A Bribe Turns Lethal

Leslie Nugent, a New York Times investigative reporter, sees the premature failure of implanted hip joints in patients as a story worth chasing. She doesn't realize that this medical issue will evolve into a sordid tale of bribery and murder.The hospital where the hip joint problem is first discovered purchases its medical supplies from the AllCare company. The arrangement between hospital and supplier is a lucrative monopoly for AllCare, made possible by secret and illegal payments to the hospital vice president for purchasing.The person behind the monopoly is a wealthy business woman who has a well-concealed history of illicit business practices. She is determined to maintain the hospital-AllCare arrangement. Eliminating potential whistleblowers is deemed important to her as is maintaining a close eye on the tenacious investigative reporter.Nugent develops a friendship with an aspiring actress not suspecting that their relationship will play an important role in the reporter's unraveling of the hospital-AllCare scheme.Helped along by serendipity, Nugent begins to zero in on the central character in the criminal 'pay-to-play' arrangement. But the closer she gets to blowing the lid off the story, the more she endangers her own life.

• | Author: A. S. Most
• | Publisher: Stillwater River Publications
• | Publication Date: Apr 17, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00288 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1965733387
• | ISBN-13: 9781965733387