Sometimes People Die, Simon Stephenson
Sometimes People Die, Simon Stephenson
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Sometimes People Die

Author: Simon Stephenson

Narrator: Greg Miller Burns

Unabridged: 12 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/20/2022


Synopsis

When too many patients die under his watch, a troubled young doctor suspects murder. But are his instincts to be trusted? 

Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a physician at the struggling St. Luke's Hospital in east London. Amid the maelstrom of sick patients, overworked staff and underfunded wards, a more insidious secret soon declares itself: too many patients are dying. And a murderer may be lurking in plain sight.

Drawing on his experiences as a physician, Simon Stephenson takes readers into the dark heart of life as a hospitalist to ask the question: Who are the people we gift the power of life and death, and what does it do to them?

As beautifully written and witty as it is propulsive, Sometimes People Die is an unforgettable thriller that will haunt you long after you turn the last page.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on January 09, 2023

Wow. This is an intriguing idea for a novel: a drug addled doctor finds himself in an underfunded/staffed hospitals where there is a growing list of suspicious deaths. This is a mystery of who is killing the patients; it’s a suspense in that our narrator, the drug addled physician is the one we are......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on August 22, 2022

2.5 rounded up It’s 1999 and our narrator returns to work after suspension for stealing opioids. He is to leave Scotland and go to work at struggling to recruit St Lukes Hospital in East London. Like most hospitals, it’s understaffed and therefore all are overworked and yes, sometimes people die. Ho......more

Goodreads review by Heather Adores Books on December 01, 2022

3⭐ Featuring ~ single 1st person POV, medical, opioid addiction, serial killer I like medical thrillers and serial killers, but this was slow and just okay for me. I didn't really find it to be much of a thriller either to be honest. I had to go back and confirm this was fiction because it read sort o......more

Goodreads review by Louise on August 27, 2022

The year is 1999. Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young Scottish doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as senior house officer in the struggling East London hospital of St Luke's. Amid the malestorm of sick patients, over-worked staff and underfunded wards an......more

Goodreads review by First Clue on May 12, 2022

If you open this book thinking it’s a medical thriller—which is how it’s marketed—then you’ll be terribly disappointed. But take it on its own terms and it is one of the most evocative and heart-rendering tales you’ll have encountered in quite a while. A young Scottish doctor, caught stealing and u......more