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FATAL by Michael Palmer - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKSee all titles by Michael Palmer.From The Sisterhood, Michael Palmer's first New York Times bestseller, to The Patient,
his ninth, reviewers have proclaimed him a master of medical suspense.
Recognized around the world for original, topical, nail-biting
suspense, emergency physician Palmer's work has been translated into
more than thirty-five languages. Now he reaches controversial and
startling new heights in a terrifying tale of cutting-edge
microbiology, unbridled greed, and murder, where either knowing too
little or trusting too much can be FATAL.
In Chicago, a
pregnant cafeteria worker suffering nothing more malevolent than
flulike symptoms begins hemorrhaging from every part of her body. In
Boston, a brilliant musician, her face disfigured by an unknown
disease, rapidly descends into a lethal paranoia. In Belinda, West
Virginia, a miner suddenly goes berserk, causing a cave-in that kills
two of his co-workers. Finding the link between these events could
prove FATAL.
Five years ago, internist and emergency
specialist Matt Rutledge returned to his West Virginia home to marry
his high-school sweetheart and open a practice. He also had a score to
settle. His father died while working for the Belinda Coal and Coke
Company, and Matt swore to expose the mine’s health and safety
violations.
When his beloved Ginny succumbed to an unusual
cancer, his campaign became even more bitterly personal. Now Matt has
identified two bizarre cases of what he has dubbed the Belinda
Syndrome--caused, he is certain, by the mine’s careless disposal of
toxic chemicals. All he needs is proof.
Meanwhile, two women,
unknown to one another, are drawninexorably to Belinda, into Matt’s
life--and into mortal danger. Massachusetts coroner Nikki Solari comes
to attend the funeral of her roommate, killed violently on a Boston
street. Ellen Kroft, a retired schoolteacher from Maryland, seeks the
remorseless killer who has threatened to destroy her and her
family.Three strangers--Rutledge, Solari, and Kroft--each hold one
piece of a puzzle they must solve, and solve quickly. If they don’t, it
will be far more than just their own lives that are at risk.
Michael
Palmer has crafted a novel of breathtaking speed and medical intricacy
where nothing is as it seems and one false step could be FATAL.
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