The doctor's desperate hour

the long version

"Bayard, an attractive small town overlooking the Mississippi River, is the setting for this story of four doctors and their wives. Life had seemed tranquil and satisfying on the sunny January afternoon they gathered at the Cornels' big house for a traditional Sunday dinner together....But soon the first hints of trouble were to appear....Danger threatened a member of the close-knit group and the desperate hour of one doctor became a terrifying experience shared by his friends."--Dust jacket.