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Gone Before Goodbye

The gripping new mystery thriller from the bestselling crime author and award-winning actress
Pages
352
Published
2025
Language
English

Synopsis

Gone Before Goodbye is a high-stakes medical thriller co-written by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben. Dr. Maggie McCabe was once an elite army combat surgeon and the driving force behind WorldCures Alliance, a charity she built with her husband Marc to bring advanced cardiac care to underserved regions. When their prototype heart device THUMPR7 vanished during a rebel attack on one of their clinics — killing Marc and leaving Maggie disgraced and adrift — she thought that chapter of her life was over. Years later, an offer from a former mentor leads her to Rublevka for what should be a simple off-the-books surgery on Nadia, the mistress of Russian oligarch Oleg Ragoravich. What begins as one procedure spirals into a deadly conspiracy involving medical espionage and a technology far more dangerous than anyone realized. As Maggie is pulled deeper into the mystery surrounding Marc's death and the true purpose of THUMPR7, she must decide how much truth she can survive before it's too late.

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Characters

Maggie McCabeProtagonist

A brilliant but disgraced former army combat surgeon who agrees to a high-paying, off-the-books surgery for an oligarch's mistress and is pulled into the conspiracy surrounding her late husband's medical charity.

Marc AdamsSupporting

Maggie's former partner in WorldCures Alliance; his death during a rebel attack on their clinic sets the plot in motion when it is revealed he may have been targeted for what he knew about THUMPR7.

Nadia RagoravichSupporting

The mistress of Russian oligarch Oleg Ragoravich, whose surgery Maggie performs in Rublevka and who becomes entangled with her as the conspiracy unfolds.

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