This is an older true crime (published 1981) that was well worth reading.
A narcissist surgeon leads a double life. He has a mistress, a long suffering wife, countless botched surgeries but no end of loyal clients. And murder is part of the equation too. Very interesting true crime about a man who thought he was above the law.
A narcissist surgeon leads a double life. He has a mistress, a long suffering wife, countless botched surgeries but no end of loyal clients. And murder is part of the equation too. Very interesting true crime about a man who thought he was above the law.
The Healer is a true story of medicine and murder. The police had hardly begun their search at 47 Beverly Road when relatives and friends began arriving for the period of mourning. Admid the noise, the confusion, no one noticed when Dr. Charles Friedgood led his daughter Esther off to a corner of the living room. In a low voice he murmured urgently "Upstairs! File cabinet. Bottle. Syringe. Top Drawer." She got the evidence and hid it, confiding only in her sister Toba. But then another sister, Debbie, tortured by nightmares, discovered the truth - and persuaded Toba to go to the police and inform on Esther. The pieces of the Friedgood case were falling into place....
