Talk about a terrible first day of work

I still haven't quite decided if Lifelines should be catagorized as a mystery or not, although as I read, I'm also starting to wonder if it shouldn't be in Romance section (I suppose though it's not really different from the Nora Roberts books I've read, and none of those were in the Romance section either, so maybe not).

I can't imagine starting your first day at work as the ER attending physician and having the Chief of Surgery's son die on your shift - and then have him blame you for it and try to end your job, if not your career. Granted, some of that comes from an inability to see myself being a doctor and especially being an ER (or ED - Emergency Department) doctor in the first place. But still, there's not much that could beat that as the "Worst First Day Ever."

I'm hoping to finish the book tonight (as normal, I'd like to know how it ends), but with over a hundred pages left, I won't guarentee that will happen - even if I could perhaps stay up later as I don't have to be up quite as early tomorrow.

I'm somewhat curious how much of the descriptions and/or situations are based on the author's experience (she is a doctor). I often wonder this with books I've read - but it also makes sense to pick that sort of a theme for a book you're writing (the whole write what you know idea). Not everyone chooses to do that (to an extent fantasy writers in particular don't - although enough of the situations/characters/events could be similar to Earth/real-world ones).

Back to the book!