After the Fall [Paperback]

New York TimesandUSA Todaybest-selling author

An action-packed medical thriller

A tragic accident ends Laura Nelson's career as a surgeon. After accepting a position as Vice President for Research in a large pharmaceutical company, Laura works to finalize the imminent approval of the company's groundbreaking new drug. But Jake Harter, a malicious Food and Drug Administration employee, cannot let that happen. He is obsessed with Adawia Abdul, the beautiful Iraqi scientist who discovered the drug. As soon as the drug is approved, Adawia will collect a substantial bonus and reluctantly return to replace her dying father, the lead scientist in Saddam Hussein's bioweapon program. As Hussein's henchmen apply brutal pressure to assure Dr. Abdul's speedy return to Iraq, Harter uses his influence to stall the drug's approval. If Laura gets in his way, he will eliminate her as he has her predecessor and his own wife.

An injury ends Laura Nelsons career as a surgeon. Now, as the Vice President for Research of a major pharmaceutical company, Laura works to finalize the approval of a groundbreaking new drug. But her efforts are being thwarted by a malicious FDA employee whose illicit affair with an Iraqi scientist compels him to prevent the drugs approval. He will go to any length and Laura is standing directly in his path. StarredPublishers WeeklyReview
Readers will appreciate the inside look into the pharmaceutical industry and the drug approval process
Winner of the Florida Book Award for Popular Fiction

This fourth Laura Nelson thriller is a page-turner par excellence. An accidental fall leaves Laura in great pain. Her smashed hand cannot be reconstructed sufficiently for her to continue performing surgery. The title phrase, however, has other echoeslike a fall from grace or esteem. Such a fall is something that Laura fears when confronted with the need to revealor have revealed by otherspainful secretlc.