Salford, 1983. Lorraine Quick is a single mum, a member of a band goingnow here fast and Personnel Officer at Salford's grim Memorial Hospital. A newGeneral Manager position is being introduced, someone to steer the institutiontowards Margaret Thatcher's lofty vision for the NHS. Lorraine will be pivotal inselecting the successful candidate, thanks to her recent training inpsychometric testing.However, the deliberate substitution of a flu vaccine for a lethal dose ofanaesthetic reveals a killer is at work at the hospital. Lorraine's suspicions turntowards the top brass vying for the new role - could the personality tests leadher to the killer? Sharp Scratch takes readers behind the scenes of a sprawling northernhospital, to the places the public does not see and would not want to, whereclashes between politics and personalities can be fatal.