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A series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals sends an idealistic UCLAmedical student on a desperate search for answers in this chilling tale fromthe master of the medical thriller. Jennifer Hernandez is a fourthyear medicalstudent at UCLA just completing an elective in general surgery whose world isshattered during a break in an otherwise ordinary day. While relaxing in thesurgical lounge of L.A.as CedarsSinai Medical Center she halflistens to apiece on medical tourism where firstworld citizens travel to thirdworldcountries for surgery. But when she hears her beloved grandmotheras namementioned her own heart nearly stops the CNN reporter says Maria SuarezHernandez had died a day after undergoing a hip replacement in New DelhiasQueen Victoria Hospital. Maria had raised Jennifer and her brothers frominfancy and their bond was unshakable. Still the news that Maria had traveledto India was a shock to Jennifer until she realized that it was the onlyviable option for the hardworking yet uninsured woman. Devastated anddesperate for answers Jennifer takes emergency leave from school and heads toIndia where relations with local officials go from sympathetic to sour as shepresses for more information. With the discovery of other unexplained deathsfollowed by hasty cremations Jennifer reaches out to her mentor New York Citymedical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery who has her own deep connection toMaria. Laurie along with her husband Dr. Jack Stapleton rushes to theyounger womanas side discovering a sophisticated medical facility with littlemargin for error. As the death count grows so do the questions leading Laurieand Jenniferto unveil a sinister multilayered conspiracy of globalproportions. «
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