This is what I call a plain tale well told. It is a told story with very little show of the main character's thoughts and feelings.

'Donor' is very much a man's book in that a lot of men enjoy a straightforward story without all the 'mushy, soppy introspective bits.' This does not stop it being a good story, a medical mystery with the main character being an officer in the medical crimes unit. Something which really ought to exist.

The pace is fast, the writing clean and simple and the plot without subplots. It's a nice quick read and a book anyone who likes mysteries would enjoy. I'd recommend it for those awkward teenage boys who sneer at most books. This would keep them reading.

No star rating until I get a private system which does not affect the author's sales.

An easy read while on holiday, but the further I read into the book the less I felt I connected with it.

The theme of underhand practices in a transplant ward was interesting but there was too much low level detail of the main characters travels & thought process. For a doctor, an ex military man & a government investigator he had quite a knack for missing the obvious! Also, naming the animal research intitute Vane Farm seemed odd, given that only 60 miles from where the novel is set the there actually is a wildlife park named Vane Farm. (my local knowledge admittedly, but there must have been many Scots reading this making the same connection) ( )