醫學懸疑天后泰絲.格里森Tess Gerritsen繼《貝納德的墮落》《急診醫生》最新醫學驚悚大作.榮登紐約時報暢銷榜.Mystery Guild Book Club選書.Bookreporter選書.Doubleday Book Club強推.Literary Guild強推一部精采絕倫的醫學驚悚小說……泰絲.格里森將懸疑小說引領到了新的高度。──《克里夫蘭誠懇家日報》(Cleveland Plain Dealer)艾略特醫師必須拿到泰勒血液的樣本。這是她抽血的最後機會;到了明天,他血液中的任何藥物都會代謝掉,那就什麼都驗不出來了……位於草蜢湖畔的度假小鎮緬因州寧靜鎮,似乎是個完美的新居地點,可以讓艾略特醫師帶著她青春期的兒子諾亞遠離大城市的誘惑,也避開他病逝父親的種種回憶。但是隨著冬天的第一絲寒意所來到的震驚新聞,讓她的診所陷入險境,而克蕾兒和寧靜鎮所有鎮民很快就要面對:這只不過是該鎮青少年爆發出一連串毀滅行為的開頭而已……泰絲.格里森過去以她備受讚譽的《貝納德的墮落》和《急診醫生》,為醫學驚悚小說注入一劑威力十足的強心針。而現在,《小鎮醫生》融合了緊湊的懸疑情節和驚悚的寫實手法,塑造出一個小鎮女醫師,企圖解開駭人聽聞的謎團真相而奔走──為了要挽救寧靜鎮,以及她的兒子。
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