Synopses & Reviews
In this critically-acclaimed debut praised as "a superior medical thriller" (
The Washington Post), Joshua Gilder pulls readers into the world of a young doctor whose entire life is about to flatline....
GHOST IMAGE
When plastic surgery resident Jackson Maebry sees his girlfriend, Allie, carried into the ER beaten and burned almost beyond recognition, the shock is almost too much to bear. Wanting to aid in her recovery, Jackson keeps their relationship hidden from both the police and his superiors -- a decision that will cost him dearly. For when the truth comes out, Jackson becomes the prime suspect. As his own checkered past comes under police scrutiny, disturbing secrets about Allie's life are uncovered -- revelations that will plunge Jackson into a search for the truth. But the truth he so desperately seeks might be the last thing he ever wanted to know...
Synopsis
An expertly plotted, chillingly vivid, and wholly absorbing mystery about a young, gifted plastic surgeon forced to confront his own dark history when he is implicated in his girlfriend's brutal assault. When plastic surgery resident Jackson Maebry gets a call from the ER, he must attend to a young woman, beaten and burned almost beyond recognition. What Jackson's colleagues don't know is that the victim is his lover. But as he and the other doctors struggle to put her back together, the fractures in Jackson's own life begin to break apart. When the police investigation of the attack leads to his door, Jackson knows the truth can no longer be suppressed.
Synopsis
When ER resident Jackson Maebry is called in, he finds a woman beaten and burned almost beyond recognition. Shockingly, Jackson soon realizes that the woman is his lover, Allie. With Allie in a coma, Jackson keeps their relationship secret as he takes part in her reconstruction. But with the fractures in Jackson's life beginning to break apart and the San Francisco police investigation leading to his door, he soon realizes that the questions surrounding Allie's assault and the secrets she keeps might be the last thing he ever wanted to know...
Synopsis
This spine-tingling and suspenseful debut novel follows a gifted young plastic surgeon forced to confront his own dark history when he becomes implicated in his girlfriend's brutal assault.
About the Author
Joshua Gilder is a former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan (penning, among others, his famous "Go Ahead, Make My Day" speech) and served as Principal Deputy Assistant of State for Human Rights under President George H.W. Bush. Cofounder of a successful Washington, D.C. consulting firm, he has been published in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, Reader?s Digest, NewsMax, WorldNet Daily, Crisis, The American Spectator, The New Criterion, and Saturday Review. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife Anne-Lee and their young son. This is his first novel.