Another great addition to this series! One of the most unique characters I’ve ever read! Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for this copy for review

This high paced action thriller is a great installment to this series. I didn’t want to put it down.
Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Another fun, clever thriller from Robert Pobi in the Lucas Page series.

Misanthropic Lucas and his pals are back on the trail of another killer in New York City, and this time it’s doctors who are being picked off. You know, doctors like Lucas wife Erin. So this time, it’s personal.

As annoying as Erin’s character is (Every time she calls Lucas “Mr. Man” I throw up in my mind), we of course don’t actually want anything to happen to her. The threat heightens the stakes for Lucas, and the high body count heightens it for the reader.

There is loads of clever humor in this story (just as there was with its predecessors), and also like the first two books in the series, it’s an intriguingly complex plot with an excellent solve.

I had the wrong idea until the very last moment about who was responsible for the murders and attempted murders of 30+ doctors, but when the big reveal comes, it’s a good one.

Pobi’s work plot wise is a huge cut above most in the genre, and the pacing and humor are also top notch.

good book and really enjoyed the characters and their journey. I liked the romance.. I enjoyed how the characters grew in the book and what happened.

Somehow, I hadn't bumped into Robert Pobi's mysteries before this one but he has been writing for a while. Do No Harm is the third in his series starring ex-FBI agent Lucas Page. I'll have to go back and read the first two now.

This episode brings danger much too close to home for Lucas Page's comfort Lucas sees patterns that others don't. This time, his investigation begins with a pattern that he perceives, after his wife Erin's friend (a talented plastic surgeon) dies by suicide.

I really enjoyed this one - great lead, constant action, and surprises around every corner.

Lucas Page is back and it’s a good thing. He’s crankier and more ornery but that’s part of his charm. This book started off strong and didn’t let up until the end. You’re led to believe one thing until the author takes you in a different direction only to slam the brakes and turn you around with an unexpected ending. Book 3 had me laughing out loud as well - the characters felt more fleshed out and comfortable. A solid series that everyone can enjoy and I want to read book 4 soon.

This is the 3rd book in the Lucas Page series. This was a fun far fetched thriller. Lucas, due to injuries in previous books in the series, is missing an eye, an arm, and a leg. He is ex FBI and he becomes suspicious of the amount of deaths in the medical community where his wife works. He starts to see patterns and quickly realizes that these freak accidents are actually the work of a serial killer. This book is so outlandish that it’s great! It isn’t necessary to read book one and two but I plan to go back and read both of them. Great read!

First Sentence: Dr. Jennifer Delmonico was approaching the second tower, which translated to somewhere around seventeen minutes at her usual pace.

Lucas Page is a polymath, astrophysicist, professor, husband, father, and ex-FBI agent. During a gala with his wife Erin, a surgeon, a video is played memorializing all the doctors who died by suicide or falls in the past year. Page begins to see a pattern in the deaths and contacts the FBI. Page, and Special Agent Alice Whitaker, with whom he’s worked before, are joined by NYPD Detective Russo in finding a link between the deaths.

It’s not uncommon to have a protagonist with scars or injuries, but Page trumps them all. He has a wealth of scars, a prosthetic arm and leg, and a glass eye. But his brain is very much intact and always working.

The book is, initially, very enjoyable. There is an interesting protagonist, although a lot of characters, excellent dialogue, humor, the author conveyed emotion very well. However, one becomes tired of hearing about Page’s injuries and prosthetics.

Pobi’s descriptions are great until one becomes annoyed with his use of 15 words where six would have sufficed, and it takes these brilliant people two-thirds of the book to finally realize the motive the reader may have figured out a long time past. At that point, one starts to look to see how far they’ve read, and how much is left. That’s when it becomes obvious that the author desperately needs an editor. The book should have been 332, not 432 pages long. More is not always better.

