Description

With her acclaimed books Crop and Life-Support, Tess Gerritsen has shot a strong dosage of adrenaline in to the medical thriller. Today, in a brand new hit, Gerritsen melds page-turning suspense like a small-town physician with chilling reality contests to solve the origins of the severe episode -- before it kills everything she enjoys. Lapped by he mild waters of Locust River, the little resort town of Tranquility, Maine, appears like an ideal place for Dr. Claire Elliot to shelter her adolescent son, Noah, from the distractions of the big-city and the lingering memory of his dad's demise.