Body Merchants - by Elaine Bossik (Paperback)

About the Book

Reporter Ellie Andrews exposes a sinister scheme to harvest and sell organs from prisoners and uncovers an organ trade that reaches into law enforcement, government and her own family.

Book Synopsis

Reporter Ellie Andrews investigates the sudden death of an athlete who received a kidney transplant at Virginia General Hospital. When other transplant patients at the hospital become ill, Ellie searches for answers.

Ellie is not prepared for what happens next. Her brother, Matt, a fellow reporter, is framed for drug possession by local police while investigating the deaths of injured prison inmates.

Then the unthinkable happens. Life is snatched from two people closest to Ellie, and organs are harvested from one of them. In a relentless hunt for the truth, Ellie unravels an intricate scheme to sell human organs to the highest bidders. It is a scheme so widespread that it reaches into law enforcement, respected institutions, and her own family.

When Ellie becomes the target of the very people she wants to expose, she's forced to make a final choice - risk her life to report the truth or abandon the story.

Set in Virginia, BODY MERCHANTS is an eye-opening shocker about an unimaginable crime committed by people blinded by greed. It is also the story of a fearless woman who risks everything to win justice.

Review Quotes

BookLife Prize critic: "In the spirit of the best crime thrillers, Body Merchants exposes the darkest corner of humanity."

Midwest Book Revies: "A well-written, thoroughly engrossing blend of thriller, mystery, psychological and ethical examination, and court case... the heart of this superior medical thriller."