The First Patient
by Michael Palmer
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Author: Michael PalmerEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-12-30
ISBN: 031293775X
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Book Review: A Medical and Political with some actual thrills
Summary: 5 Stars
I read about 50 books a year, with about half of them novels and the rest non-fiction and academic texts. I don't often read thrillers, but as a doctor with some interest in how the government is run, I was intrigued enough to get "The First Patient". I'm glad I did.
Dr. Michael Palmer has crafted a truly thrilling story replete with White House intrigue, secret medical experiments, secret service double-agents, murders and rescues, sexy nurses and icy assassins, horse-back escapes and hidden castles. The story, with plot and pacing aplenty, was never that far from plausible, and there is little that loses my interest in modern storytelling more quickly than inability to suspend my disbelief.
Gabe Singleton is a Doctor in Wyoming. Thirty years ago he was roommates at the Naval Academy with Andrew Stoddard, the current President. In the opening the President flies out to Gabe's ranch to ask him to be the White House Physician. The current Presidential Sawbones has gone missing.
Palmer has some writing style - economical with scarcely some wasted words with some exception. Dr. Palmer uses the word "some" approximately three times more than required - enough that it became some distraction for me, sometimes.
I exaggerate for effect, and the truth is the overall book was of the "can't put down - page-turner" variety. Another truth is that only about 5% of the books I read meet that distinction, and to find a story I relished tearing through was a treat.
If you thought you'd be interested in a medical thriller with a political angle, I recommend "The First Patient" highly.
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