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Oath of Office (Dr. Lou Welcome, Bk 1)
Oath of Office - Dr. Lou Welcome, Bk 1
Author: Michael Palmer
ISBN-13: 9780312587543
ISBN-10: 0312587546
Publication Date: 12/26/2012
Pages: 464
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 33 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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dollycas avatar reviewed Oath of Office (Dr. Lou Welcome, Bk 1) on + 639 more book reviews
When Dr. John Meacham goes on a shooting spree killing his partner, staff and two patients and then turns the gun on himself all the blames falls to Dr. Lou Welcome. Dr. Welcome was working with a group that helps doctors regain their licenses. In this case the doctors license had been removed for alcoholism and losing his temper with a patient. He had worked with Meacham for years and knew Dr. Meacham was an excellent doctor and advocated strongly to have his license returned. When he learns about what happened he is shocked like everyone else but he believes the authorities are missing something. Dr. Welcome just cant let it go so he starts to investigate himself. What he discovers is truly terrifying.

Dollycass Thoughts

This is quite a suspense thriller. I used the terms scary good back in 2010 to describe The 19th Element by John L. Betcher and this story tops that. Betchers story was about Al Quada terrorists striking in the Midwestern United States. Oath of Office is about Americans terrorizing other Americans through products we need to survive. All in the name of greed and the path leads directly to the White House.

I would say it is Spine-Chillingly Excellent!!!

The truly scary part is that if you do an internet search for the scientific terms in this book they are out there. Hopefully we can trust that they are being used for good and there are regulations in place to save us from something like this occurring. But with all the deregulation talk spinning around Washington could make this story more fact the fiction.

Michael Palmer is a bestselling author for very good reason. He writes an extraordinary story. This book will hold you in its grasp tightly from the first page until the very last word.

I never thought of myself as a squeamish person but chapter 39 almost did me in. Thats my only caution about this book. The book is fabulous and I give it my highest recommendation. I can honestly say this is the best book I have read in a very long time.