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Dead Still: A Medical Thriller (Dr. Annabel Tilson Novels Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Barbara Ebel (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 771 ratings
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What if you were suddenly paralyzed in the recovery room?

Finally liberated from the two-year confinement of lecture halls and gross anatomy, Annabel Tilson is a medical student working in her first clinical rotation. She has high hopes of mastering the basics of patient care like her famous neurosurgeon father. However, she soon realizes that studying for exams and taking care of patients is only part of the complex burden of her role as a surgical team member.

˃˃˃ It's A Mystery Wrapped In An Enigma

Grappling with a third-year resident who hates her and a dreamy infatuation for her chief resident, Annabel discovers that patients are dying within twenty-four hours of their procedures without apparent surgical complications. A resident from another specialty notices the same troubling pattern. With his help, Annabel takes a crash course in pharmacology.

˃˃˃ This is Book One in the medical adventures of Dr. Annabel Tilson.

Annabel's novel is a spinoff from her father's series, The Dr. Danny Tilson Novels.

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"Author/physician Barbara Ebel's strength lies in two directions: her medical expertise (which lends an insider's viewpoint to proceedings) and her ability to depict the winding path and challenging choices (medical student) Annabel faces beyond the routines of learning how to be a physician.

Whether it's how hospital and career pressures and politics are handled or why Annabel chooses certain paths, Dead Still's well-rounded attention to building characters against the backdrop of the medical milieu in which they interact makes for a powerful, well-done story line that really challenges readers to think.

Fans of Robin Cook may be used to medical intrigue, but the added doses of issues of personal, ethical, and professional survival will very much satisfy those who like their medical mysteries endowed with a sense of personal growth and moral grounding." - Diane C. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

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Featured in Louisville Medicine Magazine!"Dr.Ebel, an anesthesiologist herself, skillfully centers this medical mystery in the Anesthesia department." Her protagonist, Annabel Tilson, "makes a name for herself as an independent thinker, who is compelled to get to the bottom of several completely unexpected post-op deaths involving her patients."

In the beginning, "as we follow the progress of our heroine, there is an 'everydayness' about her actions and behavior, including a very modern, high risk behavior, which is balanced against the ultimate goal that she has set for herself, i.e. becoming a doctor."

When Annabel "becomes a medical sleuth, we are treated to some hard-core pharmacology and physiology ... which is very authentic ... and kept me reading all the way!" - Louisville Medicine Vo. 64 No 6, The Greater Louisville Medical Society

From the Author

All Books by Barbara Ebel, M.D.:

The Outlander Physician Series:
Corruption in the O.R.: A Medical Thriller (The Outlander Physician Series: Book 1)
Wretched Results: A Medical Thriller (The Outlander Physician Series: Book 2)

The Dr. Danny Tilson Series:
Operation Neurosurgeon (A Dr. Danny Tilson Novel: Book 1).
Silent Fear: a Medical Mystery (A Dr. Danny Tilson Novel: Book 2). Also an Audiobook.
Collateral Circulation: a Medical Mystery (A Dr. Danny Tilson Novel: Book 3). Also an Audiobook.
Secondary Impact (A Dr. Danny Tilson Novel: Book 4).

The Dr. Annabel Tilson Series:
DEAD STILL: A Medical Thriller (Dr. Annabel Tilson Novels Book 1)
DEADLY DELUSIONS: A Medical Thriller (Dr. Annabel Tilson Novels Book 2)
DESPERATE TO DIE: A Medical Thriller (Dr. Annabel Tilson Novels Book 3)
DEATH GRIP: A Medical Thriller (Dr. Annabel Tilson Novels Book 4)
DOWNRIGHT DEAD: A Medical Thriller (Dr. Annabel Tilson Novels Book 5)
DANGEROUS DOCTOR: A Medical Thriller (Dr. Annabel Tilson Novels Book 6)

Stand-alone Medical Fiction:
Outcome, A Novel
Her Flawless Disguise

Nonfiction HealthBook:
Younger Next Decade: After Fifty, the Transitional Decade, and What You Need to Know. (nonfiction health book).

