The Patient
by Michael Palmer | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0613365844 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0613365844 Global Overview for this book
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Its name is ARTIE - Assisted Robotic Tissue Incision and Extraction - a miracle of bio-engineering that is about to revolutionise the field of neurosurgery.
Dr Jessie Copeland, a respected young surgeon at Eastern Mass Medical Center, knows ARTIE better than anyone. And she knows that it's too soon to be using the tiny robot on a living patient's brain. But Jessie's department chief is too busy to worry much about ethics.
And neither of them has any idea that the media circus surrounding the announcement of ARTIE's development is about to attract a patient from their worst nightmares.
Claude Malloche is a killer for whom murder is both an art and a pleasure. Merciless, shadowy, more rumoured about than known. No one can identify his face. Now Malloche has a deadly brain tumour, and he intends to have the best neurosurgeon in the world operate on it.
To ensure Jessie's co-operation, Malloche has devised a plan of intimidation that puts at risk her life and the lives of hundreds of innocent people. Neurosurgery requires nerves of steel, but in coming up with a scheme to honour her oath as a doctor yet thwart a ruthless killer, Jessie will be performing the most complex surgery of her career - on a knife-edge of terror.
Not sure what to think of this book, but it was 4 hardbacks for £1, so I said it couldn't hurt trying ....
Dr Jessie Copeland, a respected young surgeon at Eastern Mass Medical Center, knows ARTIE better than anyone. And she knows that it's too soon to be using the tiny robot on a living patient's brain. But Jessie's department chief is too busy to worry much about ethics.
And neither of them has any idea that the media circus surrounding the announcement of ARTIE's development is about to attract a patient from their worst nightmares.
Claude Malloche is a killer for whom murder is both an art and a pleasure. Merciless, shadowy, more rumoured about than known. No one can identify his face. Now Malloche has a deadly brain tumour, and he intends to have the best neurosurgeon in the world operate on it.
To ensure Jessie's co-operation, Malloche has devised a plan of intimidation that puts at risk her life and the lives of hundreds of innocent people. Neurosurgery requires nerves of steel, but in coming up with a scheme to honour her oath as a doctor yet thwart a ruthless killer, Jessie will be performing the most complex surgery of her career - on a knife-edge of terror.
Not sure what to think of this book, but it was 4 hardbacks for £1, so I said it couldn't hurt trying ....
This is now reserved for Sterile, who asked to read it while I am too busy with other books :-)
Update on 3rd November 2004: book is being mailed today...happy reading!
Update on 3rd November 2004: book is being mailed today...happy reading!
Thankyou for the book which arrived safe and well today. It is of the understanding that this book is strictly a loan and shall be returned asap.
Released on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at about 3:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Postal Release in Controlled release, England United Kingdom.
RELEASE NOTES:
Return of loan from Yowlyy. Thanks lots enjoyed the plot.
RELEASE NOTES:
Return of loan from Yowlyy. Thanks lots enjoyed the plot.
It has returned home safely today...thanks Sterile for taking good care of my book :)
Released 3 yrs ago (5/14/2020 UTC) at Bestwood, Donation -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
So many books, too little time! In an attempt to reduce my TBR pile, this is going to be left free to find a more deserving reader.
