Murder by Prescription (Digital Original) (The Doctor Westlake Mysteries #2)
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- Synopsis
- A case of mistaken identity leads to death and deception in this classic &“three-ringed thriller . . . [with] plenty of shocks and jolts&” (New York Herald Tribune). It&’s not the first time the local press has made a mistake, but this one has consequences for Dr. Hugh Westlake. An article about an advocate of euthanasia has switched the name of the old quack named Westbrook to &“Westlake,&” which leads to Hugh getting summoned in the middle of an icy winter night for a mercy killing. The poor, fatally ill woman is the matriarch of a new, wealthy family in town. Ethically, all Hugh can do is ease her pain, so he leaves her with some morphine tablets and in the care of her beautiful daughter Hermia, a sight for sore eyes to the widower of eight years. But Mrs. Talbot&’s unexpected death on the following morning—and her will—draw Hugh into the secrets of the odd household, which consists of her much younger husband, an adopted sibling, a flighty nurse, and a couple of mad scientists. And when another of Hugh&’s terminally ill patients is found dead from a morphine overdose, he becomes the prime suspect in a case that comes down to the question of mercy—or murder . . . &“This detective novel is teeming with nail biting thrills. . . . For a book written in the 1930s it still has some resonance for a 21st century reader.&” —Pretty Sinister Books &“One of those &‘one in a million&’ mysteries that has everything . . . one can&’t help enjoying it.&” —Worcester Telegram
- Copyright:
- 1945
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 194 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781504072892
- Publisher:
- MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
- Date of Addition:
- 07/20/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Jonathan Stagge
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.