Search - Beat the Reaper

The title of the book initially peeked my interest when I purchased it. Once I got into the book, I realized that I was going for a ride of my life. The basic premise of this book focuses on Peter Brown, a medical resident, whose under the Federal Witness Protection Program. How did he get here? Imagine that Peter was once a mafia hit man in NYC. Between the stories of being a hitman and life in a second-class hospital, this book will leave your head a spinning. The author's use of flashbacks in this book will definitely keep you on your toes.

This is probably the first non-school fiction that I've ever read that has footnotes. The footnotes are sometimes informative and always humorous. Just like the rest of the book, may I add. The book is split between the past and the present. I thought it was a little weird that it alternated, but it turned out to work well, especially in the beginning, when I was more interested in Pietro's action filled past, as opposed to his seemingly half-a$$ed attempt at being a doctor.

A warning to the squeamish (or not so, because I was quite disturbed as well), there is one VERY disturbing scene in this book. It should not deter you from reading this book, however, just a word of caution.

Wow, this had one of the most bizarre and disgusting climactic fight scenes I've ever read. But overall, an entertaining book. The narrator's tongue-in-cheek tone distracts you from the fact that there's a lot of awful things going on. Read it in one sitting.