EBook Box Sets:
The Dr. Annabel Tilson Novels Box Set:
Books 1-3 (The Dr. Annabel Tilson Series)
The Dr. Annabel Tilson Novels Box Set:
Books 4-6 (The Dr. Annabel Tilson Series)
The Dr. Danny Tilson Novels Box Set:
Books 1-4 (The Dr. Danny Tilson Series)

The Chester the Chesapeake Series:
A children's book series about Dr. Barbara's loveable therapy dog; illustrated with real pictures.
Chester the Chesapeake Book One
Chester the Chesapeake Book Two: Summertime
Chester the Chesapeake Book Three: Wintertime
Chester the Chesapeake Book Four: My Brother Buck
Chester the Chesapeake Book Five: The Three Dogs of Christmas

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01IY5BQP0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Barbara Mary Ebel (July 22, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 22, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 948 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0991158997
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 771 ratings

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Barbara Ebel

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Barbara Ebel is an award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author who sprinkles credible medicine into the background of her medical suspense novels. Since she is a physician and specialized in Anesthesiology, her operating room scenes shine. However, her vivid characters and plots take center stage.

She has penned two medical suspense series, a separate medical novel, and five children’s books about her therapy dog.

“Doctor Barbara’s” Dr. Annabel Tilson series includes six books (which can each stand alone), and is based on a female medical sleuth who promises exciting times on the wards as well as in her personal life. Two books in the series have won awards: Death Grip, the 4th book, won the 2018 NIEA award (National Indie Excellence Award), and Deadly Delusions won the 2017 Kindle Book Awards Semi-Finalist for thrillers.

Her first series, the Dr. Danny Tilson novels, takes place in Tennessee and is based on a neurosurgeon who has his hands full in the O.R. as well as in his personal life due to a female villainess, a favorite character of readers (who have a love-hate relationship with her). Dr. Danny’s third book, Collateral Circulation, was the 2015 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist for Medical Thrillers. Operation Neurosurgeon, the first book in the series, was the top finalist for best-selling medical mystery books in 2012. (Best Selling Books' blog announced on PR Buzz Press Release Wire, Chicago, IL).

Dr. Ebel lives in a natural wildlife corridor in Tennessee with her husband and dogs. She maintains an active, non-clinical role in medicine, and loves to hear from readers.

You may find more information about her and her books at:

http://www.barbaraebelmd.com

Her twitter handle is: @barbaraebel

In addition to her adult writing, she has illustrated and penned a children's book series called Chester the Chesapeake. The books developed during her philanthropic visits with her therapy dog, Chester. The dog books continue to inspire adults and children alike.

You may find Chester at: http://dogbooksforchildren.weebly.com

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Sunny
5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding and Compelling Medical Suspense and A True Work of k of Art.- by Dr. Barbara Ebel.
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2016
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This is an outstanding and Intriguing Medical Suspense - And a real work of ART! by Dr. Barbara Ebel. - "DEAD STILL"

Dr. Ebel is an Award Winning Best Seller Author who has done it again with this great stand alone new series. It is a spin-off of the Dr. Danny Tilson Medical Suspense. Book 4 "Secondary Impact."

Dr. Ebel is a Master-Mind story teller who knows how to spin an intriguing and compelling Medical Suspense. Her professional and medical background makes her shine and lends much credibility to her great suspense novels. It is professionally well-written and edited and contains a cast of three dimensional and well defined characters. This book far exceeds the run of the mill productions.

Dead Still is fast paced and very exciting and I could not put it down. It captured my attention from the first page until the last. I actually hated to see it end but am looking forward to book two in this outstanding new series. If you enjoy medical suspense, you will certainly like this outstanding and unique novel. It is a must read for medical fans and students. I especially enjoyed the actual medical facts that made it read like a true story.This revolves around Annabel Tilson who is the daughter of the famous, Dr. Danny Tilson. Annabel is just beginning her clinical rotation in surgery. She realizes it will be grueling and complex work but she was not prepared for the obsticles she faces.

Dr. Mack is a third - year resident who in on Annable medical team and is sabbatoging her efforts. He does not like Annabel because he believes she was only admitted to the medical school because of nepotism and the fact her father is a well known and well respected neurosurgeon. Things soon become more complicated when a rash of patients die within twenty-four hours of their routine surgical procedures without any apparent complications.This discourages Annabel. She soon meets a resident in another specialty who shares her concers and statistics. Together they dig into the patients facts and look for a common demominator for the reasons tor these stranage deaths But time is running out and will Annable be able to pass her clinical and important exam without jeopardizing her medical future.

