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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780553295771
ISBN number: 0553295772
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 448
Printing Date: March 01, 1992
Publishing house: Bantam
Release Date: February 01, 1992
Sale Popularity Level: 220702
Studio: Bantam
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Dr. Eric Najarian. He's young, talented, and ambitious. He has all the qualities they're looking for at White Memorial Hospital. He doesn't know he's being watched. Judged. An elite clique of medical professionals thinks he has what it takes to join their secret club. All the young doctor has to do is agree to play by their rules.
But Eric has already seen too much. A missing corpse. An unspeakable mutilation. A brutal abduction. It's only the beginning of a plot of terrifying evil. A sinister plan the group will stop at nothing to hide. And if Eric refuses to become their colleague--he will be their subsequent victim.
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This is fast paced thriller with as many twists and turns as an episode of 24. Most books use the last few pages to wrap up a story in a predictable way, but not this book. There's one surprise after another.
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I found a bunch of these books in a garage sale ~~ and after reading the back of one book, I thought it was something that I would enjoy reading to pass away time. My husband used to work in the medical field and he's always talking about his experiences in the hospital ~~ so I thought Michael Palmer can be another new author for me to read.
I didn't regret it. This book literally kept me on the edge of my seat for the three days it took me to read! I don't care if the characters jumped around ~~ to me, that adds to the excitement and the suspense of the book. I love guessing who would be the bad guy and being proven wrong ~~ that is the fun part of any book.
This one is of a rising young doctor at a prestigious hospital ~~ he's vying for an assistant directorship of the ER. He is then approached by a secret society to be called on to do something unusual on occassion ~~ but Eric refused to do so. He meets Laura as she hands out flyers of her missing brother. Suspicious that he had worked on him in the ER and proclaimed him dead ~~ Eric agreed to help her find him. And that is just the beginning of a wild chase around Boston.
Something sinister, something wicked and something suspenseful ~~ it's all in this book. If you need something that will keep you awake at night ~~ this book would be it! If you like medical thrillers, this is definitely one! This may be my very first introduction to Palmer's works ~~ but it won't be the last.
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Very thrilling! The movie does not do it justice though. Kept me on the edge of my seat wondering whats going to happen next. Very exciting book! A must read if you like thrillers.
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Dr. Eric Najarian is a rising star at White Memorial Hospital. He and a colleague are vying for a big promotion, when suddenly Eric is approached to join a secret society ("Caduceus") as long as he is willing to perform an "unusual" treatment when asked. Pressures of the job and life in general weigh on Eric as he debates what to do. Soon, some missing bodies and other unexplained phenomenon at the hospital shake his trust in everything and send him on a hunt for what is going on. We readers get to know more than he does for quite a while, but we dare say few will guess who the ultimate bad guys wind up being.
This is our fourth novel by Palmer and we have enjoyed them all immensely. Sort of a "thinking man's Robin Cook", Palmer happens to be both a medical and publishing contemporary of Cook -- but to our mind, one with less "fantastic" plots. Palmer's ability to endear his characters to us, to draw out the suspense without getting boring, and to craft a twisty plot lead to hours of entertainment. Enjoy! [p.s., the movie based on this book is also entertaining, but in actuality bears little resemblance to the Palmer story per se...]
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I read this book about two years ago. It is well written although I thought it "jumped around a lot." The characters were well rounded and the premise plausible. I work in the medical field and have enjoyed all of Mr. Palmer's offerings. There is nothing vague or ambiguous about this book.
I would like to hear from anyone who has seen the movie made from this book. I hope I'm not the only one who sees no connection whatsoever between the two. Perhaps someone knows why?
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