THE CERTIFICATE an utterly gripping medical thriller full of twists
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All her life, she has been overlooked by difficult patients, disinterested colleagues and even her own family.
So when she discovers a way to commit the perfect crime, Jane seizes the opportunity and begins deliberating who of her many patients is most deserving of her murderous attention.
And when elderly James Walsh tries one to many times to proposition her, Jane seizes her chance.
Although Walsh’s mother seems unconvinced by Jane’s explanation of his death, no one else, least of all Jane’s fellow doctors, seems the least bit surprised.
As the days past, she can’t help thinking that she may indeed have escaped suspicion.
Driven by this knowledge and with a new-found taste for murder, she soon turns her mind to her next victim.
However, when a formal complaint is made against her by bad-tempered Clara Blatter, it seems that she may have picked the wrong woman.
Soon, Jane finds herself under investigation and when she carries out her second murder, the net begins to close in tighter.
When her normally unassuming boss starts to become suspicious, Jane resorts to drastic measures to avoid detection, as her perfect crime quickly turns into a nightmare that could cost her everything.
The Certificate is a heart racing medical thriller that will leave you begging for more.
Praise for Priscilla Masters
‘A natural story-teller’ – Robert Foster, bestselling author of The Lunar Code
‘It is always a joy to discover a crime writer with a sure touch and the capacity to shock’ – Peter Lovesey
‘More than a match for Rendell and Christie’ – Hampstead and Highgate Express
Priscilla Masters lives in Shropshire with her husband, a GP in the Potteries. Night Visit was the first of her medical mystery novels, followed by A Fatal Cut and Coming Home. She is also the author of the Joanna Piercy police series.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Lume Books Murder Mystery Crime Fiction (24 Aug. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 2028 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 82 pages |
by Mrs. N. Richards
Jane Ziegler is a district nurse in her late 40s,very plain and over weight ( according to her ),her two daughters and mother have nothing to do with her,she lives a solitary life doing her best to fade into the background.She doesn’t mix with her work colleagues,just goes to work,takes care of her patients and then goes home to her empty house.Then one day she realises that she is in the perfect position to commit the perfect murder because she has access to a certain certificate.Picking the perfect victim is easy,there are plenty of patients that have bad attitudes and get on her nerves.It’s just a case of working out an undetectable method to kill someone without raising suspicion about how they died and her involvement.
I had mixed feelings about Jane,she didn’t come across as a very nice person,she looked down on people and was very opinionated but she had also be treated badly by her mother and ex husband whose digs and comments have obviously eaten into her self esteem and given a complete lack of confidence so I did feel a tiny bit of sympathy for her.There are a lot of people in the world that have been mistreated and have no self confidence and they don’t wake up one morning and decide that they are going to kill someone just to see if they can get away with it so there was obviously something wrong with her mentally to begin with.Who will she decide to murder,how will they do it and will she get away with it?.
The book only has 71 pages and the story is told by Jane as she voices her thoughts on how she feels and the people around her.It’s not fast paced but the story was intriguing enough to keep the reader interested and there was a twist at the end.It would have been interesting to have had some more background information on Jane,like why her daughters weren’t talking to her which was never explained but it was an interesting story,quite scary when you think of all the trust that we have to put in people writhing work in the medical profession ,it was well written and I did enjoy reading the book.
by J. Lesley
I received an e-ARC of this short story through NetGalley and Endeavour Press.
I have to admit to enjoying this short story quite a bit. I have recently discovered the novels of Priscilla Masters and have liked what I’ve read so wanted to try this story because of the premise. A nurse, with a lot of low self-esteem issues, begins to think what it would be like to rid herself of quarrelsome, rude, or just plain mean patients by committing the perfect murder. The most essential element in her planning is right there under her hand and available.
For such a short story (71 pages) Masters did a good job of giving her character depth and dimension. When you read as many mystery novels as I do you can’t help but wonder what it would take to commit the perfect murder. Here nurse Jane Zeiner has spent 15 years working for this group of general practitioners going on daily rounds to care for patients who can’t come into the office for the regular treatment they need. Jane begins to think through the process of how she could kill a patient and get away with it. I liked how the author had Jane go through all the thought processes for months before she made any decision on what she might do. Watching her try to work out a murder that would prove undetectable was quite interesting.
If you decide to read this story, don’t miss the author’s comments after the story ends. I laughed out loud!
by Nell
I enjoyed this insight into the life of a “Plain Jane” who has been overlooked all her life so far and I had a great deal of sympathy for Jane.
This was a quick read but it contains a lot of details that are interesting and written about well, and the author clearly knows the subject ( liked the note at the end )
I would gladly have carried on reading and thought the story could have been extended slightly.
by lesley
great read.
by Mary H
Was so looking forward to reading this book, but have ended up really disappointed. No substance to the story whatsoever. Didn ‘t grip me or hold my attention. Found it totally unconvincing. Not for me !
by Madeira
A very good read. Pricilla Masters is one of my favourite writers. Interesting story line. A real page turner.
by mrs marilyn liu
great read, loved it!
by dr michael edwards
Too short to build up tension , some factual gaps but I LOVE CILLA ANYWAY !