{"product_id":"9781942389095","title":"Deadly Prescription","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAMAZON BEST-SELLER!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a ‘David meets Goliath’ story between victimized unwary patients and Big Pharma’s legal thugs. They will stop at nothing to hide the damaging side effects of two mainstream drugs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreativity and real-world medical experience has allowed Dr. Marx to craft an amazing story so realistic, you’ll wonder where the line of imagination crosses over to realism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow far will some men go for money and power? \u003cem\u003eDeadly Prescription\u003c\/em\u003e shows what happens when profit becomes more important than life. The twists and turns will catch you off guard, and the realistic details will keep you on the edge of your seat, turning pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelf learning and life lessons can come from this doctor fiction too. Though it's not a doctor memoir or medical memoir, some medical fiction books reflect on real-world issues of controversy. Dr Marx's medical mystery shines an eerie light on a big problem we face today, perhaps much more sinister than we might imagine, if only to ponder as possible or probable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fictional story tells of tainted drug studies and side-effect coverups by two pharmaceutical giants. As innocent people have been severely injured by their drugs, one of which is still on the market, the protagonist confronts these giants by defending his patients as a forensic expert in current lawsuits against these companies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir ruthless team of lawyers will stop at nothing to quiet any noisemaker. The goal is to keep their client’s damaging drug available for as long as possible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt isn’t until the Russian Mob gets involved that things get very messy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee Miami’s culture and enjoy vivid depictions of South Beach. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead \u003cem\u003eDeadly Prescription\u003c\/em\u003e and see how men of greed actually think and act. Even worse, what lengths they will go to. After all, what’s a few thousand lives destroyed when billions of dollars are being made as a result?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen it comes to \"medical thrillers and mysteries”, Dr. Robert E. Marx does not disappoint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSYNOPSIS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoctor Robert Merriweather is used to being in control. As Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Miami’s Miller School Of Medicine, he cannot afford to be otherwise. But when Doctor Jacobsen, his friend and mentor, is brutally murdered in Robert’s office, the illusion of control is quickly shattered. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hospital staff thinks it was a random killing, but Miami homicide detectives, Andy Molinaro and Enrique Gonzalez, know better. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoctor Merriweather is preparing to testify against Northstar Drug Company and Apollo Pharmaceuticals, two global conglomerates whose drugs have caused devastating harm to his patients and thousands of others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs they investigate possible links between the lawsuit and the murder, Molinaro and Gonzalez learn of several people with motive to see that the good doctor is permanently silenced. They follow the breadcrumbs from Miami to Midtown Manhattan, to a Russian mobster’s café in Brighton Beach, but they keep coming up empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a deranged man attempts to break into the OR while Merriweather is operating, everyone begins to think that he should lie low until the threat is over. But Merriweather is more determined than ever to take stand, frustrating the cops and his colleagues alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs the killer a crazed stalker or some hired gun commissioned by the highest echelons of Big Pharma? More importantly, can they stop him before he strikes again?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prominent Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049977397488,"sku":"9781942389095","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942389095_p0.jpg?v=1763791191","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942389095","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}