Chapter By Chapter (usually) features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as a read-along book club.

Well, it’s been a fun few days as I fight off the remnants of a cold, which is why this is coming out on Thursday instead of Monday. Next week should be back to the usual posting spot, but while I’ve got comic reviews on cliffhangers I can at least get this one moving. Last time we had some really good character moments until we got the mental alert that something is wrong with one of the patients. That took two short chapters, but this week we only have the one big one.

I am not usually a mystery fan…because I’m not very good at solving mystery stories. Even Scooby-Doo is hard, and I was still disappointed when DC Comics didn’t even try during their run, or at least the ones I got through before I gave up. I only bought this book because it had the same characters I enjoyed in The IDIC Epidemic, and I’m not usually into medical procedure stories either. This as I recall IS a mystery story. This is where the last part of this article series intro really comes into play so let me repeat it: There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as a read-along book club.

I’ll hold off on clue discussion past the “read more” jump so anyone coming in on the homepage who might want to read along or hasn’t read the book yet and wants to go in clear to solve the mystery along with our crew. I do insist you not spoil or even hint to a clue or the solution from later in the book than the chapter we’re discussing here. So any hints, spoilers, and “wait until later” comments that take place after the chapter we’re currently on (chapter five in his case) are not allowed and I will delete words, lines, or whole posts if I have to. I’m not that hardnosed usually and won’t be making a habit of it, but considering this is a mystery we should all solve together (it’s been so long from my original reading that I’m practically coming in fresh, only remembering how they did it and I’ll try to keep myself in check on that) I’m going to a bit more strict for the rest of this book. With that, let’s go check on our patient.

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