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Violence
A lot
Multiple patient murders by a doctor; confrontations
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Brief sexual content between married protagonists
Substance Use
Some
Moderate alcohol use
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Husband as serial killer; physician playing God with patients' lives; betrayal of marital trust
What this book is about
A Robin Cook medical thriller (1984) in which a young anesthesiologist begins to suspect that her husband, a renowned surgeon, is deliberately killing patients he deems unfit to live. The novel explores the God complex in medicine and the terrifying possibility that those we trust with our lives have the darkest of motivations. One of Cook's most psychologically intense early works.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Serial murder by medical professional
Spousal betrayal
Medical ethics horror
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