Edited by anniekins at 10-07-2023 20:49
When Dr. Craig Bowman is served with a summons for medicalmalpractice, he's shocked, enraged, and more than a little humiliated. Adevoted physician who works continuously in the service of others, he enduredgrueling years of training and is now a partner in an exclusive conciergemedical practice. No longer forced to see more and more patients while spendingless and less time with each one just to keep his office door open, he nowprovides the kind of medical care he is trained to do, lavishingtwenty-four-hour availability and personalized attention on his handpickedpatients. And at last, he is earning a significant income, no longer burdenedby falling reimbursements from insurance companies.But this idyllic practicecomes to a grinding halt one sunny afternoon-and gets much, much worse. Enter Dr. Jack Stapleton, a medical examiner in New YorkCity and Bowman's brother-in-law: Jack's sister Alexis-now Craig's estrangedwife-tearfully begs for his help as her husband's trial drags on. Jack agreesto travel to Boston to offer his forensic services and expert witnessexperience to Craig's beleaguered defense attorney. But when Jack's irreverentsuggestion to exhume the corpse to disprove the alleged malpractice is takenseriously, he opens a Pandora's box of trouble. As Craig Bowman's life andcareer are put on the line, Jack is on the verge of making a most unwelcomediscovery of tremendous legal and medical significance-and there are people whowill do anything to keep him from learning the truth.
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