In this historical thriller, a German doctor's brilliance earns him an exceptional reputation in his new rural Florida community-until his dark background begins to unravel, culminating in his disappearance.

Andrew I. Schafer is an academic physician, educator, and scientist. He is the author of the historical novel, Unclean Hands, that tells the story of the nineteenth-century discovery of the importance of handwashing by physicians, well before the discovery of bacteria.