The Perfect Match

by Dennis Ross

Overview

How far

would you go

to save someone

you love?

Nick Seratino is a vibrant, handsome young man starting college when he receives a terrible diagnosis. He has end stage renal disease, requiring dialysis and ultimately a new kidney, and is placed on a transplant waiting list.

Emilio Seratino is not willing to watch his son waste away. There are "many options" for a new kidney, and Emilio plans to utilize them all. When patients ahead of Nick on the waiting list start mysteriously dying, the authorities are called in to investigate. Meanwhile, Nick's condition digs up family secrets better left buried.

Much as John Grisham educates readers about legal topics, Dr. Dennis Ross showcases his medical knowledge in The Perfect Match, teaching readers about kidney failure with many a thrilling twist and turn up to the final bloody crescendo.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781480877528
Publisher:	Archway Publishing
Publication date:	06/28/2019
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.53(d)

Editorial Reviews

2019-09-24
In Ross' debut thriller, hospital patients awaiting kidney transplants begin dying under suspicious circumstances.

Nineteen-year-old Nick Seratino and his younger sister, Teresa, get in a car accident, but fortunately, they aren't seriously injured. Nick, however, gets bad news at Deaconess Hospital in Chicago; it turns out he has previously undiagnosed kidney failure. His father, Emilio, who has ties to the mob, is determined to see his son receive a healthy kidney. Emilio's wealth may help in that regard, particularly after he promises to pay $5 million to Deaconess' transplant program. But even if that bumps Nick up the transplant list, it doesn't mean that there will be an available match for him. Emilio isn't a match, either, and readers know it may be because he's not Nick's biological father. But then patients higher up on the list mysteriously die, and doctors suspect homicide. Nick's older sister, Selena, a graduate chemistry student, fears that her brother is in danger, so she looks into the unexplained deaths. Other investigators zero in on Emilio, a man who's accustomed to getting exactly what he wants, by whatever means necessary. Author Ross, a kidney specialist, writes in an unadorned but informative style. The doctors in the story, for example, comprehensively explain their procedures in intelligent and remarkable passages. There are also some mysteries aside from the murders, such as the identity of Nick's father. Several sympathetic characters populate the narrative, from patients in the dialysis unit to a mother who suffers a tragic loss. By contrast, Nick is less appealing; he only gets into Providence University after Emilio's associate threatens the university president, and, at first, Nick is solely interested in the college's "fantastic parties." However, he gradually acknowledges his faults, particularly regarding his treatment of women, including Selena.

A worthy murder mystery with clearly explained medical terms.

Kirkus Reviews