Shadow Selves
Professor Hayne, of the University of Grampian,Scotland,is a sick man. But when he fails to recover after an operation, the discoveryof mistakes in both surgical and anaesthetic procedures suggests that his deathwas far from accidental. His political manoeuvring had made him many enemies,all of whom would benefit from his death.
DCI Jack Carston is frustrated as hospitalstaff insist that the two ‘errors’ which killed him couldn’t have happened. Ashis investigations continue, two other stories unfold, both centred on SandraScott, a student in Hayne’s department. She’s being targeted by a stalker andsexually harassed by a member of the departmental staff.
Carston eventually unravels the mystery buteven he is surprised by the story’s final twist.
A warts and all look inside academia andthe world of medical maneuvering.
