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Called in to sue St. Anne's Hospital after Donna DiTullio, a young patient, is left paralyzed and near death after an unexpected leap from a balcony, attorney Dan Sheridan takes on powerful interests after his investigation uncovers sexual misconduct and a chilling ethical dilemma. 25,000 first printing.
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Barry Reed is a veteran trial lawyer, airplane pilot, and novelist. He enjoys playing basketball with his grandchildren in the driveway of his Westwood, Massachusetts, home.
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eed, New York Times best-selling author of The Choice, The Indictment, and The Verdict, comes a suspenseful psychological thriller and courtroom drama involving medical malpractice and sexual intrigue.<br><br>At seventeen, Donna DiTullio was a highly ranked tennis player with world-class potential. At twenty-one, she's hospitalized as a suicidal manic-depressive. But under the care of Dr. Robert Sexton and with the help of some experimental medication, Donna is ready to be discharged. Then, unexpectedly, she leaps from a fifth-floor balustrade, leaving herself paralyzed and near death.<br><br>Attorney Dan Sheridan is called in to sue the hospital and its owner, the Archdiocese of Boston. Sheridan presses his investigation against the powerful interests of the Church and the medical establishment, an investigation and subsequent trial that test all of his skill as a lawyer and lead to an ethical dilemma that will nearly cost him his life.
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