An interesting anomaly is when, in talking about a plastic ghost gun made with a 3-D printer, the characters note that the plastic is an “Ender product and they sold somewhere around three hundred thousand pounds last year.” Considering the book is set in New York City, and all the characters are American, one wonders how that crept in. There is also a scene with a gunshot wound where the Page’s actions make no sense at all and even the most inexperienced person would have known what to do.

The writing is repetitive at times and needed a stronger proofreader. This would have helped the book overall. There are a couple very good twists and red herrings, which are appreciated. However, although it is an amusing trope, cars don’t really catch fire and blow up that easily. On the other hand, one might envy Whitacre’s driving ability, as long as she’s not driving your car

DO NO HARM is a quick read; it’s fast-paced, it’s violent, it’s funny, it has interesting characters, great descriptions—although sometimes they go on far too long. Overall, it’s a pretty good read; more than an airplane read certainly, but it really did need tightening up.

DO NO HARM (NoirThriller-Lucas Page- NYC-Contemp)
by Robert Pobi
#3 Dr. Lucas Page – 432 pp
Minotaur Books, Aug 2022
RATING: G+/B+

Do No Harm by Robert Pobi is a medical thriller that completely captured my interest. This is the third instalment in the Lucas Page series but it reads well as a stand-alone. However, you probably will want to read the first two novels after reading this one. I know I will be feasting on the two previous mysteries as soon as possible. What a treat. Lucas Page is ex-FBI and a multiple amputee. He is a polymath, a husband and a father of five children. Page becomes aware that more doctors have died recently than the norm. It is becoming obvious to Page that many could have died under suspicious circumstances. When his spouse, who is also an MD, has her life threatened, he avidly investigates and will not stop until there are answers. The characters are well-drawn and make this thriller stand out. The plot moves at breakneck speed and is a pure pleasure for the reader. If you like your books with intense suspense and with a great story, this one is for you. You will be hooked from page one. Robert Pobi has proven himself to be an exceptional author. Highly recommended. Thank you to St. Martin’s Press, NetGalley and the author for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I love how no nonsense yet self deprecating Lucas Page is. He brilliant, he knows it, and so does everyone in his circle. The problem lies within those in his circle not being able to see the world as he does.

More bionics than man, Lucas still strives to fix the wrongs of the world by seeing the patterns that are not quite right. He has a deeper understanding of how things, humans specifically, should work and notices when they don’t.

This time he gets a bit too close for comfort to so very unsavory characters and the tragedy hits closer to home than he would like.

I absolutely recommend this series!

I recommend that you read the previous books in the series. It explain the action in this book

4 Stars
This was my first Robert Pobi read and it took me on a journey that was so involved and good, that I will be reading him again. This complex tale was unexpected and worked extremely well.

4.5 rounded up.
I love Lucas Page. He is a grumpy genius who somehow keeps getting dragged into complicated situations. In this book he discovers a conspiracy no one else had even noticed. And even though some of the adventure and mystery is fantastical it was still so much fun to read.

3.5 rounded up to 4 because despite the prolific profanity the story is definitely engaging

The NYPD and FBI believe that a series of doctor deaths are because of suicides and accidents. But Lucas Page sees a pattern that points to murder. He and agent Nancy Whitaker join forces with Detective Russo to find a connection and the mastermind behind the murders. Only when Page's wife Erin becomes a target do the stakes get really high. Will he be able to solve the crimes in time?
I really like that Lucas Page is human. He's not a people person and is okay with that. I also like the wittiness of this book - I laughed out loud a few times.
Many references to literature, authors and other trivia took away from the book - I had to do too much research to understand what the author was referencing, and that messed with the flow of reading.
While this is book three in the series, it can stand alone.

Another outstanding Lucas Page book. This time still recovering from the last injuries he sees a pattern when accompanying his wife who is a doctor to a gala. When he starts to put everything together of course there is someone trying to stop him as he continues to make the connections with everything. Without giving away the story he works with a detective along with the same cast of characters. Some have a little more space in these pages this time. I once again found this book to be full of surprises and equally surprised as to the person who was committing the crime or crimes. A very good book that I read in one evening, with good characters and writing that keeps you going so that you are surprised when you are at the end. Very much worth the read.

