{"title":"Tom Combs","description":"Tom Combs' career as an award-winning ER physician provides the foundation for his unforgettable characters and riveting plots. Emotional engagement arises from 25 years of battling to help and comfort those facing illness, trauma and tragedy. To earn his way to medical school, Tom worked jobs using jackhammers, chainsaws, and heavy machinery. He then shifted to laboratory equipment and, eventually, to the stethoscope, scalpel and other tools of the Emergency Medicine specialist. His current weapons of choice are the keyboard and a dangerously fertile imagination. Nerve Damage, his debut thriller, immerses the reader in high-level intrigue and edge-of-your seat suspense. The events are tomorrow's headlines credible with surprises unfolding to the final page. Tom lives with his artist wife near family and friends in a suburb of Minneapolis\/St. Paul. Visit his website at www.tom-combs.com","products":[{"product_id":"nerve-damage-paperback","title":"Nerve Damage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eER physician and medical researcher, Drake Cody, has developed an experimental drug that may help the paralyzed walk. Rogue elements operating in the shadows of the pharmaceutical industry have learned of Drake's breakthrough and they will destroy anyone or anything that prevents them from pirating the priceless research.Drake, his wife, and their children become pawns in a deadly contest where billions in profits are at stake and their lives mean nothing. Murder, blackmail, and violence touches all those he cares about as the hospital, his home, and his city are swept into the madness. Greed, lust, murder, and betrayal confront courage and selflessness as Drake's family and his hospital coworkers battle to save what matters most-their patients, their love, their lives.Physician turned bestselling author Tom Combs' suspense-packed thriller explodes with true-to-life medical action in a tale of heart-pounding thrills, brilliant twists, and characters readers care about.John Grisham introduced legal suspense and thrills to the mainstream - Tom Combs has done the same with the world of medicine in book one of this riveting series.International Bestselling Medical Thriller - #1 Great Britain, Canada and Australia 2018, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67575197630687,"sku":"9780990336006","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/sLbelNJADJ9780990336006.webp?v=1790373102"},{"product_id":"hard-to-breathe-paperback","title":"Hard To Breathe - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eER doctor and medical researcher Drake Cody fears discovery of a shameful, career-ending secret as he works to protect the vulnerable. When an injured woman arrives at the ER with a report of a fall Drake has her wealthy businessman and hospital board member husband arrested for domestic violence. The sociopathic husband is deeply involved in criminal business dealings and an abuse trial and conviction will topple his illicit empire. Within hours Drake's ugly past is revealed and his medical license threatened. Drake will not yield as a diabolical killer, billion-dollar intrigue, and corruption target him, his victimized patient, and those he loves.Family, love, duty, and morality hang in the balance while Drake fights his way through a legal\/criminal\/medical maze, where each passing second can take it all away. A fast-paced, thrill ride involving individuals you care about and realities that affect us all.Hard to Breathe includes authentic medical action and an insider's view of life-or-death medicine and the mega-dollar temptations within the \"business\" of healthcare. Startling twists occur to the very last page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68093935321311,"sku":"9780990336037","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/KvtGe6EjXH9780990336037.webp?v=1792378395"},{"product_id":"wrongful-deaths-paperback","title":"Wrongful Deaths - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the BEST surprise endings ever penned!\" - TopShelf Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn invasion of the deadliest of all opioid drugs has turned Minneapolis and Dr. Drake Cody's ER into a war zone.\u003cbr\u003eIn addition hospitalized patients are dying tragically and malpractice is the claim. Is it incompetence - or something unimaginably worse?\u003cbr\u003eWhen emergency doctor Drake Cody tries to stop the explosion of ODs and find the cause of the unexplained hospital deaths he and those he loves are targeted for murder. Overdoses, malpractice, and murder--wrongful deaths all.\u003cbr\u003eNothing is as it seems as Drake and police track evil where none expect it. More die by the minute as Drake struggles to solve a mystery that links greed, corruption, and betrayal.\u003cbr\u003e\"Wrongful Deaths\" puts readers on the front-lines of the opioid epidemic and exposes the seamy underbelly of the medical, legal, and business worlds. Characters you care about face authentic life-or-death challenges in a story that captivates, informs and entertains.\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the BEST surprise endings ever penned\" TopShelf Magazine\u003cbr\u003eAmazon International Bestseller (Canada, Great Britain, and Australia) April, 2019\u003cbr\u003eJohn Grisham introduced suspense and intrigue within the legal world to the mainstream...Tom Combs has done the same with the world of medicine.\u003cp\u003eAmazon International Bestseller (Canada, Great Britain, and Australia) April, 2019\u003cbr\u003eTopShelf Magazine book of the year\u003cbr\u003eSisters-in-Crime national book club selection\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Library Association selection \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews and what Amazon readers are saying: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An adrenaline junkie's delight! Twists and turns throughout leave one gasping and wanting more.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I did not want to put the book down. One of the best mysteries I have read in a very long time.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Totally unpredictable. Can't wait for the next one.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I was up late last night reading and I considered taking additional blood pressure medicine while reading...OMG!\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wonderful thriller... starts our fast and then accelerates.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the best mysteries I have read in a very long time.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gripping, intense, and thought provoking. I read the first chapter and I was absolutely hooked\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the most entertaining books that I have read in years.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWrongful Deaths\u003c\/i\u003e starts at a high pitch and never slows down. 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