A Case of Need by Jeffery Hudson

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Michael Crichton writing as Jeffery Hudson
• Title: A Case of Need
• Publisher: Dutton; First Dutton Printing (July 1993)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 319 pages
• ISBN-10: 0525938028
• ISBN-13: 978-0525938026
• Item Weight: 1.05 pounds
• Dimensions: 1.2" H x 8.6" L x 5.4" W
• Book Condition: New /like New – Excellent
• Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent
• Edition: First Dutton Printing

Synopsis:

Boston 1968

When one doctor is accused of murder, it takes another to set him free.

In the tightly knit world of Boston medicine, the Randall family reigns supreme. When heart surgeon J. D. Randall s teenage daughter dies during a botched abortion, the medical community threatens to explode.

Was it malpractice? A violation of the Hippocratic Oath? Or was Karen Randall murdered in cold blood?

The natural suspect is Arthur Lee, a brilliant surgeon and known abortionist, who has been carrying out the illegal procedure with the help of pathologist John Berry. After Karen dies, Lee is thrown in jail on a murder charge, and only Berry can prove his friend wasn't the one who wielded the scalpel.

Behind this gruesome death, Berry will uncover a secret that would shock even the most hardened pathologist.

A Case of Need was adapted to the screen as The Carey Treatment, directed by Blake Edwards and starring James Coburn.

About the Author:

After graduating from Harvard Medical School, Michael Crichton embarked on a career as a writer and filmmaker, whose credits include 'The Andromeda Strain', 'Westworld', 'Jurassic Park', 'Rising Sun', 'Prey' and 'State of Fear' and the TV series 'ER'.

He has sold over 150 million books which have been translated into thirty-six languages; twelve have been made into films. He is the only person to have had, at the same time, the number one book, movie and TV show in the United States.