By Robin Cook
Robin Cook's explosive novel of a physician accused of malpractice-a fugitive at the run who pierces the guts of a surprising clinical conspiracy.A actual grabber.(Los Angeles Times)Truly exciting.(Associated Press)
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You'll be very comfortable," Jeffrey replied, skirting the question. " "It's a boy," Patty said. " She smiled weakly. Her lids had become a little droopy. The tranquilizer was clearly taking effect. , The transfer from the delivery area to the OR suite was accomplished without incident. Jeffrey kept Patty on oxygen by mask during the short trip. The OR had been advised as to the decision to do a Caesarean. By the time Patty was transferred, the room was almost set up for the procedure. The scrub nurse, already scrubbed, was busy laying out the instruments.
Taking a deep breath, he opened his eyes, half hoping the scene before him would have magically disappeared and he would wake up from the worst nightmare of his life. But of course it wasn't a bad dream he was suffering. Jeffrey was involved in his second trial for Patty Owen's untimely death eight months previously. Just then he was sitting in a courtroom in the center of Boston, waiting to hear the jury deliver his fate on criminal charges. Jeffrey glanced over his lawyer's head to scan the crowd.
Mentally he calculated how far he'd let the blood pressure drop before he'd inject the pressor agent. He still had no idea of what was happening, and he preferred not to act before he knew exactly what he was up against. A gurgling sound brought his attention back to Patty's face. He pulled off her oxygen mask. To his surprise and horror she was salivating like a mad dog. At the same time she was lacrimating profusely; tears were streaming down her face. A wet cough suggested that she was also forming increasing amounts of tracheo-bronchial secretions.