A Perilous Conception
$25.20
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2011
Summary
1976: Dr. Colin Sanford, a brilliant, ambitious obstetrician practicing in the Pacific Northwest, resolves to become the first to produce a baby by in vitro fertilization, despite the controversy raging over the ethics of artificially-assisted human reproduction. He recruits Dr. Giselle Hearn, an experienced laboratory geneticist-embryologist at the University who’s frustrated by the ultra-conservative policies of her department chairman. Working secretly, they set out to put their names in h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590589755 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590589750 |
| Author: | Larry Karp |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2011 |
| Weight: | 313g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Detective Baumgartner Mysteries |
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Critics Review
“A clever, intricate medical mystery with plenty of twists, an inventive touch with metaphors, and an ample helping of wit.” * Aaron Elkins, Edgar winning author of The Worst Thing *
Larry Karp
Larry Karp, Casey’s father, has written long and short nonfiction, restored and collected antique music boxes, and practiced perinatal medicine. He left medical work in 1994 to write mystery novels full-time. The RagTime Traveler is the fourth book of an historical-mystery series, following The Ragtime Kid, The King of Ragtime, and The Ragtime Fool.
A self-described New Yorker, Larry and his wife Myra have lived in Seattle for 46 years. They have two grown children and one grandchild.
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