{"product_id":"a-researched-death-g-l-barbour-9781638120773","title":"A Researched Death","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe setting is a mythical for-profit hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story introduces a practicing surgeon who has a unique research concept but is distracted by personal issues at home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis research, we learn, is at some risk of losing funding because he hasn't made much progress. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of his laboratory technicians is applying to the, also mythical, local medical school. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth the surgeon and the technician get bad news on the same day and they leave the hospital; neither is seen again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short time later the director of research, who gave the bad news to the surgeon, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis brutally murdered in his office one evening and the surgeon becomes the main 'person of interest'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther murders occur, with very similar circumstances and methods. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe detectives include a former US Air Force criminal investigator and he has a long-standing friendship with the also retired USAF Brigadier General \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho is the chief of staff at the hospital. Their background includes previous murders in and around the hospital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs suspicions about the surgeon as the killer increase, the chief of staff has to deal with a hospital administrator \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat does not appreciate academic medicine and a nursing executive who sees physicians not appreciating nurses for their knowledge and skill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story line blends the police procedure with intricacies of medical research funding, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emedical school admission policies and practices and daily administrivia of running a major academic hospital. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the detectives are faced with facts that do not fit their initial supposition, they have to make quick adjustment to prevent another murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e G. L. Barbour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1638120773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781638120773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen Culture Solutions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"G. L. Barbour","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064718680319,"sku":"9781638120773","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_822f7246-df46-4715-999a-bcdc9467c56f.jpg?v=1712124876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-researched-death-g-l-barbour-9781638120773","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}