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Il dottor Peter Brown è tornato. Il comico e spiazzante medico-killer affronta di nuovo pazienti e criminali ma, questa volta, soprattutto uno strano mostro omicida che si nasconde nelle acque di un lago. È lì che viene spedito insieme alla paleontologa supersexy Violet Hurst, su incarico del miliardario Rick Solo. Il dottor Brown si ritrova così catapultato a Ford, «un grazioso villaggio di psicopatici» in cui gli eventi si susseguono al ritmo di un film di Tarantino. A incombere, la presenza minacciosa e assurda di una creatura simile a quella di Loch Ness, responsabile della brutale morte di due ragazzi. Ma è stato davvero lui a ucciderli? O quella del mostro è solo una trovata per turisti babbei? Ben presto, Peter si trova al centro di un gigantesco intrigo nel quale tutto è avvolto nel mistero: le ragioni che hanno indotto Rick Solo ad affidargli le indagini, lo strano atteggiamento degli abitanti di Ford, le mille, improbabili storie costruite intorno alla creatura del lago.

On cover: "It'shardtofind work as a doctor when using your real namewill get you killed.So hard that when a reclusive billionaire offers Dr.Peter Brown, aka PietroBrnwa, a jobaccompanying a sexy but self-destructive paleontologist on the world's worst field assignment, Brown has no real choice but to say yes"

Dr. Peter Brown is an intern at Manhattan's worst hospital; Pietro "Bearclaw" Brwna is a hitman for the mob. And Nicholas LoBrutto, Dr. Brown's new patient who has three months to live, has a very strange idea: that Peter Brown and Pietro Brwna might - just might - be the same person ... Dr. Peter Brown is an intern at Manhattan's worst hospital, with a talent for medicine, a shift from hell, and a past he'd prefer to keep hidden. Whether it's a blocked circumflex artery or a plan to land a massive malpractice suit, he knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. Pietro "Bearclaw" Brwna is a hitman for the mob, with a genius for violence, a well-earned fear of sharks, and an overly close relationship with the Federal Witness Relocation Program. More likely to leave a trail of dead gangsters than a molecule of evidence, he's the last person you want to see in your hospital room. Nicholas LoBrutto, aka Eddy Squillante, is Dr. Brown's new patient, with three months to live and a very strange idea: that Peter Brown and Pietro Brwna might - just might - be the same person ... Now, with the mob, the government, and death itself descending on the hospital, Peter has to buy time and do whatever it takes to keep his patients, himself, and his last shot at redemption alive. To get through the next eight hours - and somehow beat the reaper. Spattered in adrenaline-fueled action and bone-saw-sharp dialogue, Beat the Reaper is a debut thriller so utterly original you won't be able to guess what happens next, and so shockingly entertaining you won't be able to put it down.