Name: A Perilous Conception
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Author: Karp, Larry
ISBN: 9781590589755

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Author

Larry Karp

Publisher

Poisoned Pen Press

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.5 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm

Weight

0.31 kg.

ISBN13

9781590589755

Synopsis "A Perilous Conception"

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 history books. And, incidentally, to cash in.In due course, a Sanford patient, Joyce Kennett, gives birth to a healthy boy. There is rejoicing all around. So why does Joyce's husband erupt in rage, fatally shooting both Hearn and himself? Emerald Police Detective Bernie Baumgartner doggedly seeks the answer. Soon a double cat-and-mouse game develops between the detective who refuses to be bested and the doctor determined to be the best....

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