Sleight of Hand: A Hart and Drake Thriller: 2 (Hart and Drake Medical Thrillers)

For readers of Lisa Gardner Tess Gerritsen Iris Johansen and Debra Webb:Hart and Drake Thriller #2Theres an oath doctors take Detective Mickey Drake said.Primum non nocere the shrink supplied. First do no harm. *** Two months ago Dr. Cassandra Hart was forced to kill a man. The man who murdered her best friend almost killed Drake and seriously wounded her. Now shes back at work in her Pittsburgh ER but nothing seems the same. When she fears that a young boy is being abused by his perfect mother her friends and colleagues worry that shes returned to work too soon imagining dangers that dont exist. Others accuse her of trying to cover up her own alleged mistakes in the boys treatment by making a false report of abuse. Drakes facing problems of his own trying to cope with the aftermath of the night two months ago when his passion for Cassie led to a confrontation with a killer. Hes on desk duty reviewing cold cases and delves into the homicide case that killed his father seven years ago. But after so long what good can he do a cop without a gun? The stakes escalate when Cassie is almost killed and Drake finds evidence that the killer his father was tracking might be planning to strike again--this time targeting a young boy. With the lives of two children at stake how can they walk away?Other books in the series:Nerves of Steel (A Hart and Drake Thriller #1)Face to Face (A Hart and Drake Thriller #3)