Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #335946 in Books
• Published on: 1998-02-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

From the Author
These comments appeared in ARC's of Lethal Practice
These are the review comments that appeared on the AdvancedReading Copy (ARC) of Lethal Practice:

Chilling "A fast-paced, engrossing Medical Thriller. An impressive debut." - John Saul New York Times bestselling author THE BLACK STONE CHRONICLES

"Thrilling medical suspense guaranteed to keep you rivited. Highly entertaining." - Stanley Pottinger New York Times bestselling author THE FOURTH PROCEDURE

"A single mysterious and grisly murder in the first chapter sustains this entire debut novel. The cardiac needle expertly plunged into the heart of Everett Kingsly, chief administrator of St. Paul's Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y., puts top ER doctor, cardiac genius and the story's narrator Earl Garnet at the investigation's forefront. While a few subplots fill in the blanks, Clement doesn't make the mistake of substituting body count for narrative drive, the circumstances surrounding Kingsly's death and the motives floating around the hospital provide more than enough juice. Clement, a former ER physician, possesses punchy prose, medical know-how and a knack for quirky detils, and his hardened depiction of the realities of hospital administration is disturbing." Excerpt from Publisher's Weekly, July/97

Here are review comments that appeared on the inside cover on the final release:

"A gripping story super-imposed on a very sophisticated medical background. Dr. Clement not only spins a great yarn, his medical background is vivid and accurate." - Isadore Rosenfeld, MD Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiology) Medical Commentator for NBC's Today Show Bestselling author of DR. ROSENFELD'S GUIDE TO ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

"Rx: Use liberally when in need of a good read... Side effects: May cause engrossement, excitement, feeling of "being there" and occasional hilarity... Caution: May cause stiffness due to long periods of sitting turning pages. Please note: This is not an imitation. This is the REAL THING. Repeat: as often as you can! - Michel Tetreault, MD CCFP (EM) FRCP (C) Emergency Physician Former President Canadian and Quebec Associations of Emergency Physicians

Customer Reviews

Hospital phobics will really find this a terror trip!
This book contains the standard medical plot-- this time, murder by cardiac needle and a full list of arrogant, stupid, or criminally inept doctors. It's unbelievable sometimes-- would a hospital really axe 100 hospital beds just to "save on water and laundry costs" without even knowing what those costs are? The really scary part of this medical thriller is... what if some of its plotline about emergency room treatment is really true? After all, the author is an EM doc and should know. Patients on "managed care" denied emergency treatment, shoved off on a gurney in a hall somewhere and left to die from lack of attention... one, lone resident guarding an ICU unit at night... ambulances continuing to drop off patients for whom there is no room... The medical plot might be chilling, but the ER itself will freeze you down to your bones. Don't go to a big-city ER room unless you've got "pay for service" care and a lot of courage.