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Murder under the Microscope

Jane Bennett Munro
iUniverse (2011)
ISBN 9781450298629
Reviewed by Kam Aures for RebeccasReads (2/12)

   “There was a dead body in my office.
     It wasn’t mine, and I didn’t put it there.
     I found it when I got called in for a frozen section at the ungodly hour of five o’clock in the morning.
     Hurrying into the office, I tripped and damn near brained myself on the corner of my desk.  The desk lamp fell over on me.  That, plus my hangover, nearly did me in.
     I picked up the lamp and switched it on.
     On the floor lay the body of a woman in tight white pants and a red tank top.  Long, black hair fell over her face, obscuring it, but there was no doubt in my mind who it was.  My first instinct was to run right back home and crawl under the covers.”  (p.1)

These are the words of Dr. Toni Day, a pathologist at Perrine Memorial Hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho.  A month prior to the incident above, a new doctor had been brought in to fill in for another physician who was out for medical reasons.  This doctor, Dr. Sally Shore, has other plans besides simply doing her job.  She has it out for Toni and tries to ruin her reputation.  Little did Toni know what was about to lie ahead of her.

Written in a short paragraph and short chapter style,“Murder under the Microscope” is a very fast-paced read that will hold your attention.  I found the main characters to be quite intriguing.  I really enjoy medical mysteries, and “Murder under the Microscope” was no exception.  The author, Jane Bennett Munro, M.D., like the main character Toni, is a pathologist.  This fact lends quite a bit of credibility to the novel and I enjoyed the inside look into the day-to-day life of a person in this profession.  This “realness” definitely added to the story in a positive way and it would have been very difficult for an “outsider” to this profession to write this book in such a believable and compelling manner. 

If you are a fan of medical mysteries, I recommend putting Munro’s “Murder under the Microscope” on your reading list.  This is Munro’s first novel, but I expect that we will be seeing more books from her in the years to come.  

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