Wendell Black, MD: A Novel - Softcover

Imber, Gerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062246852 ISBN 13: 9780062246851

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2021

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2014-02-11 Pages: 416 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins A New York City police surgeon finds himself in the middle of an international drug-smuggling ring-or is it an even more dangerous conspiracyAfter a heart-thumping drop in altitude on a flight from London to New York. NYPD police surgeon Wendell Black is called on to try to save a woman who has gone into cardiac arrest. Hes just carrying out his duty. but his aid places him at the center of an international drug -smuggling investigation.As Black. and his English girlfriend. Alice-a knockout beauty and a surgeon to boot-digs deeper into the activities of the drug ring. he begins to suspect that a number of British doctors are involved. And when one of Alices colleagues is brutally murdered and Alice suddenly disappears. the NYPD starts looking to Black for answers. His search peels away rings of conspi...

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Review:

Imber s debut is a fast-paced thriller with plenty of twists, and the author shows a deft hand at including just the right medical details. Imber is a well-known New York City plastic surgeon with several beauty books to his credit. --Booklist"

Wendell Black, a middle-aged police surgeon for the NYPD, evolves into an action hero reminiscent of John McClane, Bruce Willis s character in the Die Hard series, in plastic surgeon Imber s well-written first novel. --Publishers Weekly"

A high-stakes debut . The scenes are filled with clever language and rich descriptions . A heck of a story, with a hero who deserves a series of books. --Kirkus Reviews"

Gerald Imber s kickass new thriller will keep you turning pages into the night this year s must-read detective novel. --Mary Karr, author of The Liar's Club and Lit"

"Gerald Imber's kickass new thriller will keep you turning pages into the night--this year's must-read detective novel."--Mary Karr, author of The Liar's Club and Lit

"Imber's debut is a fast-paced thriller with plenty of twists, and the author shows a deft hand at including just the right medical details. Imber is a well-known New York City plastic surgeon with several beauty books to his credit."--Booklist

"Wendell Black, a middle-aged police surgeon for the NYPD, evolves into an action hero reminiscent of John McClane, Bruce Willis's character in the Die Hard series, in plastic surgeon Imber's well-written first novel."--Publishers Weekly

"A high-stakes debut.... The scenes are filled with clever language and rich descriptions.... A heck of a story, with a hero who deserves a series of books."--Kirkus Reviews

-Gerald Imber's kickass new thriller will keep you turning pages into the night--this year's must-read detective novel.---Mary Karr, author of The Liar's Club and Lit

-Imber's debut is a fast-paced thriller with plenty of twists, and the author shows a deft hand at including just the right medical details. Imber is a well-known New York City plastic surgeon with several beauty books to his credit.---Booklist

About the Author:

Gerald Imber, MD, is a plastic surgeon. He directs a private clinic in Manhattan, is on the staff of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and is an assistant clinical professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Imber is the author of The Youth Corridor and several other beauty books, as well as Genius on the Edge, the biography of pioneering surgeon W. S. Halsted.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0062246852
• ISBN 13: 9780062246851
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 418