Author: John Bishop, MD

The main character of this novel is, of course, Dr. Brady. He, his wife (Mary Louise), and two pets (Cat and Tipper) lives in Houston, Texas where he practices as an orthopedic surgeon at a local hospital. People close to Doc Brady call him Jim Bob. 

Doctor Brady has just learned he is being sued by a prior patient who lost his entire leg while being treated for a routine total knee replacement. Some unexpected things happened leading up to this result and Doc Brady did what he felt was the best possible treatment for what had occurred. Obviously, the patient was not happy with the outcome and decided he needed to sue. 

This patient is a simple farmer who is a bit stubborn and not at all savvy about lawsuits. During his stay at the hospital, between the knee replacement and the subsequent infection and amputation, someone approached him about the possibility of a lawsuit.  The unsavory man doing this dirty work pressed the patient about how much money he might be able to get if the verdict comes back that the doctor was negligent. Naturally, the patient only sees dollar signs now.

Most of the book deals with Doc Brady trying to get to the crux of what happened to get his patient so angry he wanted to sue. He finds this lawsuit unbelievable given that he is a competent and trustworthy doctor with years of experience in his profession. The insurance company working this case tells him that perhaps the best course of action is to settle. Doc Brady does not want to settle. However, once the insurer has investigated everything should they suggest he settle he may had no other option. 

Doc Brady has a son who is working as a PI. He hires him to help track down some people who are, he believes, not quite above board and are somehow tied to this lawsuit or the patients’ decision to sue.  When it appears that Doc Brady may be getting close to the seedy underbelly of this lawsuit he is attacked in the hospital parking garage and finds himself having brain surgery and a lengthy recovery just when he also needs to be gearing up for the trial. Is this unfortunate accident tied to this lawsuit of just happenstance?

While Doc Brady would love to be back at work his superiors have decided that until he is recovered and passes a physical he is on leave preparing for this trial. He decides to go to his beach house with Tip to read up on his documents for trial and get the much needed rest and recovery. While tentatively recovering and relaxing he also does some sleuthing of his own and finds some interesting things that he hopes he can use in his favor at the trial. 

He believes that there is someone inside the hospital feeding information to unsavory attorney’s who love a big malpractice fight. Who can this be and what is in it for them? Will Doc Brady exonerate himself or be convicted of malpractice? Read it and find out.