The Fifth Vial
From blockbuster author Michael Palmer comes a novel of medical suspense that raises chilling questions: Who ends up with the blood samples you routinely give? What else are they being used for? Why don’t you know?In Boston, a disgraced medical student is sent to deliver a research paper that...
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From blockbuster author Michael Palmer comes a novel of medical suspense that raises chilling questions: Who ends up with the blood samples you routinely give? What else are they being used for? Why don’t you know?In Boston, a disgraced medical student is sent to deliver a research paper that could save her career… In a hospital four thousand miles away, a reclusive scient
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780739480076 (0739480073)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages no: 639
Edition language: English
Natalie Reyes finding herself suspended from Harvard Medical School and her mentor sends her to a conference in Rio de Janiero. She is kidnapped and apparently shot while trying to escape. She finds herself without one of her lungs and trying to work out what happened to her and why it happened. ...
'unputdownable' is the perfect word for this book.
I really enjoyed this book - I like the medical thriller genre a lot, though some parts of this one reminded me of Germ by Robert Liparulo (only some parts - the plots were very different). I liked how it jumped between seemingly unrelated characters. And it's one that makes you think a LOT about ...
17 years ago
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