Author

Publication

1999 - Penguin, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

104,000 words, Guess

Page Count

416 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number97034056
  • Better World Books9780451191700
  • Open LibraryOL16944968M

Classifications

  • LCCPS3573.H47477 C7 1998
  • DDC813/.54

Description

Summoned to the hospital to learn the motives behind a teenage girl's suicide attempt, psychologist Alan Gregory discovers that the girl's young stepsister lies near death in another hospital with a heart disease. Denied an experimental new treatment that could save her life by her parent's managed-care provider, the stepsister has become a symbol of a health care system more concerned with costs than with the lives of its patients. And when a wealthy executive of the family's HMO is found dead, Alan and Denver detective Sam Purdy uncover the truth that links the teenage girl to his death, and the truth behind a family willing to kill in the name of love...and revenge.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Critical conditionsPenguin1999-01-01

Similar Books

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!