The world is filled with bizarre and fascinating ways to fall ill. A notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football - playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnosed with lung cancer' yet the tumors seem to wax and wane inexplicably. In these fifteen edge - of - your - seat' real - life medical detective stories' practicing physician and award - winning author Jonathan Edlow' shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers.