Book info

• Title A Particularly Nasty Case
• Author Adam Kay
• Year 2025
• Genre Mystery

When a toxic hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. Nobody else does though, including some quite crucial players like the police and the coroner. But Eitan just won't let it drop, and his friends and colleagues become increasingly concerned about his mental health as his chaotic investigation and equally chaotic life spiral out of control. Is he making a career-ending mistake, or could there genuinely be a killer stalking the wards?

Thoughts

I had high hopes for this book as Adam Kay is a great writer and has done incredible things for raising awareness of the pressures the NHS is under whilst still remaining humourous and hilarious. The book took me a while to get into because none of the characters seemed that pleasant and certainly not relatable to me. But I’m glad I stuck with it because actually as a whodunit it was interesting, and as the characters began to twist and turn and take centre stage, it really got good. Definitely worth a read.

Rating: 4 / 5