
This one follows Vera as she is hired to manage patients because this one facility is overrunning and they just cant handle everyone on their own. She learns that things are not what they seem though and she is tossed into one killer story. This one had me on my toes most of the time. With twists and turns I didn't guess who had done what and I was totally surprised when the reveal came. This is one book that even if your like me and the cover didn't speak to you. You should totally try it anyway. Because this book was so good. The author did a fabulous job building the suspense and danger. You really are on the edge of your seat once this gets going. I couldn't put it down and I will be picking up more from this author!
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nannaleigh1110
4.0 out of 5 stars The medical scene is described very knowledgeably here and it is easy to feel that you are there and part of ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2017
This is a suspenseful book is yet another adddition to the Dangerous Doctor series. Dr. Richard Bates finds himself in need of some additional help as his work load of patients increases. After a hasty and not very thorough search, Vera Mortina comes to work with him. While he is drawn to her he disapproves of her smoking and is not sure about the tattoo she has. She has odd mannerisms that Dr. Bates finds curious. When patients and members of the staff meet with untimely and unexpected deaths Dr. Bates looks into Vera a bit more and finds own his own life becoming endangered. Will Richard find his own short stint as a policeman helpful? pasts and what shaped them.The medical scene is described very knowledgeably here and it is easy to feel that you are there and part of the action. The characters you find yourself feeling empathy for as you discover their pasts and what shaped them. This is a book that will keep your interest.
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Kelsey Clemons
3.0 out of 5 stars Vera Mortina was a good thriller book that kept you reading to find out ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2017
Vera Mortina is a thriller about Drs Vera Mortina and Richard Bates. Dr. Bates and Mortina work together in a hospital and clinic together and have never had any problems with each other until a few of Dr. Mortina's patients who were relatively stable started dying unexpectedly. When a few more people of the community are found dead Dr. Bates, as well as a detective, starts to get suspicous and looks into these strings of deaths and finds out business of Dr. Mortina's he does not wish to know, and he also finds himself in danger as well.

Vera Mortina was a good thriller book that kept you reading to find out what was going to happen next. It had a good story line that was very interesting that kept you very entertained and you didnt really want to put the book down. All together I really enjoyed this book and thought it was entertaining.
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