Prescription For Death

by Barry Friedman

Prescription For DeathA gang of criminals devise a scheme to defraud insurance companies by faking heart attacks. Their plot includes a method of altering cardiograms, a relatively new diagnostic tool in 1931, the setting of this story.Stuart Downing, a young physician, suspects the scheme, but digging out the evidence proves a deadly pursuit. Downing is up against a devious lawyer, unscrupulous doctors, crooked insurance agents and killers.Downing must match his ingenuity against theirs with an unimaginable threat lurking at his every move.__________________________________________________Praise for the novels of Barry FriedmanDead End" supplies his readers with plenty of tension right to the end."-Inscriptions Magazine" Lively police procedural."-San Diego Union-Tribune" Fantastic story."-Huntress Book Bosnia"Exceptionally well-written thriller."-Shirley Allen, author of Roxanna Britton"This thriller kept me glued to the pages."-Oceanside reviewer"Very suspenseful."-AllReaders.comThe ShroudAwarded runner-up Best Novel, suspense/thriller category, 2001 San Diego Book Awards.

204 pages, Paperback

First published May 8, 2003

About the author

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During my fifty-odd years as an orthopaedic surgeon. I kept a small notebook (and paper napkins) on which I recorded incidents I thought were unusual. Most were humorous, some tragic. After I retired I started writing vignettes based on these notes. Several were published in obscure magazines. Then I read an article by Lawrence Block (a REAL writer) in which he stated that if you can write a short story you can write a book. I took him at his word, embellished several of the vignettes and have now published twelve books. Living off twenty-dollar royalty checks ain't easy, but it beats bagging groceries at Safeway.
The books are all listed on Amazon.com. They are in paperback and ebook format.
My website is www.barryf.com