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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR MICHAEL CRICHTONS EDGAR AWARD-WINNING DEBUT NOVEL
The author of cutting-edge bestsellers like Jurassic Park andThe Andromeda Strainand creator of televisions ERMichael Crichton has captivated millions of fans by skillfully blending medical and scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction.
A Case of Need is Crichtons award-winning first novel, written shortly after completing his medical internship. Set against the ever-building pressure and pace of a large Boston medical center, tensions flareand explodewhen a surgical operation tragically ends in death, raising countless questions. Was it accidental malpractice? A violation of the Hippocratic oath? Or cold-blooded murder?
Supplemented with the authors fascinating appendices on the ethics of modern medicine, A Case of Need is powerful, compelling, informative, and suspensefulclassic Crichton at his best.
