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The Golden City is in peril...and so is Tom Justice. ""This excellent story, with well-researched historical detail, is a profile in resilience in the face of vast tragedy."" Publisher's Weekly ""A well-thought-out legal drama, full of intrigue and duplicity."" Kirkus Reviews 1907: Former surgeon Tom Justice sits in a San Francisco jail on murder charges. The attorney hired to defend him is perplexed: the doctor hasn't confessed to the crime--if there even was a crime--but why won't he declare his innocence? The reasons are complex, reaching back to Tom's youth and influencing the decisions he makes about his career, friends, and loved ones. In one soul-defining moment, he makes a choice that will change his life forever. An absorbing tale of medicine and morality in turn of the twentieth century America, The Price of Compassion is Book Four in A.B. Michaels' historical fiction series, ""The Golden City."" Other titles in the series include The Art of Love, The Depth of Beauty, The Promise, and Josephine's Daughter. All titles in the series are stand-alone reads. For more information, please visit abmichaels.com.

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"""Michaels offers a historical novel about a surgeon who's accused of murder after mysterious events at a medical clinic leave a man dead. In 1907, attorney Jonathan Perris visits Tom Justice, a doctor imprisoned in the Ingleside County Jail in Northern California. After Tom was arrested for killing his cousin, Eli Porter, his friend Katherine Firestone hired Jonathan to prove his innocence. But when the lawyer asks Tom whether he committed the crime, he answers with a cryptic response: ""perhaps I did."" With his client providing little assistance, Jonathan takes it upon himself to delve into Tom's past and determine whether he is, in fact, guilty. As the attorney tries to uncover the truth, he interviews various characters who've come into contact with Tom throughout his life. The author takes readers back to Tom's childhood on a farm in North Platte, Nebraska, where he spent summers with Eli. Tom's relationship with his cousin is complex, and the two often fight; later, things get more complicated when Eli falls for Tom's college sweetheart. Tom later enters medical school and hones his professional skills, but Eli takes a different path, moving back to Nebraska and settling into the life of a family man. Tom ends up running a clinic for Chinese-Americans in San Francisco. As Perris collects information through his interviews, the author effectively drops clues along the way for the reader, painting a picture of what might have happened to result in Tom's incarceration. This novel, the fourth in Michaels' The Golden City series, is chock-full of details about California in the earliest part of the 20th century, and it showcases the rampant prejudice against Chinese immigrants that pervaded the West Coast during the period. In accessible and absorbing prose, the author also describes the arcane medical practices of the era. Although the numerous characters and subplots can get confusing at times, there are a sufficient number of high-stakes moments to keep the tale suspenseful and engaging throughout. A well-thought-out legal drama, full of intrigue and duplicity. "" Kirkus Reviews"

Michaels (The Promise, 2016, etc.) offers a historical novel about a surgeon who's accused of murder after mysterious events at a medical clinic leave a man dead. In 1907, attorney Jonathan Perris visits Tom Justice, a doctor imprisoned in the Ingleside County Jail in Northern California. After Tom was arrested for killing his cousin, Eli Porter, his friend Katherine Firestone hired Jonathan to prove his innocence. But when the lawyer asks Tom whether he committed the crime, he answers with a cryptic response: perhaps I did. With his client providing little assistance, Jonathan takes it upon himself to delve into Tom's past and determine whether he is, in fact, guilty. As the attorney tries to uncover the truth, he interviews various characters who've come into contact with Tom throughout his life. The author takes readers back to Tom's childhood on a farm in North Platte, Nebraska, where he spent summers with Eli. Tom's relationship with his cousin is complex, and the two often fight; later, things get more complicated when Eli falls for Tom's college sweetheart. Tom later enters medical school and hones his professional skills, but Eli takes a different path, moving back to Nebraska and settling into the life of a family man. Tom ends up running a clinic for Chinese-Americans in San Francisco. As Perris collects information through his interviews, the author effectively drops clues along the way for the reader, painting a picture of what might have happened to result in Tom's incarceration. This novel, the fourth in Michaels' The Golden City series, is chock-full of details about California in the earliest part of the 20th century, and it showcases the rampant prejudice against Chinese immigrants that pervaded the West Coast during the period. In accessible and absorbing prose, the author also describes the arcane medical practices of the era. Although the numerous characters and subplots can get confusing at times, there are a sufficient number of high-stakes moments to keep the tale suspenseful and engaging throughout. A well-thought-out legal drama, full of intrigue and duplicity. Kirkus Reviews

""Michaels offers a historical novel about a surgeon who's accused of murder after mysterious events at a medical clinic leave a man dead. In 1907, attorney Jonathan Perris visits Tom Justice, a doctor imprisoned in the Ingleside County Jail in Northern California. After Tom was arrested for killing his cousin, Eli Porter, his friend Katherine Firestone hired Jonathan to prove his innocence. But when the lawyer asks Tom whether he committed the crime, he answers with a cryptic response: ""perhaps I did."" With his client providing little assistance, Jonathan takes it upon himself to delve into Tom's past and determine whether he is, in fact, guilty. As the attorney tries to uncover the truth, he interviews various characters who've come into contact with Tom throughout his life. The author takes readers back to Tom's childhood on a farm in North Platte, Nebraska, where he spent summers with Eli. Tom's relationship with his cousin is complex, and the two often fight; later, things get more complicated when Eli falls for Tom's college sweetheart. Tom later enters medical school and hones his professional skills, but Eli takes a different path, moving back to Nebraska and settling into the life of a family man. Tom ends up running a clinic for Chinese-Americans in San Francisco. As Perris collects information through his interviews, the author effectively drops clues along the way for the reader, painting a picture of what might have happened to result in Tom's incarceration. This novel, the fourth in Michaels' The Golden City series, is chock-full of details about California in the earliest part of the 20th century, and it showcases the rampant prejudice against Chinese immigrants that pervaded the West Coast during the period. In accessible and absorbing prose, the author also describes the arcane medical practices of the era. Although the numerous characters and subplots can get confusing at times, there are a sufficient number of high-stakes moments to keep the tale suspenseful and engaging throughout. A well-thought-out legal drama, full of intrigue and duplicity. "" Kirkus Reviews

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A native of California, A.B. Michaels holds masters' degrees in history (UCLA) and broadcasting (San Francisco State University). After working for many years as a promotional writer and editor, she turned to writing the kind of enthralling, page-turning fiction she loves to read. Michaels currently lives in Boise, Idaho.

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