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>