The last surgeon

Summary: Surgeon Dr. Nick Garrity, a vet suffering from PTSD -- post-traumatic stress disorder -- spends his days and nights dispensing medical treatment from a mobile clinic to the homeless in D.C. and Baltimore. In addition, he is constantly on the lookout for his best friend, Umberto Vasquez, who was plucked from the streets four years ago for a secret military mission and has not been seen since. Psychiatric nurse Jillian Coates wants to find her sister's killer. The police ruled her death a suicide, but Jillian does not believe that Belle Coates, an ICU nurse, took her own life, even though every bit of evidence indicates that she did. Belle has left a subtle clue that connects her with Nick Garrity -- a clue that only Jillian can decipher. Together, Nick and Jillian determine that each of those involved in a fatally botched case in an operating room three years ago is dying, one by one. Their discoveries pit them against genius Franz Koller, the highly paid master of the "non-kill" -- the art of murder that does not look like murder. As doctor and nurse move closer to finding the terrifying secret behind these killings, Koller has been given a new directive: His mission will not be complete until Jillian Coates and Nick Garrity, the last surgeon, are dead.

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