This book was written especially for English language learners. However, unlike most books of that type, this series is supposed to be fun and interesting. British English. Upper Intermediate.

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Product Description

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's ability. When the wife of a prominent surgeon dies suddenly in the hospital emergency room of Mercy Hospital in Milwaukee, USA, Dr Maxine Cassidy suspects murder. Maxine is determined to find the killer and starts an investigation of her own. However, when someone tries to kill her, she begins to wonder which of her medical colleagues she can trust. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1266594 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

From Publishers Weekly
In her debut novel, McGiffin turns a pair of appealing sleuths loose on the medical profession. By portraying medicine as a small, secretive community that closes its ranks against outsiders (like the police), the book cleverly manages to cast suspicion on several characters and keep readers guessing. Dr. Maxene St. Clair, who left a university research job to work in the emergency room of a Milwaukee hospital, gets all the excitement she could want when a prostitute walks in, asks for her by name, then collapses and dies. It turns out she wasn't a prostitute but Nanette Myer, a surgeon's wife. Pathologist Aaron Simonson says she died of heart failure; Maxene doesn't buy it. Hank Myer dismisses Maxene's qualms, but results of a tissue analysis prove Nanette was killed by a nerve poison whose only known local source is Maxene's former lab. She'd be police detective Joseph Grabowski's prime suspect if they didn't have a very friendly relationship simmering. He accepts her insider's belief that, despite supposed safeguards, anyone in the department, from brilliant researcher Dr. Virginia Gaust to scruffy assistant Nathan Schalz, could obtain and use the poison or pass it on to one of the Myers' doctor-friends, who would know precisely what to do with it.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
YA-- Dr. Maxene St. Clair is on duty in the emergency room when the wife of a leading surgeon dies. There is plenty of action in this short, fast-paced, easily read mystery, with Maxene becoming both suspect and sleuth. Although the plot is simple, there are surprises for readers looking for a couple of hours of escape as they delve into the question of ``whodunit.''
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Customer Reviews

Emergency murder
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