CRISIS

When Dr. Craig Bowman is served with a summons for medical malpractice hes shocked enraged and more than a little humiliated. A devoted physician who works continuously in the service of others he endured grueling years of training and is now a partner in an exclusive concierge medical practice. No longer forced to see more and more patients while spending less and less time with each one just to keep his office door open he now provides the kind of medical care he is trained to do lavishing twenty-four-hour availability and personalized attention on his handpicked patients. And at last he is earning a significant income no longer burdened by falling reimbursements from insurance companies. But this idyllic practice comes to a grinding halt one sunny afternoon-and gets much much worse. Enter Dr. Jack Stapleton a medical examiner in New York City and Bowmans brother-in-law: Jacks sister Alexis-now Craigs estranged wife-tearfully begs for his help as her husbands trial drags on. Jack agrees to travel to Boston to offer his forensic services and expert witness experience to Craigs beleaguered defense attorney. But when Jacks irreverent suggestion to exhume the corpse to disprove the alleged malpractice is taken seriously he opens a Pandoras box of trouble. As Craig Bowmans life and career are put on the line Jack is on the verge of making a most unwelcome discovery of tremendous legal and medical significance-and there are people who will do anything to keep him from learning the truth.