The Unkindest Cut
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Thoughts of the circus were long since past. The bushes flew by, merging into a great green blur. Her rubber boots dug for traction on the crusty surface. Looming large ahead, the gateposts wobbled in and out of focus as the cold air stung her cheeks and filled her eyes with tears. Christy tried harder to slow down, but neither steel nor rubber gripped the icy slope as they had for the bigger kids. Once the inevitable skid began, she spun out helplessly. The old wooden sled splintered and flipped over, throwing Christy into the concrete gatepost with a sickening thud.
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It is a cold day in December 1985 when ten-year-old Christy Piper makes the fateful decision to hop onto a Flexible Flyer and sled down Bonnell’s Hill. Seconds later, she spins out helplessly and the old wooden sled flips over, throwing Christy into a concrete gatepost with a sickening thud.
When she arrives in the ER, Christy is attended to by Nick Fletcher, a cocky resident who carries himself with the poise of a seasoned physician. After he stitches her up and prepares her discharge papers, he assures the supervising surgeon that he has followed all the appropriate protocols. But after Christy is raced back to the E.R. by her frantic parents a short time later, she undergoes emergency surgery that leads to fatal complications. Now, nothing will stop her distraught father, Wally, from embarking on a vengeful journey to make someone suffer for the deadly error.
In this exciting medical thriller, a fatal mistake in the operating room kills a ten-year-old girl and sends her father on a determined mission to seek revenge.
About the Author
Dr. Fahey graduated from Dartmouth College and Harvard Medical School. After Surgical Residency at Georgetown, he practiced Emergency Medicine and served as a Team Physician with the University of Maryland for thirty years. He enjoys tennis and birdwatching, and lives with his wife, Ann, and their Shih-tzu, Elvis in the Maryland suburbs.