Code Pink

This book was nominated for a Frankfort eBook award and is suitable for teenage/young adult readership. It is the third in a series of fictional medical thrillers that deal with untoward incidents, mishaps, and catastrophic outcomes known as sentinel events that in reality turn out to be nefarious deeds perpetrated by people from different walks of life.A newborn infant is abducted from a small community hospital. Charlie, a teenage summer volunteer, witnesses the seizure. Whoever masterminded the kidnap knows the teenager can identify the perpetrator placing the witness in extreme danger.Dr. Jake Stein, a physician surveyor for JCAHO, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations, arrives to investigate how the hospital's security failed. When Jake is forced to abandon his investigation, Charlie continues to snoop and eventually joins Jake in pursuit of the criminal. When both their lives are placed in tremendous danger, Charlie must figure out how to save them from an insurmountable set of spine-tingling circumstances.