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Penguin Publishing Group · Ebook · August 26, 2008
New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton return in this stunning novel from the “master of the medical thriller” (New York Times)—a ripped-from-the-headlines tale of an innovative doctor’s dangerous downward spiral.
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- Who it’s for
- A medical thriller where hospital infections, corporate ambition, and a surgeon’s own surgery collide.
- Genres
- Medical Thrillers, Medical Fiction, Thrillers
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, August 26, 2008
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New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton return in this stunning novel from the “master of the medical thriller” (New York Times)—a ripped-from-the-headlines tale of an innovative doctor’s dangerous downward spiral.
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After a rough climb to the top, doctor and businesswoman Angela Dawson appears to have it all: a start-up—Angels Healthcare—that’s about to go public, and a controlling interest in three busy specialist hospitals in New York City as well as plans for others in Miami and Los Angeles. But then a surge of drug-resistant staph infections in all three hospitals devastated her carefully constructed world... NYC medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton are naturally intrigued by the uptick in staph-related post-procedure deaths at these hospitals. Aside from their professional curiosity, there’s a personal stake as well: Jack is facing surgery to repair a torn ACL at Angels Orthopedic Hospital. Despite Jack’s protests, Laurie can’t help investigating—thus opening a Pandora’s box of corporate intrigue that threatens not just her livelihood, but both of their lives as well.
Medicine Under Pressure
A medical thriller where hospital infections, corporate ambition, and a surgeon’s own surgery collide.
Come here for
- Medical stakes threaded through corporate intrigue
- A professional investigation with personal consequences
Expect
- New York medical examiners drawn into a hospital investigation
- A dangerous mix of healthcare business and personal risk
Where it sits
| Medical Thrillers | 100% |
|---|---|
| Medical Fiction | 26% |
| Thrillers | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Mystery
- Medical Thrillers
- Medical Fiction
- Authors
- Robin Cook
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- August 26, 2008
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Mystery