Darden North, MD

Steven Babitsky, Esq., president of SEAK, presents a writing award to me during the 2012 SEAK Fiction Writing Conference for Physicians and Lawyers in Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Approximately 140 participants were in attendance.

Steven Babitsky presents Darden North a writing award during the 2012 Fiction Writing Conference for Physicians and Lawyers in Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Approximately 140 participants were in attendance.

Skin Deep by Gary Braver I found SKIN DEEP by Gary Braver a rapid 400+ page read over a week-long vacation, but a disturbing piece of fiction. Braver is able to hide the real killer from the reader until about 3/4 of the way through and handles the disguise in a clever way. He convolutes the ending to break the predictable "cops to the rescue just in the nick-of-time" climax but spoils it somewhat with wordy backstory in the last few pages. I recommend this novel to thriller fans. View all my reviews

Originally published as a simultaneuous review of both books on March 19, 2011, by Dew on the Kudzu. The review is reproduced below but the link to the website review is: http://dewbookreviews.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html As reviewed by Dew on the Kudzu ( dewonthekudzu.com ): Darden North Medical Thrillers Saturday, March 19, 2011 Points of Origin and Fresh Frozen Author: Darden North      Publisher: Ponder House Press Darden North is a Mississippi author who also happens to be a practicing MD, which leads to a true sense of realism in his books. His writing has been described : "Finally a doctor whose writing you can read." This is true. The writing is straight forward, containing healthcare issues, but not so filled with the jargon that you lose interest after trying to decipher the medical jargon.   The plot of Points of Origin centers around Sher Foxworth, a young man who has every intention of becoming a doctor until...

Sometimes we mix fact with fiction in pursuing our careers. If, like I, you're writing medical thrillers and murder mysteries while still practicing medicine fulltime, it's certainly important to keep the two separate. In an interview article in the April 2011  E-Blizzard published by District VII of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, I candidly answer questions about my work in the ob/gyn field as it relates to my literary career. Here is a link to the article; however, with permission from the author, the text is reproduced below the link: http://www.acog.org/departments/dept_notice.cfm?recno=51&bulletin=5562 From medical practice to medical thrillers: The E-Blizzard interviews novelist Dr. Darden H. North When attempting to become a novelist, it is said: “Write what you know.” For Darden H. North, MD, of Jackson, MS, that meant reaching beyond 24 years of general ob-gyn practice to delve into cut-throat medica...

http://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=darden+north The ebook format of my three novels is on sale 50% off the week of March 6 -12, 2011, only at http://www.smashwrds.com/ . This is the link to my listing on Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=darden+north My novels are also available on iPad, Kindle, Sony eReader, Kobo, Nook, and others. Fresh Frozen Someone wants to steal a movie star’s frozen embryos as the boundaries between good and evil medicine are blurred, and reality replaces science fiction. Under the eye of an Internet voyeur, a naïve policeman and his tormented wife discover that human reproductive tissue can become a fatal commodity. Points of Origin Set in a contemporary southern town, the death of patient Flowers Ridley costs Dr. Dan Foxworth his plastic surgery dynasty and his own life. While several families are consumed with retribution against a conniving lawyer and the overly ambitious doctor, an arsonist plans the ultimate...

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