I'm a huge fan of Robert Pobi and the Lucas Page series. It's not easy to write one outstanding book, let alone a trilogy. That just doesn't happen often, but that's exactly what happened here. The third installment was as good if not better than the previous two. Lucas Page is one the those characters you can't get enough of, nor want to say goodbye to. Robot Pobi has a distinct style and voice, which is a plus for this reader.

I love the complexity of the cases Dr. Page works on, the math and the attention to detail enhances the plot. Do No Harm is meant for the kind of reader that wants smart writing with an intelligent storyline that grabs your attention and never lets go. The mental gymnastics involved with keeping track of who, what and why will prevent you from putting it down.

Robert Pobi doesn't just create a set of characters, he gives them character. They are not a one dimensional individual in a story as the story rolls along. They have a personality that in the end makes you miss them when it's time to close the book. I can't recommend this series enough. For the math and numbers crowd, this is a must read.

City of windows was one of my favourite books of the year when it came out and I was looking forward to read Do no harm. You can understand my excitement when I get my hands on it.

Lucas is such a prolific character. From an ex-FBI agent to an astrophysicist, professor and a father that adopted 5 children, he is a man of various faces, but one with a big heart.

When some unexpected murders strike close to home, he cannot just stay put and do nothing, especially when his wife might be the next victim of a ruthless killer.

This is one of those books that includes psychological elements and police procedural at its best. And the building up suspenseful moments never cease throughout the pages.

I was so invested in this story that I felt like nothing around me existed anymore and I was there, along with the characters, to searching for clues and hidden secrets to find the killer. That’s how engrossing this story goes.

I can’t recommend this book enough to all thrillers lovers.

🆓📖Very grateful to the publisher for my review copy

Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for the advanced reader copy of DO NO HARM, third in the series about Professor Lucas Page, sometimes-asset to the FBI. I just LOVE this series as each book has been a total thrill ride from start to finish. Here, Lucas attends an dinner for his wife's work, where they have a video tribute for all the doctors who died in the past year. In typical Lucas fashion, he sees a pattern where no one has, and realizes someone has been killing doctors. As usual, I finished the book in under 2 days...only disappointing part--one of the villains was a character I really came to love. Great writing as always, highly recommend.

Another explosive book in the Lucas Page series by Robert Pobi! I always get so pumped to dive back into this one because he always delivers an action packed story!

After barely surviving after the last case the FBI dragged him into, Lucas is looking to take it easy with his family. But when a new pattern comes to Luke’s attention that shows Doctors dying under mysterious circumstances… he can’t ignore it. Why does no one seem to see the pattern but him? As much as he’d love to leave this case to the Feds, he’s already lost a friend to this case and now when Erin seems the next target, he decides he has to take matters into his own hands.

While Lucas Cage can never be described as “likeable” since he’s rude, blunt, and rough around the edges, he’s still a great character and the way his mind works is impressive! This story even more so then the others makes you feel like you really get to understand him better. What motivates him and how he thinks which I really enjoyed.

The story itself is action packed. High body count, lots always happening, and just when you think it may be a lull in the action, a new mystery unfolds itself. While I felt the story was a little less shocking then the previous two books in the series, the end twist did get me!!

Definitely recommend this series and can’t wait for the next instalment!

I’m heartbroken by how disappointing this was, as I was looking forward to reading it when I received the invitation from the publisher. The plot was predictable. The villains were stereotype caricatures. Towards the end, it felt like even the author was sick of his own book and started throwing inappropriate phrases as an attempt at gallows humor. Things like “meat-e-orite” and “shiskabrained” come to mind Immediately. I’m almost ashamed to say the meat-e-orite comment did make me laugh, which thankfully took my mind off the eye-roll-worthy loss of the 4th FBI SUV. The best I can say for Do No Harm is that the ridiculous plot unfolds at breakneck speed making this a quick, albeit painful, read and it’s now over.