Prescription for Death Author:Barry Friedman Prescription For Death A gang of criminals devise a scheme to defraud insurance companies by faking heart attacks. Their plot includes a method of altering cardiograms, a relatively new diagnostic tool in 1931, the setting of this story. Stuart Downing, a young physician, suspects the scheme, but digging out the evidence proves a ... more »deadly pursuit. Downing is up against a devious lawyer, unscrupulous doctors, crooked insurance agents and killers. Downing must match his ingenuity against theirs with an unimaginable threat lurking at his every move. _____________________________________ Praise for the novels of Barry FriedmanDead End
“…supplies his readers with plenty of tension right to the end.”
—Inscriptions Magazine
“…Lively police procedural.”
—San Diego Union-Tribune
“…Fantastic story.”
—Huntress Book ReviewsAssignment: Bosnia
“Exceptionally well-written thriller.”
—Shirley Allen, author of Roxanna Britton
“This thriller kept me glued to the pages.”
—Oceanside reviewer
“Very suspenseful.”
—AllReaders.comThe Shroud
Awarded runner-up Best Novel, suspense/thriller category, 2001 San Diego Book Awards.« less