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Lethal Practice

by Peter Clement

ISBN: 0449002810
ISBN-13: 9780449002810
Format: Paperback

Summary

When the chief administrator of Buffalo's St. Paul Hospital is murdered with a surgeon's skill, top E.R. doctor Earl Garnet rapidly rises to the top of the pile of suspects.

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published date: 1998
Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches
Weight: 0.35 pounds

Publisher's Notes

Since emergency room doctor Earl Garnet knows how to insert a cardiac needle, he becomes a prime suspect when the chief administrator of Saint Paul's Hospital in Buffalo is murdered with a needle to the heart, and Earl's efforts to clear his name uncover.

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