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When heads of two women are discovered in a remote cabin near a mass‑grave outside Portland, the investigation points to a violent, drug‑abusing surgeon. Ambitious junior lawyer Amanda Jaffe, newly appointed at her father’s firm, becomes deeply involved. She navigates a web of suspects—including the surgeon’s alluring wife, a zealous detective, a formidable mobster, and a scathing hospital administrator—while procedural misconduct thwarts the case. After the surgeon disappears, a second series of murders surfaces, mirroring the first. The mystery pivots between the surgeon’s potential return and a new copy‑cat killer, placing Amanda at the heart of a high‑stakes thriller where legal strategy meets lethal revenge.
First publish date: December 31, 1975
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Phillip Margolin
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