Black Deception is a medical thriller set in a Miami, Florida medical center. Angela Butler has been offered a job as a physician’s assistant in the world renowned Menorah Medical Center’s surgery department. Dr. Kevin Diamond, the department head hires Angela to assist him in his genetic cloning therapy research institute. Once she is there, however, Angela’s view of Dr. Diamond changes from medical pioneer to medical pirate. Patients experience dangerous medical, secretaries misplace patient records and Dr. Diamond takes patient’s DNA specimens without the patient’s consent. Angela believes that Dr. Diamond is creating human embryos from the stolen specimens through unauthorized genetic cloning, but she doesn’t know how to prove it. At the same time she must prove to the Miami police that she is not an accomplice to an unsolved homicide. Apparently the same people that robbed her home used her identity to rent their runaway vehicle. The plot thickens when Angela’s home invasions are tied to Dr. Diamond’s business partners.

When I read the back cover of this novel, I was immediately excited about this book. The premise was unique enough to garner my attention. However, it lost my interest after the third page.

Payton’s plot should produce quite a page-turner, but it falls short, because of her novice writing skills. The book is hard to follow and there are too many characters to keep up with. Although the story is packed with complicated medical jargon, the facts lose their power and authenticity. Payton overwrites her dialogues, does a poor job at fleshing out her characters and builds a weak climax. Her love story is underdeveloped and she does a poor job at subplotting. The book is inappropriately titled Black Deception. It should be titled Book Deception, because it reads more like a first draft than a completed piece. For someone who wants to delve into a good read, they will be disappointed.

Therefore, I have no choice, but to give the book two pens- one for effort and one for trying to bring something new to the table. Hopefully, Payton can pull it off in her second novel, Cloning or at least I hope she can.

Monica Regina Payton

it is different. a medical thriller.

Payton’s plot should produce quite a page-turner, but it falls short, because of her novice writing skills. The book is hard to follow and there are too many characters to keep up with. Although the story is packed with complicated medical jargon, the facts lose their power and authenticity. Payton overwrites her dialogues, does a poor job at fleshing out her characters and builds a weak climax. Her love story is underdeveloped and she does a poor job at subplotting. The book is inappropriately titled Black Deception. It should be titled Book Deception, because it reads more like a first draft than a completed piece. For someone who wants to delve into a good read, they will be disappointed.

Therefore, I have no choice, but to give the book a two p- one for effort and one for trying to bring something new to the table. Hopefully, Payton can pull it off in her second novel, Cloning or at least I hope she can.

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