Critical (A Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery Novel) - Softcover

Cook, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425222888 ISBN 13: 9780425222881

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2008

Synopsis

New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton return in this stunning new 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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Review

'A great personal read and given the topical nature of one of its themes (MRSA), plenty for the reading groups.' -- New Books

Book Description

Angela Dawson, M.D., appears to have it all: at thirty-seven, she owns a fabulous New York City apartment, a stunning seaside house on Nantucket, and enjoys the perks of her prosperous lifestyle. With her controlling interest in three busy specialty hospitals in NYC and plans for others in Miami and Los Angeles, Angela’s future looks very bright. But her climb to the top was rough, marked by a troubled childhood, a failed marriage, and the devastating blow of bankruptcy. Then a surge of drug-resistant staph infections in all three hospitals devastates Angela’s carefully constructed world. Not only do the infections result in patient deaths, but the fatalities cause stock prices to tumble. Will Angela be able to hold her empire together? Newly married Medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton are professionally and personally intrigued by these deaths. With Jack facing surgery in one of the hospitals to repair a torn ligament, Laurie can’t help investigating, opening a Pandora’s box of corporate intrigue that threatens not just her livelihood, but her life with Jack as well.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0425222888
• ISBN 13: 9780425222881
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544