description: "A MIND-BOGGLING MEDICAL THRILLER TO END ALL MEDICAL THRILLERS. IT MAY BE THE MOST TALKED ABOUT POPULAR FICTION OF THE SEASON."--Kirkus ReviewsAn accomplished attorney prepares to argue a life-and-death case before a hostile Supreme Court nominee....A leading surgeon answers an emergency call to assist an operation in progress....And in a Washington, D.C. morgue, a medical examiner examines a body that has been tampered with. . . ."HARROWING."--New York NewsdayCongressman Jack MacLeod is haunted by an episode that changed his life forever. Now his life is about to explode the police find evidence linking him to the strange death of a man who lived in MacLeod's New York City district. . . ."THE BREAKNECK MOMENTUM WILL KEEP THE PAGES TURNING."--ElleSuddenly events spin out of control. Backroom deals made by powerful politicos threaten to destroy Jack's future. And, in the shadows, a plan so outrageous and unthinkable it will smash every assumption about the limits of the human body is nearing its shocking conclusion. . . ."A CHILLING MEDICAL THRILLER."--Vanity FairCombining the best elements of explosive courtroom drama with groundbreaking medical technology, THE FOURTH PROCEDURE takes the reader beyond the boundaries of today's medicine to an all-too-plausible scenario of a frightening future.
language: English
title: Fourth Procedure, the
titlecomplete: Fourth Procedure, the
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Drama, 20th Century, Legal Thriller, Suspense
ratings_count: 416
publisher: Ballantine Publishing Group