About this title: From a "New York Times"-bestselling author comes a novel about a woman who must confront a conspiracy of doctors to uncover an evil practice that touches every single person who has ever had a medical test. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Martin's Press.
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Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780312343552ISBN:0312343558
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. clean, straight, tight and unmarked book club hardback, dustjacket has no tears, chips or stain, just a little edgewear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780312343552ISBN:0312343558
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Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2009-02-17
ISBN-13:9780312343552ISBN:0312343558
Description: Good. Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket not necessarily included minimal wear to binding, majority of pages undamaged, minimal to no highlighting/underlining of text, no missing p. read more
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Description: Good. 0312343558 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
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