Lethal Mercy [Paperback]

Harry Kraus (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 3, 1997

Was it medicine? Mercy? Or murder? For the sake of his conscience, and the community in which he practices, he has to find out.

When pregnant Sarah Hampton dies suddenly at an alternative cancer treatment facility, an enraged community demands to know whether her physician-husband assisted her death. Suffering from traumatic amnesia, Jake would like to know too. He is strongly against assisted suicide, and yet his wife was suffering such agony--is it possible... ?

Barely avoiding a trial for her murder, hoping to unravel the questions he's not sure he wants answered, Jake joins a medical practice in his former hometown. Once there, he not only continues to encounter public suspicion, but is getting subtle and ever more threatening clues from an unidentified stalker. Are his wife's death and the stalker's appearance mere coincidence? Or is a sinister someone trying to destroy him completely?

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About the Author

HARRY KRAUS, MD, is a practicing surgeon and a missionary with Africa Inland Mission, currently on home assignment. He is the author of two nonfiction books, Breathing Grace and The Cure, and eleven novels. Kraus earned his MD degree from the Medical College of Virginia, completed his surgical internship and residency at the University of Kentucky, and formerly practiced in Virginia and Kenya. Visit his website at www.harrykraus.com for more information.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Crossway Books (January 3, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891079211
• ISBN-13: 978-0891079217
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,225,989 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Experience!!, December 4, 2000

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Lynnea (Toronto) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lethal Mercy (Paperback)

I've never read a book that had such an impact on my life. Harry Lee Kraus' writing style is wonderful, and because he is a doctor, he knows what he is talking about as we follow Sarah Hampton's battle with cancer. As I read through this book, I fell in love with the characters, and I felt like I had known them all my life. Never has an author achieved such a perfect mixture of realism and heart-felt warmth. It's so good to know that our authors today can still write a good story without cursing, sex and unnecessary violence. What a great story and encouragement!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lethal Mercy, June 7, 2010

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Jan Buckner "intrigue please" (Central Washington) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lethal Mercy (Paperback)

This was the first fiction by Harry Kraus I read. There were exciting times but there was too much of the character's thinking to themselves. I skimmed a lot. It had an interesting twist ending. I've read 3 more since and liked them better.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great medical mystery!, July 27, 2006

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Shelly Burke, RN "Publisher and Editor, the &... (Genoa, Nebraska, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lethal Mercy (Paperback)

As a nurse, I love medical mysteries, and with the added bonus of being written from a Christian point of view, this book was a definite winner from page 1!

The plot is riviting, with several plots woven together but easy and interesting to follow. Current ethical issues were interwoven and brought to life as Dr. Hampton's wife fights cancer in an alternative facility. A mysterious stalker adds to the mystery . . .

I will be reading the rest of Harry Kraus' books ASAP!