Audio Book Description:
A series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals sendsan idealistic UCLA medical student on a desperate search for answers in this chillingtale from the master of the medical thriller. Jennifer Hernandez is a fourth-year medical student at UCLA, just beginning an elective in generalsurgery, whose world is shattered during a break in an otherwise ordinary day. While relaxing in the surgical lounge of L.A.`s Cedars-SinaiMedical Center, she half listens to a piece on medical tourism: first-world citizens traveling to third-world countries for surgery. But when shehears her beloved grandmother`sname mentioned, her own heart nearly stops: the CNN reporter says Maria Hernandez has died, a day afterundergoing a hip replacement in New Delhi`s Queen Victoria Hospital. Maria had raised Jennifer and her her brothers from infancy, and thebond between grandmother and granddaughter was unbreakable. Still, the news that Maria traveled to India is a shock to Jennifer, untilshe realizes that it was the only viable option for the hardworking yet uninsured woman. Devastated, and desperate for answers, Jennifertakes emergency leave from school and heads to India, where relations with local officials go from sympathetic to sour as she pressesfor more information. With the discoveryof other unexplained deaths compounded by pressure from Indian hospital directors for hasty cremations,Jennifer reaches out to her mentor, New York City medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery, who has her own deep connection to Maria. Laurie,along with her husband, Dr. Jack Stapleton, rushes to the younger woman`s side, discovering a sophisticated medical facility withlittle margin for error. As the death count grows, so do the questions, leading Laurie and Jennifer to unveil a sinister,multilayered conspiracy of global proportions.
