Death Benefit

The New York Timesbestselling author and master of the medical thriller returns with another crackling tale of unchecked greed and medical malfeasance.Behind the prim gates of the Greenwich Connecticut McMansions Wall Street whizzes turn their attentions from mortgages to another possible profit source: the twenty-five-trillion-dollar life-insurance industry. By securitizing the policies of the old and sick they hope to make another financial killing.At the same time Natalie Savondnik and Ronald Goodalltwo exceptional yet aloof medical residentsare working closely with their medical center''s premier scientist on cutting-edge diabetes research. When their mentor dies suddenly they launch a quiet investigation. As they dig deeper it becomes clear that the scientist''s death was not natural. Is it possible someone is manipulating private life-insurance information to allow investors to benefit from the deaths of others?