It is always interesting to me when similar books come out in the same year. In this case - Fatal Fever which I reviewed earlier this year at http://readingbythepond.blogspot.com/2015/07/fatal-fever-tracking-down-typhoid-mary.html and this one - both about Typhoid Mary. Both authors decided researching Mary would be a good idea. Did they know about the others work? Run into each other while researching? Who started first? Just curious.
So since I had already read about Mary earlier this summer there weren't a lot of surprises. Overall, I felt this book treated Mary better than the other one. Maybe because this foucsed more on Mary while the other focused on the investigation. One thing I found interesting about this one was the mention that even if (or when) Mary washed hands thoroughly she still could spread the bacteria. Very interesting.
I have a copy of Fatal Fever that I received from the publisher. Getting this one would lead to a cool compare and contrast.
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