a case of need: a novel  <p><b>the death of a doctor’s daughter may be malpractice - or murder - in this novel by a #1</b><b><i> new york times-</i></b><b>bestselling author: “i loved it” (stephen king).</b></p> <p>in the tightly knit world of boston medicine, the randall family reigns supreme. when heart surgeon j. d. randall’s teenage daughter dies during a botched abortion, the medical community threatens to explode. was it malpractice? a violation of the hippocratic oath? or was karen randall murdered in cold blood?</p> <p>the natural suspect is arthur lee, a brilliant surgeon and known abortionist, who has been carrying out the illegal procedure with the help of pathologist john berry. after karen dies, lee is thrown in jail on a murder charge, and only berry can prove his friend wasn’t the one who wielded the scalpel. behind this gruesome death, berry will uncover a secret that would shock even the most hardened pathologist. </p> <p>an edgar award-winning novel by the author of such blockbusters as <i>the andromeda strain</i> and <i>jurassic park </i>- and creator of the long-running nbc drama <i>er - a case of need</i> is a “superb” medical-thriller mystery (<i>los angeles times</i>).</p>