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Deception Kindle Edition

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George Anderson is President of the United States and he needs urgent surgery. An enigmatic billionaire named Douglas sees an opportunity to expand his power and replace the Anderson Administration with a puppet President and without the national angst of an assassination or scandal. Only Jim Williams, a Georgetown surgical resident, and Frederick Hall, an aging, legendary Secret Service Agent can prevent this cunning treachery. A young, charismatic Senator and the world’s most popular entertainer are also ensnared in this web of love, danger, subterfuge and murder. Derrik Woodbury’s novel of brazen duplicity and surgical vulnerability, travels in the corridors of power and celebrity. The story moves through foreign countries, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Washington, D.C., and ultimately to the large, corner suites of corporate power and the Oval Office. Unseen forces collide in a desperate attempt to seize command and control of the U.S. Government. For nothing is what it seems in Deception.

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. . . Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field.

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Derrik Woodbury's novel of brazen duplicity and surgical vulnerability, travels in the corridors of power and celebrity. The story moves through foreign countries, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Washington, D.C., and ultimately to the large, corner suites of corporate power and the Oval Office.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07YK2D9CS
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 28, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2052 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 412 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #1,222,361 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,559 in Medical Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #1,904 in Political Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #2,401 in Medical Fiction (Books)

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Derrik F. Woodbury has been a licensed physician for 42 years. His writing has contributed to scientific medical journals as well as his favorite topic of medical education. In the early 1980’s he was asked to do educational topics on television and became one of the first health reporters in the United States. For his reporting, he won an Associated Press award and was nominated for New England Emmys. His article - “An Untimely Frost” - on the death of his young wife to ovarian cancer won second place in the Sunday Newspaper Supplement national competition for the year 1995.

Dr. Woodbury has climbed the highest mountains on five continents and his documentaries have appeared on CBS and ESPN. He wrote, directed and produced a feature 35mm film which was shown at Sundance, Cannes and the New York Film Festival.

He received his M.D. from Dartmouth Medical School and his surgical training from Georgetown, Dartmouth and the University of Pennsylvania. He has two children and lives in Arizona and Connecticut.

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Pat

Gripping story, characters with depth

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2019

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Deception, by Derrik Woodbury, is one of the best thrillers I’ve read in a long time. The plot was original, the characters well-developed and three-dimensional, and the dialogue believable. Something I appreciated was that, although it’s largely a political novel/thriller, the author in no way wore his politics on his sleeve. I enjoyed it thoroughly, had a hard time putting it down, and was sorry when I finished it! Not that there was a cliffhanger—there wasn’t; the story was just that good. I whole-heartedly recommend it.

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Tom Bierdz

Could have been 5 stars.

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2020

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This could have been five stars. It was an exciting read with good writing and a good plot. However, the scenes have to move the plot forward and not distract from it. Obviously the writer has a strong medical background, ( he’s a surgeon) but the chapter of a character’s inability to have an erection with his wife or the chapter about the senator’s hypnosis for example, although interesting, go into too much detail and take the plot off course. At times like this, the book seemed like a collection of vignettes. The author has much potential but needs to keep minor character’s backgrounds to a minimum.

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Phil

Fabulous

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2020

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This was one of the best mysteries I've read. The characters were diverse and seemed really quite real. The plot had lots of unexpected twists and turns and the backgrounds were nicely varied. Thanks for a great read

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Jay S

Sadly...needs a very good editor!

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2019

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This definitely could have been a good read. However, over 100 kindle-sized pages on erectile dysfunction I was ready to give up. (BTW, I'M FEMALE) However, I decided to hang tough through disjointed and garbled sentences, crazy words popping up, missing punctuation but read the entire book. I really hope someone fixes the book. The story had some very good tense sections with some unusually good ideas that I've not seen in other thrillers.

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Frevans7155

What a wonderful ride

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2020

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The author has written a wonderful story of politics, romance and
mystery. Several different threads woven to come together at the climax masterfully. Honestly, you have to pay close attention to all the characters in order to keep track of who's who as the story develops but you will be entranced as it all comes together.

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Melody Z

Good Medical/Political Thriller

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2020

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I enjoyed reading this book although there were so many characters that I had to try to remember who they were. I don't have time to read a book straight through, so for those that do this would not be an issue. I like the ending and enjoyed the OR scenes. Hopefully the proofreading errors will be fixed for those who read this in the future.

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carol notine

A Rare Political / Medical Thriller That I Could Not Put Down

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2019

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I am not a big fan of political based fiction but the way that politics, medicine and deception are interwoven makes for a very compelling plot. Lots of unexpected twists and turns held my attention and I hope that you give it a read so you can enjoy it as well.

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Cindy Customer

Exciting political thriller if you can sort through all the characters.

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2020

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This would have been a 5 star novel if the characters would have been connected a bit better throughout the novel. From the 3/4 point to the ending there was a disconnect. It all came out in the end, but it felt like parts of the book ended up on an editor's trash can that should have been left in the book. I hope Mr. Woodbury has a better editor for his next book.

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