{"product_id":"murder-on-the-ward-dr-christopher-walker-medical-murder-mystery-book-1-9780648717706","title":"Murder on the Ward: Dr Christopher Walker Medical Murder Mystery Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's 1991 and Western Meadows Hospital should be a place for healing and academic endeavour\u003c\/strong\u003e. Instead, it becomes a focus of murder and mystery when the professor of medicine is found dead in a ward bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Chris Walker, a young cancer specialist, finds himself in the middle of it. The professor's death looks like an accident but Walker is suspicious. The professor had a lot of enemies. To make matters worse, the professor's daughter is a trainee oncologist working with Walker and she seemed strangely calm when sees her father's corpse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetective Barry Darling is sent to investigate. He and Walker grew up best friends in The Rocks, knocking around and getting up to no good until a local copper threatened them with juvenile detention. They pulled themselves together and Walker became a doctor and Darling a policeman. The problem was, both loved the same woman, Felicity, and she chose Walker. A few years after they were married, Felicity died under mysterious circumstances while working in New Guinea with Walker. Darling will never forgive Walker for letting her die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, sworn enemies, they are thrown back together to try and solve the professor's death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid a murder really happen? If so, who did it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what really happened to Walker's wife?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoward Gurney was born in Sydney, Australia and is the author of six novels and multiple peer-reviewed medical journal articles. He works as a medical oncologist at Westmead Hospital in Sydney and is also a professor of medicine at Macquarie University, where he undertakes clinical trials for cancer patients. His first fantasy fiction novel, \u003cem\u003eTwin\u003c\/em\u003e, was self-published in 2015. Now, he has turned his hand to something closer to home - medical murder mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoward lives in Sydney with his wife and their five children. He has also worked in Manchester, UK and travels extensively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Gurney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780648717706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.50d","brand":"Howard Gurney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639666471068,"sku":"9780648717706","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5c068b98-dc2b-4482-b2c4-b8af3ada795e.jpg?v=1603850300","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/murder-on-the-ward-dr-christopher-walker-medical-murder-mystery-book-1-9780648717706","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}