Publisher's Synopsis
A shadowy figure funds a clinic that promises hope to patients in the form of new organs and limbs cut from their own cloned Siamese twins. Combine cloned twins with rapid growth hormone and you have a factory for spare human parts. But what do you do with the leftovers? Not even the head surgeon, Dr. Fran Stone, who took advantage of the experiments to make her ideal man from scratch, knows the answer. But learning the truth puts her life in danger. Is the anonymous money man responsible for Dr. Stone's "accidents," or is it Dr. Stone's paid escort, David Cortly? Or someone else? Local journalist for Adventuress magazine, Roxy Barbarino, has covered the cloning project from its inception. Investigating Dr. Stone's disappearance forces her to take risks, from Akron, Ohio, to West Virginia, to San Francisco, back to Akron's hazardous waste dump, on the trail of the man behind the men and women made from scratch. "The Man from Scratch ... maintains the same razor-smart wit and subtle satire with a genuine touch of the weird.... The book's greatest pleasure is the sharp and completely non-contrived dialogue between Keith's cast of women." - Barbara McIntyre, Akron Beacon Journal
