Scalpel's Cut

by Richard Brown

After Dr. Erik "VJ" Brio is summoned to operate on his partner's maimed hand, he discovers that a seemingly omnipotent shado organization, the Cooperative, is committing fraud on a massive scale at the hospital. VJ is pulled unwillingly into a collision of medical and criminal worlds.

The Cooperative will take any steps necessary to maintain control. Desperate to save himself and those he loves, he joins forces with a brazen, yet compassionate medical student medical student, Tess Risdall, to navigate a way out.

All purchase proceeds go directly to Doctors Without Borders.

306 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 27, 2018

About the author

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amazon.co.uk description -
Richard was a primary school teacher and advisory teacher for literacy for over twenty years before becoming a freelance writer of children's books and books for schools. He is the author of many picture books and poetry anthologies for younger children, many of which have been adapted for the teaching of English overseas. He has written two best-selling collections of poetry for more than one voice, 'The Midnight Party' and 'Whisked Away', many short chapter books including 'Rachel's Mysterious Drawings', 'Setna's Journey' and 'Johnny's Blitz'. He is the author of the acclaimed 'Golden Armour' series of fantasy novels and two ghost novels for older children. He lives near Cambridge, writes poetry and teaches adult poetry writing classes.

Reviews

[Twins Reading Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scalpel's cut is an addictive and gripping medical thriller that has me racing through the pages, gasping for breath until the final jaw-dropping twists! It keeps you in a roller coaster with suspense, intrigue, action, mystery and crazy twists and turns! The Author Dr Richard Brown has a spectacular design of prose that addicts the reader's neurons with the mind-blowing details!
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The book Scalpel's Cut is a riveting, fast-paced thriller that hooked me from the start and took me on a wild and twisted journey. All of the medical information made the story so real and I totally forgot this is a fiction story! All of the characters were so well-developed and played their parts, the ending was so amazing and unexpected, it blew my mind and I am sure you will like it too!
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A riveting modern suspenseful mystery story with characters that are so interesting and very entertaining! SCALPEL'S CUT is an ambiguous fast-paced thrilling book with medical and criminal background and a very inteligent main character Dr Erik "VJ" Brio. This was a five stars medical thriller which I highly recommend it to every thriller/crime fan!

[Debbie Padoll · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. Was an exciting, fast moving story with a lot of twists and turns. It is about a hand surgeon who learns of a group that falsifies EMRs (electronic medical records) and bilks insurance companies out of millions of dollars by falsely charging for tests, surgeries, etc... The main character learns of this group known as The Cooperative when his coworker and friend has his fingers cut off because he discovered the fraud this group was committing. The story includes some romance, and the main character, VJ, is quite a hoot and a daredevil. Very enjoyable read. I read this book as Dr. Brown performed hand surgery on me a million years ago.

[Kim Smith McCarty · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good read. The dialogue was a little confusing at times but I think this is his first writing. I thought the story line was intriguing. Anytime a book can keep me up reading late I have to give it a thumbs up.

[Ruth danielson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book glad it’s fiction hopefully things like this don’t happen in real life