The Second Opinion, Michael Palmer
The Second Opinion, Michael Palmer
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The Second Opinion

Author: Michael Palmer

Narrator: Franette Liebow

Unabridged: 9 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/17/2009

Synopsis

Struck down by a hit-and-run driver, one of the world’s most respected doctors lies comatose in the ICU unit of Boston’s Beaumont Clinic. No one thinks he will survive. Two of his children believe treatment should be stopped. But his daughter Thea refuses to give up hope―and begins to suspect a cover-up. As a brilliant physician who left the hospital to work with the poor, Thea knows all too well the hidden agendas and personal conflicts that lurk beneath the surface of an elite medical center. When a late-night hospital intruder is identified as a professional killer, Thea is convinced her father’s accident was no accident―and someone plans to finish the job…Who would want to kill a man who saves lives―and why? The answers, Thea fears, are locked deep inside the mind of the only living witness―her father―a man who cannot move or speak. Until the flutter of a single eyelid provides him the means to communicate…and offers Thea a terrifying glimpse into an unfathomable conspiracy.

About Michael Palmer

Michael Palmer (1942-2013) wrote internationally bestselling novels of medical suspense, including The First Patient, The Second Opinion, The Last Surgeon, A Heartbeat Away, Oath of Office and Political Suicide. His book Extreme Measures was adapted into a movie starring Hugh Grant and Gene Hackman. His books have been translated into thirty-five languages. Palmer earned his bachelor's degree at Wesleyan University, and he attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University. He trained in internal medicine at Boston City and Massachusetts General Hospitals. He spent twenty years as a full-time practitioner of internal and emergency medicine. In addition to his writing, Palmer was an associate director of the Massachusetts Medical Society Physician Health Services, devoted to helping physicians troubled by mental illness, physical illness, behavioral issues, and chemical dependency. He lived in eastern Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deb on May 04, 2014

I received this book in audio book form and enjoyed it very much. It was a very good medical thriller that had some nice twists and turns that I found interesting. I liked Palmer's heroine, Thea Sperelakis, a medical Dr who has Asperger Syndrome. When Thea's father is severely injured in an accident......more

Goodreads review by ѕєяєηιтι on October 02, 2012

Türkçe çıkmış bütün kitapları kitaplığımda olmasına rağmen bir türlü okuyamadığım bir yazardı En son çıkmış kitabından başladım ve de sevdim kitabı Aspergers Sendromu olan Doktor kızımız Thea'nın bakış açısıyla ilerleyen bu kitapta bu hastalık çok iyi açıklanmıştı kızımız kendini çok iyi geliştirmiş......more

Goodreads review by Carl on February 08, 2020

In The Second Opinion, Dr. Thea Sperelakis, a brilliant doctor with Asperger’s Syndrome returns from the Congo to find her equally brilliant father in the hospital in critical condition. The more time Thea spends at the hospital, the more she realizes that “accident” that injured her father was no a......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on September 05, 2011

this book had an awesome start out of the gate. there was lots of medical jargon and occurrences, it was almost like ER or Chicago Hope (tv medical dramas). then it happened, the main character met a man and started to fall in love, which turned her into a ball of marshmallow fluff (i am using that......more

Goodreads review by David on August 26, 2018

I am becoming a Michael Palmer fan. His books have fleshed-out characters with whom you can empathize, interesting premises, and (almost) believable plot lines. However in this book, like in Natural Causes, he puts in one plot twist too many at the end, taking the story from engrossing to prepostero......more

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