The Painkillers

Third-year medical resident Jack Wheaton has been assigned an intern. The young mystery doctor who he is asked to supervise is impressive in every way. Smart and beautiful, Anita Thomas demonstrated a level of knowledge and expertise beyond her years. Soon, strange things begin to erupt in Anita's orbit. When Jack eventually demands an explanation, he discovers that she is a biomedical prodigy with a billion-dollar secret being pursed by pharmaceutical assassins bent on extracting everything she knows. When they are finished, they will dispose of Anita and Jack . . . permanently. "With glimpses into the practice of medicine, The Painkillers is a first-rate medical thriller that thrusts an overworked but determined doctor and colorful characters in his orbit into a tangled web of deception involving Big Pharma, insider trading, shady academic and medical ethics, and murder for profit. Outstanding." -Gary Earl Ross, author of the Nickel City mysteries " . . . Curiosity got to me, and I read an advance copy of The Painkillers. Gripping. Wildly different. I finished it at past three in the morning. It's still in my head." - Larry Niven, Master of Science Fiction Author