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Tess Gerritsen
In this harrowing medical thriller filled with suspense and brilliantly crafted twists, Tess Gerritsen—the author of the acclaimed Rizzoli & Isles series that inspired the hit television show—delivers a pulse-pounding tale that “will make your heart skip a beat” (USA TODAY).For Dr. Abby DiMatteo, the long road to Boston’s Bayside Hospital has been anything but easy. Now, immersed in the grinding fatigue of her second year as a surgical resident, she’s elated when the hospital’s elite cardiac transplant team taps her as a potential recruit. But Abby soon makes an anguished, crucial decision that jeopardizes her entire career. A car crash victim’s healthy heart is ready to be harvested; it is immediately cross-matched to a wealthy private patient, Nina Voss. Abby hatches a bold plan to make sure that the transplant goes instead to a dying seventeen-year-old boy who is also a perfect match. The repercussions are powerful and swift and Abby is shaken but unrepentant—until she meets the frail, tormented Nina. Then a new heart for Nina Voss suddenly appears, her transplant is completed, and Abby makes a terrible discovery: Nina’s heart has not come through the proper channels. Defying Bayside Hospital’s demands for silence, Abby plunges into an investigation that reveals an intricate, and murderous, chain of deceptions. Every move Abby makes spawns a vicious backlash and, in a ship anchored in the stagnant waters of Boston Harbor, a final, grisly discovery lies waiting…
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Author
Tess Gerritsen
Pages
368
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2010-07-20
ISBN
1439140723 9781439140727
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"I did enjoy this book. I've never read another one like this. For full disclosure I never really read medical thrillers but I'm so glad I gave this one a chance. It was written wonderfully. The plot was great. I liked all the characters. If I had any gripe with it, it would be the ending. Don't get me wrong, I actually liked the ending BUT I wish it had been extended just a little. I would've liked to have more of it. That's the reason it's a four star instead of a five star for me. I would definitely recommend."
"Gerritsen's page turning, debut medical thriller novel had me guessing!<br/>"
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Lisa Francine