Reviewed by Anne Boling for Readers' Favorite

June, a young homeless woman, dies. The hospital suspects cardiac arrest caused by a drug overdose. . Her friend, Greg, is distraught. He knows she was not a drug user, but he does not know where to go to seek help until he meets Therese Edwards. Therese is an affluent woman seeking a satisfying direction in her life. She begins to investigate June’s death. What she discovers will change her life forever.

The symptoms of Alzheimer’s are many: “memory loss, lack of appetite, trouble hearing, confusion, depression, and fever.”  Many were suffering from the neurodegerative disorder. Now Stuart Franklin saw the early symptoms in himself. Franklin was the head of a large pharmaceutical company. With billions of dollars at his disposal, he hired the best to find a cure for the debilitating disorder, Dr. Richard Weigand. What Franklin proposed was unethical. The offer was too enticing for Richard to turn down.

The Cure by Robert Rand & Maida Sussman reminds me of the early works by Dr. Robin Cook. I love a good medical thriller and The Cure did not disappoint me. The topic is timely. Many are suffering from dementia and stem cells seemed to offer hope. I had to remind myself that The Cure was fiction; it seemed true to life. The characters are interesting and well-developed. I suspect we will hear the names of Rand and Sussman again. Fans of medical thrillers will not want to miss The Cure.