<p><strong>Nick Shannon is on bail. Can he stay out of trouble long enough to avoid prison for the <em>second</em> time?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>A corpse magnet.</strong> That's what they call Nick. Wherever he goes, a dead body isn't far behind.</p><p><br></p><p>But he's not expecting any casualties in his latest case. Nick is on his way to Fairstead Hospital to meet his new client, Alan Cooper, CEO of the private establishment.</p><p><br></p><p>Nick's been hired to carry out an independent review of the business. He immediately discovers one of the staff members is running a profitable scam.</p><p><br></p><p>Time to break the bad news to Cooper.</p><p><br></p><p>But Cooper isn't available for a meeting right now. He's lying on the floor of his office with a syringe in his right hand and five empty ones on the floor beside him. Blood is trickling from his head, his lips and fingers are tinged blue.</p><p><br></p><p>The only thing that can save him is a shot of medicine that rapidly reverses an overdose. But the hospital pharmacy is out of stock . . .</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Nick curses. The corpse magnet strikes again.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Who killed poor Cooper? And more importantly, <em>why</em>? Nick makes it his mission to find out.</strong></p>