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audiobookconfessions's review against another edition
5.0
What would you do if you had a person important to you dying with no luck from a transplant list? This is what Walt and his crew is having to investigate in this book and it makes you wonder what if. Robert has flawlessly written about a subject not commonly discussed and his so many conversation pieces on the head that brings questions and opinions out in the open. What another amazing listen.
mad_about_books's review
5.0
Alongside the continuing story of Walt Williams, senior citizen cop, are issues that are controversial. In
LADY JUSTICE AND THE ORGAN TRADERS, the issue of buying and selling kidneys is brought to light. This illegal practice, like others of a medical nature, is a two-sided story. When the procedure is successful, no one knows that a kidney has been bought from someone in dire need of cash and transplanted into someone who has the ability to pay an exorbitant price. The two-sided argument is much like that of those who advocate for and against the practice of euthanasia.
This serious subject is balanced with Maggie's long-lost brother showing up at the door after a fifty-year separation. It is both a happy and sad situation that interweaves with the criminal plotline.
There is a lot happening in LADY JUSTICE AND THE ORGAN TRADERS that involves Walt and Ox, and the rest of the over-the-hill gang. Continuing sagas need a good backstory to keep everything moving along smoothly. Over the earlier books, we are introduced to characters that continue to make appearances. The Lady Justice series is quite like a soap opera version of a police procedural.
Because of the importance of the backstory to the series, I do recommend that you start with the first book, LADY JUSTICE TAKES A C.R.A.P., and work your way through. Besides, don't you want to know what the acronym C.R.A.P. stands for?
LADY JUSTICE AND THE ORGAN TRADERS, the issue of buying and selling kidneys is brought to light. This illegal practice, like others of a medical nature, is a two-sided story. When the procedure is successful, no one knows that a kidney has been bought from someone in dire need of cash and transplanted into someone who has the ability to pay an exorbitant price. The two-sided argument is much like that of those who advocate for and against the practice of euthanasia.
This serious subject is balanced with Maggie's long-lost brother showing up at the door after a fifty-year separation. It is both a happy and sad situation that interweaves with the criminal plotline.
There is a lot happening in LADY JUSTICE AND THE ORGAN TRADERS that involves Walt and Ox, and the rest of the over-the-hill gang. Continuing sagas need a good backstory to keep everything moving along smoothly. Over the earlier books, we are introduced to characters that continue to make appearances. The Lady Justice series is quite like a soap opera version of a police procedural.
Because of the importance of the backstory to the series, I do recommend that you start with the first book, LADY JUSTICE TAKES A C.R.A.P., and work your way through. Besides, don't you want to know what the acronym C.R.A.P. stands for?
dararm's review
3.0
Interesting for several reasons. These include
1) Located in Kansas City; I have lived within 100 miles of this my whole life. Areas of the book are familiar and some history to Armour building and surroundings.
2) The subject of organ transplant by individuals selling their organs is a controversial issue. Having been a recipient of a heart transplant I know the pre, during and post transplant procedure to safely have a transplant and follow up.
3) The characters were unusual-- a 70 something police officer and his long lost brother in law who is a McGuyver want a be and waiting for a kidney transplant.
4) Humor
It is pretty far fetched that a ring would set up a illegal transplant center in Kansas City, find individuals offerig to sell organs and families needing black market organs to pay high prices for transplants. Knowing what is involved in the process before, during and after a transplant makes me ask all kinds of questions. For instance, afterwards, how do the recipients have the necessary follow up, medicines, testing for rejection, etc. Any post transplant treating facility would want to have the medical records of when and where the surgery was performed, etc. One doesn't just have a transplant and is cured. It is a lifetime of challenges afterwards.
If I just read this story it is enjoyable, but it is truly impossible to believe it could happen.
1) Located in Kansas City; I have lived within 100 miles of this my whole life. Areas of the book are familiar and some history to Armour building and surroundings.
2) The subject of organ transplant by individuals selling their organs is a controversial issue. Having been a recipient of a heart transplant I know the pre, during and post transplant procedure to safely have a transplant and follow up.
3) The characters were unusual-- a 70 something police officer and his long lost brother in law who is a McGuyver want a be and waiting for a kidney transplant.
4) Humor
It is pretty far fetched that a ring would set up a illegal transplant center in Kansas City, find individuals offerig to sell organs and families needing black market organs to pay high prices for transplants. Knowing what is involved in the process before, during and after a transplant makes me ask all kinds of questions. For instance, afterwards, how do the recipients have the necessary follow up, medicines, testing for rejection, etc. Any post transplant treating facility would want to have the medical records of when and where the surgery was performed, etc. One doesn't just have a transplant and is cured. It is a lifetime of challenges afterwards.
If I just read this story it is enjoyable, but it is truly impossible to believe it could happen.