Stanley Pottinger

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"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.

The Fourth Procedure

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"An accomplished attorney prepares to argue a life-and-death case before a Supreme Court nominee hostile to her cause....One of the country's leading surgeons, a pioneer in organ transplants, answers an emergency call to assist an operation in progress...And in a morgue in Washington, D.C., a medical examiner and a police detective hover over a body found in a parking lot, a body that has been tampered with...." "Congressman Jack MacLeod is haunted by an episode that changed his life forever. Now Jack's life is about to explode again when the police arrive at his door. Evidence links him to the strange death of a man who last lived in a halfway house in his New York City district...." "Suddenly events spin out of control. Backroom deals made by the most powerful men in the country threaten to destroy Jack's political future. The secret from Jack's past falls into the hands of a media-savvy opponent who can't wait to use it. And, in the shadows, a plan so outrageous and unthinkable it will smash every assumption about the limits of the human body, is hearing its shocking conclusion...."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Est. Publication Date - Dec 1995

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