I wanted to read this as soon as I read the book description, so I was thrilled when Dr. Mabry offered to send me a review copy. And it was as good as I’d hoped.
Bob Bannister is a charlatan. He’s a preacher with a healing ministry, but something goes wrong when he finds the woman he prayed for wasn’t his paid shill. Did she actually get healed? Abby Davis is a Christian doctor in town, a family practitioner faced with a growing number of elderly patients with elderly issues, and who is running into problems as a result. Scott Anderson is a medical doctor who abandoned medicine and went to seminary following the death of his wife. He’s now struggling to share God’s word in his new role as assistant pastor.
Three people, each struggling in their own way, but united in that their struggles all relate to the link between faith and medicine. Those struggles are the “bitter pill” of the title, a reminder that we all go through struggles as Christians, but struggles are how we grow.
Bitter Pill is a novel about character growth and change.
It’s not the typical Richard Mabry novel. Sure, it’s got the medical setting, but it’s not medical suspense in the same way as his previous novels (no bodies on the driveway in Chapter One). It also has a stronger faith aspect than some of his previous novels, with a valuable message.
Recommended.
Thanks to the author for providing a free ebook for review.
About Richard Mabry
I’m a retired physician who, in addition to writing, is a husband and grandfather, plays (and enjoys) golf, and does the hundred-and-one other things that retired people do.
I got into non-medical writing after the death of my first wife with my book, THE TENDER SCAR: LIFE AFTER THE DEATH OF A SPOUSE. I’m gratified that it continues to help those who have lost a loved one.
Now I’m writing what I call “medical suspense with heart.” My novels have been finalists for the ACFW Carol Award, Romantic Times’ Best Inspirational Novel and their Reviewer’s Choice Award, have won the Selah award, and been named by Christian Retailing as the best in the mystery/suspense/thriller category.
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About Bitter Pill
Things were going along just fine. Until the miracle fouled them up.
“Brother” Bob Bannister is content with his life and his itinerant healing ministry, until one night he finds that the woman who walks off the stage under her own power isn’t one of his shills. At that point, doubts begin to intrude on his previously untroubled existence.
Dr. Abby Davis is tired of her family practice and at odds with God. Dealing with critically ill and dying patients has crushed her spirit to the point she’s ready to quit. But she soon realizes that there’s more to healing than ministering to the physical body.
Scott Anderson was the oldest graduate of his seminary class. Then again, most of them hadn’t turned away from a medical practice, hoping to atone for past mistakes (including his wife’s death) by ministering to men’s souls. Now he hopes he hasn’t made a colossal mistake in switching careers.
Each of these individuals becomes linked to the other, and each finds that God has a purpose for them—but, as it often does, the lesson comes with discomfort.
