Joseph P Catlett

The Inverness Protocol Joseph P Catlett

A physician becomes a detective to save his patient. When a mysterious illness grips Jane Riley, head of the Food and Drug Administration, Jane's doctor and former protégé Josh Hanley can find no organic cause for her symptoms. But Josh, an oncologist by training, soon notices similarities between Jane?s illness and the side effects of a cancer drug that leaves no traces in the body. This improbable diagnosis calls for a risky but potentially life-saving treatment and raises a troubling question ? was Jane poisoned by someone savvy enough to know that this drug would make the perfect untraceable murder weapon? Suspects begin to emerge: cancer activists demanding broader access to experimental treatments, a pharmaceutical company angered by denial of approval for a new drug, tobacco company executives fighting product regulation and scientists protesting the ban on human cloning experiments. As Jane edges toward death, Josh battles to save her life while delving deeper into a conspiracy where the biomedical establishment meets the criminal underworld. 'Catlett's absorbing story is full of intriguing realistic hospital procedural that shows how much a doctor's job requires a top-notch sleuth's skill at solving the riddle of what ails his patients. Outside the hospital, it's a well-paced thriller with suspenseful action scenes and pungent, sharply etched characters.' -Kirkus Discoveries