Scalpel
By (Author) Paul Carson
Cornerstone
Arrow Books Ltd
7th December 2001
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
823.914
Paperback
432
Width 110mm, Height 178mm, Spine 26mm
229g
A killer is stalking the corridors of Dublin's Central Maternity Hospital. A young laboratory assistant is found brutally murdered at her desk. The only clue is a bloodstained scalpel. The Gardai investigation, led by DS Kate Hamilton, is blocked by a wall of silence from hospital staff. In the same week, a baby born prematurely at the hospital, the only child of one of Ireland's top industrialists, is kidnapped. The pressure is stepped up. Will Hamilton uncover the killer before he gets to her Will the police find the baby before it's too late Every patient's nightmare is about to come true...
Paul Carson is a doctor and novelist. He lives in Dublin with his wife and two children, where he runs an asthma and allergy clinic for children as well as writing.