The Book Adventures of Emily: Book Review: Schizo: Hidden in Plain Sight by Ilene B. Benator

Schizo: Hidden in Plain Sight

By Ilene B. Benator

Genre: Medical Psychological Thriller

Book Description:

An ambitious future surgeon on his psychiatry rotation is assigned a patient who reveals to him information about an organized plot to control the population. His pursuit of the truth leads him to become a psychiatric patient in the same facility.

Dan Greenberg was a promising medical student who was derailed by Catherine—a bizarre schizophrenic patient whose delusions about patients in danger at hospitals all around Chicago were startlingly specific.

Drawn by both curiosity and compassion, Dan investigates, discovering that they were exactly where Catherine said they would be. Who are these people? Why are they in danger? Are they connected with each other?

While incarcerated, he joins forces with an unlikely ally Jake—who murdered his family during a drug-induced psychotic break, but is also a charming hacker with street smarts who creates a plan to get Dan’s life back. In his attempts to do so, he threatens to uncover a conspiracy to track and manipulate the population by a cabal of influential people who will do anything to keep their plot secret. He will learn just how far powerful people will go to stay in control, and the high price of the truth.

"Schizo takes readers on a wildly unexpected journey into the what-ifs of medical science. Written by an Emergency Physician, Ilene B. Benator crafts situations that are terrifying, yet all too believable."

Book Review:

Schizo: Hidden in Plain Sight took me by surprise. I wasn't expecting the intensity of the book, it's great! I was lost at the beginning of the book, the perspective-time change did throw me off track until I got used to it which was probably a third into the book. I was really captured by Dan's story, it was filled with so much suspense! Schizo: Hidden in Plain Sight is written so well that it was like a movie playing in my head. The story itself gives off that vibe. I would reccomend Schizo: Hidden in Plain Sight to anyone who enjoys a good psychological thriller and I also think anyone who likes Halloween would have an intrest in this book! I give Schizo: Hidden in Plain Sight four and a half stars!

Author Bio:

A board-certified Emergency Physician, Ilene B. Benator practices in the southeast and also wrote the screenplay adaptation for Schizo, which won a Certificate of Merit in the Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood Screenwriting Competition, and was finalist in two other screenwriting contests. Also, she is Associate Producer, "Flesh" (2016) Cruell World Productions; Morningstar Productions. After growing up in New York and leaving to attend Emory University for undergrad with a degree in psychology, she then went to medical school in Chicago, and returned to Atlanta to do her training; where she now resides. After her training ended, her writing career began, publishing a non-fiction book for doctors prior to this debut novel. When not working or being soccer mom to her two wonderful kids, plus two cats and one dog, she enjoys architectural photography, camping, skiing, and takes hikes in the mountains with her husband and black fluffy dog Daisy.