Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Donald Bain continues the beloved Capital Crimes series with Margaret Truman s Deadly Medicine, a gripping tale of greed, betrayal and murder.
If someone in the pharmaceutical industry came upon a cheaper, non-addictive, and more effective painkiller, would he kill for it? Washington, D.C., private detective Robert Brixton discovers the answer is a resounding Yes, as he helps Jayla King, a medical researcher at a small D.C. pharmaceutical firm, carry on the work of her father. Dr. Preston King s experiments in the jungles of Papua New Guinea and the discoveries he made led to his brutal murder and the theft of his papers.
Did her father s lab assistant kill the doctor and steal his research? Is this shadowy figure prepared to kill again to keep Jayla from profiting from her father s work? Does her recent paramour s romantic interest reflect his true feelings or will he sell her out and reap the rewards for himself? And to what lengths would Big Pharma s leading lobbyist go to cover up his involvement with King s death . . . and to protect a leading champion of the pharmaceutical industry, a Georgia senator with a shady past?
No pill can ease the pain that the answers to these questions will inflict.
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