The Bald-Headed Man with Long Gray Hair

About the Book

Dr. Vance Connelly lives at Brookland, a facility (community) that is said to be Atlanta’s premier place to retire. Vance observes Gerald Shanks, a former actor, who moves to Brookland from Hollywood, California. Gerald has a bald head with a ring of long gray hair that reaches his shoulders.
Jan Medford, a former actress lived nearby, was also from Hollywood. She was murdered in her home.
The remainder of the book deals with the superb detective work of the Atlanta police and Vance Connelly as they gradually solve the case.
In addition, Dr. Vance Connelly gives his views about the high cost of medical care, capital punishment, and the characteristics of an excellent doctor.

About the Author

J. Willis Hurst, M.D. was a trainee in cardiology with Dr. Paul White, the father of American Academic Cardiology, at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. Hurst taught and practiced cardiology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, for fifty eight years. He was professor and chairman of the Department of Medicine for thirty years. He was President Lyndon B. Johnson’s cardiologist for eighteen years. Dr. Hurst is known internationally as a skilled teacher and writer. He has published numerous medical books and articles. His book, The Heart, now known as Hurst’s The Heart, was translated into five languages. He has also written books on teaching, a children’s book with his grandson, two novels with his son, and two novels alone: The Last Leaf Has Fallen about the downfall of a young doctor, and Short, Short Stories and Random Thoughts. Although Hurst officially retired on January 1, 2009, Emory interns and residents meet with him the first Tuesday of each month for dinner and a teaching session.