Doing Harm, Kelly Parsons
Doing Harm, Kelly Parsons
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Doing Harm
A Novel

Author: Kelly Parsons

Narrator: Robert Petkoff

Unabridged: 12 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/04/2014

Synopsis

There are many ways to die in a hospital…being sick is only one of them.

Chief resident Steve Mitchell is the quintessential surgeon: ambitious, intelligent, confident. Charged with molding a group of medical trainees into doctors, and in line for a coveted job, Steve's future is bright. But then a patient mysteriously dies, and it quickly becomes clear that a killer is on the loose in his hospital. A killer set on playing a deadly game with Steve. A killer holding information that could ruin his career and marriage. Now, alone and under a cloud of suspicion, Steve must discover a way to outsmart his opponent and save the killer's next victim before the cycle repeats itself again and again…

A chilling and compelling thriller that also takes you into the hospital and details the politics and hierarchy among doctors, as well as the life and death decisions that are made by flawed human beings, Kelly Parsons' Doing Harm marks the gripping debut of a major fiction career.

About Kelly Parsons

KELLY PARSONS is a board-certified urologist with degrees from Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins, and he is on the faculty at the University of California San Diego.  He lives with his family in Southern California.  Doing Harm is his first novel.

About Robert Petkoff

Robert Petkoff has won multiple AudioFile Earphones awards for his acclaimed narrations. He was named Best Voice of Fiction & Classics for his reading of The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore by Benjamin Hale. His other narration credits include Oath of Office by Michael Palmer, Gangster Squad by Paul Lieberman, and books by David Foster Wallace.Petkoff has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in theaters across America and Europe.  He has worked in television and film. His theater credits include Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in the Broadway production of Anything Goes, Perchik as part of the Tony-nomianted cast of Fiddler on the Roof, and Hubert Humphrey in the Tony award-winning play All the Way. He has also had numerous roles in television on shows such as Law and Order and Married with Children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on October 19, 2022

Steve Mitchell is a senior surgical resident at Boston's University Hospital, and hopes to get a permanent position at the institute when he completes his residency next year. University Hospital is among the best facilities in the country, and Steve wants to be a surgeon at the hospital AND teach a......more

Goodreads review by Judy on February 09, 2017

Kelly Parsons' DOING HARM, a medical thriller, which kept me listening, on the edge of my seat, until the Epilogue and closing interview, with the author. A gripping debut for a major fiction career for Parsons! The audiobook narrator, Robert Petkoff, was a solid reader with a soothing voice, and......more

Goodreads review by Marvin on December 15, 2013

Now this is what I call a medical thriller! Doing Harm is Kelly Parsons' debut novel and it is an excellent start for the physician turned writer. In fact I would call it the best medical thriller I've read since Robin Cook in his Coma days and that's going back a bit. The premise involves surgeon Ste......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on September 01, 2016

I was really excited to read this book because of the amazing reviews. I'm wondering how many of them were paid for it. I'm sorry but this book was ridiculous. First of all I feel like the author has no respect for women. The not very pretty and emotionless wife, the hot crazy murderer, the pale and......more

Goodreads review by Jayne on January 05, 2021

Move over, Robin Cook and Michael Palmer! Kelly Parsons is a talented medical thriller author and a force to be reckoned with! To quote Stephen King, "Doing Harm" was the "best damn medical thriller I've read in 25 years". Yes, it was that good. Even though this book was written in 2014, the dialogue/......more

Quotes

“Best damn medical thriller I've read in 25 years. Terrifying OR scenes, characters with real texture.” —Stephen King

“Doing Harm is a terrific medical thriller--compelling, gripping, and terrifying.” —Harlan Coben, author of Six Years

“A twist worthy of a surgical knot. Flawed characters standing on moral pedestals. Insight into the world of medicine and the ambitious geniuses who make life and death decisions. Doing Harm is more faction than fiction, presenting a world so close to our own that you find yourself second guessing the characters as if they're sitting next to you. Repeatedly, I found myself breathless and troubled yet compelled to keep reading. Brilliant.” —Ridley Pearson, author of Choke Point

“A classic cat-and-mouse game with a refreshing, unexpected twist. It opens with some remarkable bait--dangling a hook that the reader will definitely want to bite. Top notch storytelling.” —Steve Berry, author of The King's Deception

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