Prescription For Death A gang of criminals devise a scheme to defraud insurance companies by faking heart attacks. Their plot includes a method of altering cardiograms, a relatively new diagnostic tool in 1931, the setting of this story. Stuart Downing, a young physician, suspects the scheme, but digging out the evidence proves a deadly pursuit. Downing is up against a devious lawyer, unscrupulous doctors, crooked insurance agents and killers. Downing must match his ingenuity against theirs with an unimaginable threat lurking at his every move. _____________________________________ Praise for the novels of Barry Friedman Dead End "...supplies his readers with plenty of tension right to the end." --Inscriptions Magazine "...Lively police procedural." --San Diego Union-Tribune "...Fantastic story." --Huntress Book Reviews Assignment: Bosnia "Exceptionally well-written thriller." --Shirley Allen, author of Roxanna Britton "This thriller kept me glued to the pages." --Oceanside reviewer "Very suspenseful." --AllReaders.com The Shroud Awarded runner-up Best Novel, suspense/thriller category, 2001 San Diego Book Awards.