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Silent Treatment
Silent Treatment
Author: Michael Palmer
ISBN-13: 9780553572216
ISBN-10: 0553572210
Publication Date: 2/1/1996
Pages: 480
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 156 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Catwoman avatar reviewed Silent Treatment on + 29 more book reviews
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Excellent! "With his wife, Evie, scheduled for surgery the next morning, Dr. Harry Corbett goes to the hospital for what he hopes will be a quiet evening of reconciliation... only to find his wife shockingly, inexplicably dead. The police suspect homicide and their only suspect is Dr. Harry Corbett". Another wonderful Palmer story line.
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I like this book, the author used to practice medicine and it is full of interesting medical information. I have liked every book of his I have read. This book is fast paced and intriguing.
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This is a great book by Michael Palmer. I couldn't put it down!
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Very exciting medicial drama with lots of twists and turns. Keep me interested.
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Good and interesting. Book has slightly warped pages from a sudden rain but still very readable
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Medical Thriller. When Dr. Harry Corbett's wife dies at the hospital the night before her surgery, Harry is the prime suspect. Then Harry's patients start dying as well. Can Harry find the killer before it is too late?
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good book, hard to put down once you get into it...
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No one is safe in the hospital while the sadiatic killer is loose. A real page turner. Very good
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Medical thriller; the power to heal becomes the license to kill. Great page turner.
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Medical thriller
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A MEDICAL MYSTERY. MICHAEL PALMER KEEPS THE READER IN SUSPENSE UNTIL THE VERY END. A DOCTOR'S WIFE IS KILLED AND HE IS SUSPECTED OF KILLING HER. TO FIND HER KILLER, HE UNCOVERS A SECRET LIFE THAT SHE LEAD.
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Medical thriller.
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Only one Doctor could have written this pulse--pounding prescription for terror
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this one was harder to tell who-dun-it more than others.
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If you like medical thrillers, this one was really good. Kept you guessing to the end.
bea avatar reviewed Silent Treatment on + 94 more book reviews
Just before his 50th birthday, life begins to unravel for Dr. Harry Corbett of the Manhattan Medical Center. Not only is his beautiful and talented wife, Evie, scheduled for serious neurosurgery but Harry believes that he will die on his birthday like his father and grandfather. Nothing happens as the doctor fears. Instead, his wife is murdered, and, after confessing to an affair with her, Harry's archenemy, Casper Sidonis, accuses Harry of having killed her. The most dimwitted cop in recent fiction arrives on the scene and agrees with Sidonis. From this somewhat far-fetched beginning, Palmer (Natural Causes, LJ 2/1/94) creates a suspenseful, entirely credible tale of health insurance fraud and behind-the-scenes hospital politics.
gigi avatar reviewed Silent Treatment on + 355 more book reviews
Good book! Lots of action and suspense.
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one of his best.
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GOOD READ. EDGE OF SEAT THRILLER
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Excellent thriller by Michael Palmer! True to his style, leaves you on the edge of your seat for the whole ride!!
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This is a pretty good medical thriller. Dr. Harry Corbett's wife dies on the eve of brain surgery and as she is ready to leave him for another staff doctor. Ruled a homicide, Dr. Corbett finds himself not only the prime suspect but the only suspect. He must unravel the mystery behind the evil insurance comglomerate that is knocking off expensive patients. A good thriller, but Palmer, like most thriller writers, abandons suspense for an over-the-top, unbelievable action-packed climax. The ending was contrived but I still give the book a thumbs up.
hagen007 avatar reviewed Silent Treatment on + 27 more book reviews
Liked the book a lot. For me, it was a slow start, but I stuck with it and was glad. Exciting through the very last page!
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I love anything Michael Palmer.
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with wife evie scheduled for surgery the next day dr harry corbett goes to the hospital for what he hopes will be a quiet evening of reconciliation in recent weeks evie never quick to share her feelings has been more closed and distant than ever but when harry reaches evies room it is too late for reconciliation shockingly without warning evie is dead the police suspect is dr harr corbett.
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With his wife, Evie, scheduled for surgery the next morning, Dr. Harry Corbett goes to the hospital for what he hopes will be a quiet evening of reconcilliation...only to find his wife shockingly inexplicably dead. The police suspect homicide. And their only suspect is Dr. Harry Corbett.

for Harry it is the beginning of a nightmare. It seems that his bright, beautiful, hightly ambitious wife was leading a double life -- she may have had explosive enough to die for? Before Harry can begin to guess at the answer, the killer strikes again.

This time he boldly, tauntingly murders one of Harry's favorite patients in a way that makes Harry's favorite patients in a way that makes Harry realize a terrifying truth: the sadistic killer moving undetected through this busy urban hospital can only be a doctor. And until he is unmasked, no one, least of all Dr. Harry Corbett, will be safe.
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With his wife, Evie, scheduled for surgery the next morning, Dr. Harry Corbett goes to the hospital for what he hopes will be a quiet evening of reconciliation...only to find his wife shockingly, inexplicably dead. The police suspect homicide. And their only suspect is Dr. Harry Corbett.
For Harry it is the beginning of a nightmare. It seems that his bright, beautiful, highly ambitious wife was leading a double life-she may have had dangerous secrets. But what secret could have been explosive enough to die for? Before Harry can begin to guess at the answer, the killer strikes again.
This time he boldly, tauntingly murders one of Harry's favorite patients in a way that makes Harry realize a terrifying truth: the sadistic killer moving undetected through this busy urban hospital can only be a doctor. And until he is unmasked, no one, least of all Dr. Harry Corbett, will be safe.
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With his wife, Evie, scheduled for surgery the next morning, Dr. