Ghost Image

By Joshua Gilder

Book Overview

The last thing plastic surgery resident Jackson Maebry wants at the end of a long day in the operating room is a call to the ER. Once he gets there, what he finds is worse than his most hellish imaginings: a young woman, beaten and burned almost beyond recognition, a trauma case as terrible as any he has ever seen. What Jackson's colleagues don't know is that the victim, Allie, is actually his lover. With Allie in a coma, Jackson keeps their relationship quiet and takes part in her reconstruction, a complicated and grueling set of procedures that only the most skilled specialists can perform. But as he and the other doctors struggle to put her back together, the fractures in Jackson's own life begin to break apart dramatically. When the San Francisco Police Department's investigation of the attack leads to his door, Jackson knows the truth can no longer be suppressed. Ghost Image is an expertly plotted, chillingly vivid, and wholly absorbing mystery, signaling the debut of an unforgettable new voice in the genre. Taking readers inside the operating room and literally under the skin of its patients, it's a story that will appeal to those fascinated by medicine and forensics. It is also a story--like all classic crime novels--about guilt and innocence, good and evil. But, above all, it is a story of love--the kind of love that might prove deadly, or that might just save your soul. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743223128
• ISBN13: 9780743223126
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.1" x 6.4"

Customer Reviews

A stunning Thriller

Joshua Gilder?s first novel, Ghost Image is a psychological thriller set in the world of plastic surgery that moves inexorably from its startling opening episode to its resonant conclusion at an almost breakneck pace.Jackson Maebry, a rising plastic surgery intern, discovers the night he is called to the ER that the cruelly beaten and burned female patient he is attending is Allie, the girl he has just recently fallen in love...

Compelling

This thriller kept me up late at night - the highest compliment I can pay a book. It provides a unique and fascinating glimpse into the plastic surgeon's art, with graphic descriptions of operations that will curl your toes, at the same time as they keep you turning the page. Gilder ratchets up the psychological tension with his tautly written prose, and provides a convincing cast of suspects to keep you guessing right up...

Yeah, a new writer who can write!

I am just here to jump on the Joshua Gilder bandwagon. I am so happy to have a new author to read. I love suspense thrillers, but find that most of the books I pick up are so poorly written I can't even finish them. I know it is a cliché to call Ghost Image a "page-turner" but it truly is one!!!! From beginning to end, I could not put this down. The first page grabs you, not with a murder (those come later) but with a...

The most exciting new novelist since Scott Turow.

Ghost Image is a tense and powerful novel which launches Joshua Gilder as the most exciting new novelist since Scott Turow debuted in 1988 with Presumed Innocent. Gilder distinguishes himself from many of today's top suspense writers: He cares deeply about his characters; and so does the reader. In Ghost Image, the shocking revelations are not just arbitrary plot manipulations; the action rushes forward as the reader penetrates...

The Most Original Thriller in Years

I have spent all my life reading thrillers and this is the most original one since Gorky Park. The description of the surgical procedure on the first page alone is worth the price of the book.Besides the unusual setting - in the world of plastic surgery, the plot is expertly (and most unusually of all - realistically) crafted to believably maintain the tension all the way to the end. The book is never predictable and never...