A Fatal Debt

By: John Gapper;

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Crime, Mystery - Suspense, Thriller,

ISBN: 9780715644065

SKU: BE500267893897

Pages: 276

Description: Ben Cowper, a psychiatrist at a prestigious city hospital, is stunned to learn the identity of the emergency patient he's just be assigned to treat: Harry Shapiro, a famous financier and one of the hospital's most prominent donors. But a high-profile reversal of fortune has left the one powerful investment banker jobless, bitter, and possibly desperate - judging by the pistol his wife finds him clutching. In Ben's expert opinion, Shapiro is a suicide waiting to happen. But when the headstrong executive balks at an extended stay in the psychiatric ward, Ben reluctly releases him. Days later, the shocking news breaks that there has been a shooting in Harry Shapiro's mansion. Even more shocking is the identity of the victim. The tragedy sets in motion an explosive chain of events that turns Ben Cowper's life upside down.