Prescription For Death

<b><I>Prescription For Death</I></b></p><p>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.</p><p>Stuart Downing a young physician suspects the scheme but digging out the evidence proves a deadly pursuit. Downing is up against a devious lawyer unscrupulous doctors crooked insurance agents and killers.</p><p>Downing must match his ingenuity against theirs with an unimaginable threat lurking at his every move.</p><p>_____________________________________</p><p><b>Praise for the novels of Barry Friedman</b></p><p><b><I>Dead End</I></b><br>“…supplies his readers with plenty of tension right to the end.”<br>—<I>Inscriptions Magazine</I><br>“…Lively police procedural.”<br>—<I>San Diego Union-Tribune</I><br>“…Fantastic story.”<br>—<I>Huntress Book Reviews</I></p><p><b><I>Assignment: Bosnia</I></b><br>“Exceptionally well-written thriller.”<br>—Shirley Allen author of <I>Roxanna Britton</I><br>“This thriller kept me glued to the pages.”<br>—Oceanside reviewer<br>“Very suspenseful.”<br>—<I>AllReaders.com</I></p><p><b><I>The Shroud</I></b><br>Awarded runner-up Best Novel suspense/thriller category 2001 San Diego Book Awards.</p