Isolation Ward (2006) After three women show up at a Baltimore hospital with a frightening, unknown virus, the CDC sends in Dr. Nate McCormick. The inquiry runs him… Fiction Mystery and Thriller Delacorte
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Feb 28, 2006; Writer: Joshua Spanogle; Genres: Fiction, Mystery and Thriller; Publisher: Delacorte

After three women show up at a Baltimore hospital with a frightening, unknown virus, the CDC sends in Dr. Nate McCormick. The inquiry runs him smack against two former lovers.
In a former life... McCormick was a high-flying research student — until a data fabrication scandal laid him low.
Bottom Line Spanogle's debut combines a wonderfully flawed yet stereotypically smart-ass hero with a plot that moves as rapidly as a lethal virus.

Originally posted Mar 03, 2006 Published in issue #867 Mar 10, 2006 Order article reprints