{"product_id":"bleed-9798217184125","title":"Bleed","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \"master of the medical thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie return in a gripping new novel of greed, corruption, and the lethal cost of private equity in healthcare \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Robin Cook is at the top of his game.\" --FREIDA MCFADDEN, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Jack Stapleton thought he'd left behind the ruthless world of corporate healthcare by retraining in forensic pathology. But when he agrees to help a former colleague being sued for malpractice over a sepsis death following a routine cataract surgery, Jack is pulled back into the throes of modern clinical medicine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe autopsy file creates more questions than answers, especially after Jack learns that the hospital where the operation had been performed was purchased a year earlier by an aggressive private equity firm--and its founder, Gerald Barlow, had been involved in the company that ruined Jack's medical practice years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Jack ventures deeper into the mystery, he shockingly discovers there'd been forty-six other recent infectious deaths at the same hospital--and Barlow had pressing reasons to keep them out of the media. Pursuing the trail into the shadows of a system corrupted by profit and secrecy, Jack doesn't realize how close he is to danger--until hospital staff start turning up dead. In a world where medicine meets money, he must fight not only to expose a fatal conspiracy, but to survive it himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e G.P. Putnam's Sons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217184125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368","brand":"Robin Cook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458896945333,"sku":"9798217184125","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9798217184125.jpg?v=1791297512","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bleed-9798217184125","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}