Prescription For Death

"Prescription For Death"A gang of criminals devise a scheme to defraud insurance companies by faking heart attacks. Their plot includes a method of altering cardiograms, a relatively new diagnostic tool in 1931, the setting of this story.Stuart Downing, a young physician, suspects the scheme, but digging out the evidence proves a deadly pursuit. Downing is up against a devious lawyer, unscrupulous doctors, crooked insurance agents and killers.Downing must match his ingenuity against theirs with an unimaginable threat lurking at his every move._____________________________________Praise for the novels of Barry Friedman"Dead End"… supplies his readers with plenty of tension right to the end.” — "Inscriptions Magazine"“ … Lively police procedural.” — "San Diego Union-Tribune"“ … Fantastic story.” — "Huntress Book Reviews""Assignment: Bosnia"“ Exceptionally well-written thriller.” — Shirley Allen, author of "Roxanna Britton"“ This thriller kept me glued to the pages.” — Oceanside reviewer“ Very suspenseful.” — "AllReaders.com""The Shroud"Awarded runner-up Best Novel, suspense/thriller category, 2001 San Diego Book Awards.