The year is 1999.
Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids,a young Scottish doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a senior house officer in the struggling east London hospital of St Luke's.
Amid the maelstrom of sick patients,over-worked staff and underfunded wards a darker secret soon declares itself: too many patients are dying.
Which of the medical professionals our protagonist has encountered is behind the murders And can our unnamed narrator's version of the events be trusted
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008547653Number of pages: 368Weight: 240 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 26 mm
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