The Fourth Procedure - Softcover

Stanley-pottinger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340657545 ISBN 13: 9780340657546

Publisher: Coronet Books, 1995

Synopsis

A legal-medical thriller revolving round the abortion debate.

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Review:

The best elements of legal, medical and political thrillers are combined in this frightening novel. Congressman Jack MacLeod is haunted by an episode from the past. Now the police have found evidence linking him to the death of a man in his district. Jack's life spins out of control as strange medical data starts showing up in morgues and operating rooms.

From the Inside Flap:

"A MIND-BOGGLING MEDICAL THRILLER TO END ALL MEDICAL THRILLERS. IT MAY BE THE MOST TALKED ABOUT POPULAR FICTION OF THE SEASON."
--Kirkus Reviews
An 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 Newsday
Congressman Jack MacLeod is haunted by an episode that changed his life forever. Now his life is about to explode again: 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."
--Elle
Suddenly 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 Fair
Combining 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Coronet Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0340657545
• ISBN 13: 9780340657546
• Binding: Paperback