The Asylum - Debra Meller

At the turn of the twentieth century, a woman finds herself prisoner of a nefarious hospital in this thriller by the author of Finding Elizabeth.

Patty Miller, a paraplegic, is discovered at home barely clinging to life. Her infant son, already dead, lies on her chest still clinging to his mother.

On the morning that is Patty found, she is not expected to survive but is taken to hospital where she eventually recovers. But, severely emotionally disturbed, Patty soon finds herself a patient at Hillside Asylum. There, Patty's condition deteriorates, and the staff and doctors perform unnecessary experimental procedures on their patient.

But when someone from Patty's past learns about her incarceration, they vow to get her out. And those responsible for the abuse will be made to suffer . . .