I truly enjoyed this great novel and highly recommend it. Especially for medical students and medical fans. This book will keep you turning the pages and looking for more. It is a story you won't soon forget.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Dead Still
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2020
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Medical thriller about third year med students during their surgical rotation. The story reviews their hectic schedule and growth as they learn and work together. Annabel is obviously the star character. She's excited about the rotation, as are her fellow students. One of the residents instantly dislikes her due to his views on women after a broken relationship and does his best to undermine her. She's close to her fellow students and her family so she pushes on. Post operative patients unexpectedly die and there is a question as to why. Annabel and an anaesthesia intern put their heads together to find the answer.
The storyline and plot were good. The characters well developed and it felt like I was right there in the hospital with them. My issues were with Annabel's lust for their attending physician, and her sex hookups on the "findar" app. So much time was spent on her crushing and lusting after their attending that he was in nearly every thought she had. And the sex hookups weren't really important to the story. They weren't explicit, they just weren't relevant. I could be wrong but I would think she'd be too busy with the rotation work and studying to spend every waking second thinking about men and sex. It just got old after the first few chapters. Other than that the book was great. I had a bit of a hard time pronouncing a few of the medical terms, though I was familiar with several others. I would read more from this author.
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Sheri
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Medical Mustery
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024
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This book kept you wanting to read more!
I’m looking forward to more of this authors books
Kept me wanting to know more!
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kate fuller
3.0 out of 5 stars If only this poor author had had a copyeditor!
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2018
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Interesting insights into medical education, med students, hospital and healthcare issues by a doctor who knows of what she writes. Really frustrating to fight my way through the poor diction, wrong punctuation, crummy sentence construction, etc. The author apparently did hire an editor but not a real one. Too bad. In fairness, I did find the actual story and details compelling enough to get through to the end.
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Amazon Customer Maureen M
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2023
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Author is organized and intelligent. Her use of medical jargon was correct and factual. I enjoyed reading how the drug mystery was solved in the ending. I didn't enjoy reading any script on the silly school crush. A doc would never be that in responsible or unprofessional.
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Charles A. Ray
4.0 out of 5 stars In medicine, nothing is simple
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017
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Annabel Tillson, a third-year medical student is starting her clinical rotation. Her first stop is the surgery ward, where she initially finds it difficult to live up to her neurosurgeon father’s stellar reputation, and one of the medical residents has an intense dislike of her. Then, patients start dying within 24 hours of uncomplicated surgical procedures. Annabel suspects there is some commonality among the deceased, and, with the help of a resident from another specialty, undertakes her own investigation.

Dead Still by Barbara Ebel is a stunning medical mystery that, unlike other mysteries, doesn’t have a human antagonist. Nonetheless, it has a human villain who complicates Annabel’s already complicated life. The author displays her extensive medical knowledge, mostly through dialogue, perhaps more than really necessary, but it is still a compelling read. After reading this book, the reader is likely to think twice before going to hospital, even for a simple procedure. The characters are all fully fleshed out, the setting is intense, and the plot is well crafted.
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Ellen M.
5.0 out of 5 stars medical thriller
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2024
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Medical mysteries or thriller are my favorite genre. This one kept my attention enough to complete in one sitting. Great read.
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Peter Dare
3.0 out of 5 stars Too technical
Reviewed in Spain on September 25, 2019
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A medical student gets bullied and eventually comes out on top. The concept is good but has been overdone in other books and TV dramas. Also the medical descriptions of the patients problems and the drugs used are far too complicated for non medical knowledgeable readers to appreciate.
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Roger
4.0 out of 5 stars Gripping story line with unexpected twists
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2017
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An enjoyable page turner once it got going. As a non-medical person I found some of the text difficult to follow. Overall I learned a few things and would recommend this book.
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noni
5.0 out of 5 stars I just love Barbara Ebel's books - all of them
Reviewed in Australia on November 2, 2016
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I just love Barbara Ebel's books - all of them! They satisfy both my wishes for medical and mystery content
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2.0 out of 5 stars 2*
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2017
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Was actually quite disappointed in this book as I had seen all the glowing reviews on Amazon.com. I didn't find it nearly as interesting or well written as I'd hoped, and found myself in agreement with the lesser rated reviews. All in all, a series and author I wouldn't look out for in the future.
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