Books Do No Harm by Jack Jordan

"Do No Harm" by Jack Jordan is a gripping medical thriller centered on Dr. Anna Jones, a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon and single mother whose son, eight-year-old Zack, is kidnapped. The kidnappers demand that Anna kill a high-profile patient on her operating table to secure her son's safe return. This impossible choice pits her professional oath to save lives against her maternal instinct to protect her child. The story unfolds through multiple perspectives, including Anna's, her scrub nurse Margot—who faces her own desperate circumstances—and Detective Inspector Rachel Conaty, who investigates the case. The novel explores themes of morality, the limits of a mother's love, and the ethical dilemmas faced in medicine, delivering a tense, fast-paced narrative full of twists and emotional complexity. It challenges readers to consider what they would do when forced to choose between saving a stranger or their own child

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