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During a break at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai, Jennifer Hernandez, a fourth‑year UCLA medical student, hears that her grandmother, Maria Suarez‑Hernandez, has died after a hip replacement at New Delhi’s Queen Victoria Hospital. Devastated and seeking answers, Jennifer takes emergency leave and travels to India, where she encounters a network of local officials who are both sympathetic and uncooperative. Further investigations reveal a series of unexplained deaths and hurried cremations linked to the same medical facility. Jennifer teams up with Dr. Laurie Montgomery, a New York City medical examiner who also has ties to Maria, and together they uncover a sinister, multilayered conspiracy that stretches across borders and threatens the safety of patients seeking medical tourism. Their pursuit of truth exposes the dark side of global medical practices and the high stakes hidden behind seemingly routine surgeries.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Thriller/Medical Thriller
Authors: Robin Cook
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