Anyone Can Put You to Sleep—It’s the One Who Wakes You Up That’s Important When a colleague’s patient suffers a bizarre reaction in the operating room, Luke Daulton, a newly minted anesthesiologist, volunteers to help. Despite the surgical team’s best efforts, the patient succumbs to a rare anesthetic complication. Luke becomes perplexed, even suspicious, over their inability to save the woman. Is it possible that the diagnosis was wrong? Or, worse yet, was the diagnosis faked? Luke even wonders if his boss Dr. Katz is involved. Too busy with the rigors of a new job and his impending fatherhood, Luke is forced to put his suspicions on hold. When his wife, Kim, faces a C-section, his fears are reignited. Could there be a murderer—or murderers—operating in his hospital? Could his wife’s obstetrician be involved? When the C-section goes horribly wrong, Luke must launch into action to save his wife and baby and expose the conspiracy he’s uncovered. Perfect for Fans of Robin Cook and Tess Gerritsen “An action-packed medical thriller from the opening page to its stunning end.” —Robert Dugoni, New York Times best-selling author “ Fatal Complications is a medical thriller that will keep you up late into the night.” —D. P. Lyle, Macavity Award-winning author “In a medical thriller that is equal parts King and Koontz, John Benedict delivers a devastating tale of infidelity, deception, and bad intentions, proving nothing paints a soul darker than desire, and trying to outrun the past is always the fastest way to fall.” —Joe Clifford, award-winning author of the Jay Porter Series “The OR scenes play out with satisfactory urgency.” — Publishers Weekly “A terrifically entertaining medical thriller.” — Midwest Book Review “When anesthesiologist Luke Daulton becomes the newest member of the hospital staff, he is quickly confronted with a series of bizarre anesthetic deaths and a conspiracy that just might cost him his life, as well as those of his wife and unborn child. Fatal Complications is a medical thriller that will keep you up late into the night.” —D. P. Lyle, Benjamin Franklin and Macavity Award-winning author   “With Fatal Complications , a taut medical thriller that is equal parts King and Koontz, John Benedict delivers a devastating tale of infidelity, deception, and bad intentions, proving nothing paints a soul darker than desire, and trying to outrun the past is always the fastest way to fall.” —Joe Clifford, Foreword INDIES Award-winning author   John Benedict , MD , a board-certified anesthesiologist, puts his experience to good use in creating gritty, authentic medical thrillers. Fatal Complications is his third novel, following Adrenaline and The Edge of Death and followed by Bad Robot . Dr. Benedict lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.