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Product Identifiers
PublisherMehta Publishing House
ISBN-10818498099X
ISBN-139788184980998
eBay Product ID (ePID)14038409800
Product Key Features
Book TitleCrisis
Number of Pages394 Pages
LanguageMarathi
TopicThrillers / General, General, Medical
Publication Year2010
GenreFiction
AuthorRobin Cook
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
SynopsisWHEN DR. CRAIG BOWMAN IS SERVED WITH A SUMMONS FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, HE'S SHOCKED, ENRAGED, AND MORE THAN A LITTLE HUMILIATED. A DEVOTED PHYSICIAN WHO WORKS CONTINUOUSLY IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS, HE ENDURED GRUELING YEARS OF TRAINING AND IS NOW A PARTNER IN AN EXCLUSIVE CONCIERGE MEDICAL PRACTICE. NO LONGER FORCED TO SEE MORE AND MORE PATIENTS WHILE SPENDING LESS AND LESS TIME WITH EACH ONE JUST TO KEEP HIS OFFICE DOOR OPEN, HE NOW PROVIDES THE KIND OF MEDICAL CARE HE IS TRAINED TO DO, LAVISHING TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR AVAILABILITY AND PERSONALIZED ATTENTION ON HIS HANDPICKED PATIENTS. AND AT LAST, HE IS EARNING A SIGNIFICANT INCOME, NO LONGER BURDENED BY FALLING REIMBURSEMENTS FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES. BUT THIS IDYLLIC PRACTICE COMES TO A GRINDING HALT ONE SUNNY AFTERNOON-AND GETS MUCH, MUCH WORSE. ENTER DR. JACK STAPLETON, A MEDICAL EXAMINER IN NEW YORK CITY AND BOWMAN'S BROTHER-IN-LAW: JACK'S SISTER ALEXIS-NOW CRAIG'S ESTRANGED WIFE-TEARFULLY BEGS FOR HIS HELP AS HER HUSBAND'S TRIAL DRAGS ON. JACK AGREES TO TRAVEL TO BOSTON TO OFFER HIS FORENSIC SERVICES AND EXPERT WITNESS EXPERIENCE TO CRAIG'S BELEAGUERED DEFENSE ATTORNEY. BUT WHEN JACK'S IRREVERENT SUGGESTION TO EXHUME THE CORPSE TO DISPROVE THE ALLEGED MALPRACTICE IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY, HE OPENS A PANDORA'S BOX OF TROUBLE. AS CRAIG BOWMAN'S LIFE AND CAREER ARE PUT ON THE LINE, JACK IS ON THE VERGE OF MAKING A MOST UNWELCOME DISCOVERY OF TREMENDOUS LEGAL AND MEDICAL SIGNIFICANCE-AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL DO ANYTHING TO KEEP HIM FROM LEARNING THE TRUTH.