Dr. Julie
Devereux is an ER doctor at a large Boston hospital and a divorced single
mom. While she is an outstanding doctor,
she is also outspoken about death with dignity and finds herself unopposed to
physician-assisted suicide. Then one day
her fiancé, Sam is injured in a motorcycle accident that leaves him a
quadriplegic. Sam wants to die and
becomes depressed but Julie sees hope for a life together with Sam, even in his
condition. Ironically, Julie seeks help
to pull Sam from his dark despair while Sam longs for death. Then suddenly, Sam mysteriously dies from a
heart attack. The autopsy suggests Sam
had a rare heart defect but as Julie researches the disease, she finds other,
too frequent cases right there in her own hospital… all in patients with fatal
health conditions. Could someone be
mercy killing patients in her hospital?
Who would benefit and to what lengths will they go to cover-up
murder? As she digs deeper into hospital
records she is suddenly suspected of a mercy killing and her career is on the
line. But that doesn’t stop her
investigation. As she gets closer to
discovering the killer her own life is threatened. Now the stakes are high… find the killer or
die trying.
Michael
Palmer died in 2013 from a heart attack after a successful career as an author
of medical thrillers. He began writing
in the 1970’s as a diversion from addictions to alcohol and prescription pain
killers. He conquered both addictions
when he began writing. His son Daniel
has become a talented writer in his own right, and completed this novel that
Michael began. I’ve read several of
Michael’s works and enjoyed them all but simply grew tired of the genre… but if
you like medical thrillers, Michael Palmer was the best.
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