Silent Treatment

Inhisfivebestsellingnovels，fromTheSisterhoodtoNaturalCauses，physicianMichaelPalmerhasdrawnonyearsoffirsthandemergency-roomexperiencetocreatethedramaofafrighteninglyauthenticworld--aworldwherethelinebetweenmedicineandmurderisscalpel-thin.  Now，inhismostharrowingsuspensenovelyet，Palmerrevealshowthepowertohealcanbecomealicensetokill....Withhiswife，Evie，scheduledforsurgerythenextday，Dr.  HarryCorbettgoestothehospitalforwhathehopeswillbeaquieteveningofreconciliation.  InrecentweeksEvie，neverquicktoshareherfeelings，hasbeenmoreclosedanddistantthanever.ButwhenHarryreachesEvie'sroom，itistoolateforreconciliation.  Shockingly，withoutwarning，Evieisdead.  Thepolicesuspecthomicide.  AndtheironlysuspectisDr.  HarryCorbett.Harryisnotpreparedforthestunningrevelationsthatfollow：Hisbright，beautiful，highlyambitiouswifewasleadingadoublelife;shemayhavehaddangeroussecrets.  Butwhatsecretcouldhavebeenexplosiveenoughtodiefor?Thenthekillerstrikesagain，boldly，tauntinglymurderingoneofHarry'sfavoritepatientsinsuchawaythatonlyHarryknowsthedeathwasnotnatural.  ThistimeHarryiscertain：Thekiller，medicallysophisticated，coollyarrogant，movingundetectedthroughabusyurbanhospital，couldonlybeadoctor.  Andhewonders--howmanymorewilldie?DesperatelyHarryprobesdeeper，followingtheonlyclueEvieleft.  Whathefindsisasinisterpatternthatthreatenspatientsineveryhospitalinthecity.  Harryisengagedinalife-and-deathbattleofwitswithachillinglyefficientmonster.  Anduntilthedoctorisunmasked，nopatientissafefromhislethalsilenttreatment.MichaelPalmerhasdoneitagain，deliveringano-holds-barrednovelofmedicalintrigue--agrippingthrillerthatfeaturesthemostterrifyingphysiciansinceHannibalLecter.  SilentTreatmentwillkeepyourpulseracingfrombeginningtoend