TY - SER KW - physicians KW - attorneys KW - medical examiners KW - Pittsburgh Great Race KW - police AU - James N. Tucker AB - Chief of surgery Dr. Jack Merlin—also a part-time magician and sleuth—grows suspicious when four patients with little in common unexpectedly die after routine operations at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. C1 -

1995-6

C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Allegheny County Courthouse; City-County Building; U. S. Steel Building; Oakland; University of Pittsburgh; Cathedral of Learning; Strip District; Bloomfield; North Side; Central Northside; Allegheny General Hospita C4 - Mystery; Suspense CY - New York LA - English M3 - Novel N2 - Chief of surgery Dr. Jack Merlin—also a part-time magician and sleuth—grows suspicious when four patients with little in common unexpectedly die after routine operations at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. PB - Onyx Books PP - New York PY - 1999 RN - James N. Tucker (1952- ), a graduate of Columbia University Medical School, is a Pittsburgh pediatrician and part-time novelist. He lives in O'Hara Twp., Allegheny County. EP - 403 p. TI - Hocus Corpus ER -