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A Case of Need

Michael Crichton - Author

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ISBN 9780451210630 | 416 pages | 05 Aug 2003 | Signet | 4.37 x 6.81in | 18 - AND UP
Awards
  • Edgar Allan Poe Award
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A Case of Need is Michael Crichton's award-winning debut novel, written shortly after he completed his medical internship. Set against the ever-building pressure and pace of a large Boston medical center, the tensions flare-and explode-when a surgical operation tragically ends in death, raising countless questions. Was it accidental malpractice? A violation of the Hippocratic oath? Or cold-blooded murder?

"I love anything Michael Crichton writes, but his early medical thrillers have been favorites of mine." -Stephen King


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