Scalpel's Cut by Richard Brown

After Dr. Erik "VJ" Brio is summoned to operate on his partner's maimed hand, he discovers that a seemingly omnipotent shado organization, the Cooperative, is committing fraud on a massive scale at the hospital. VJ is pulled unwillingly into a collision of medical and criminal worlds.

The Cooperative will take any steps necessary to maintain control. Desperate to save himself and those he loves, he joins forces with a brazen, yet compassionate medical student medical student, Tess Risdall, to navigate a way out.

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