Bitter Medicine

Consuelo is 16 heavily pregnant and married to an unemployed gangster. The last thing she needs is a negligent doctor. When she is rushed into the Friendship private hospital the staff are reluctant to treat her. Fortunately she has V.I. Warshawski family friend and ex-lawyer with her. But Consuelo and her baby are the tragic victims of a system so corrupt that it pays her husband to keep quiet. Anyone who can discover anything about the unorthodox dealings of the Friendship is in danger. And V.I.'s investigations are just about to begin...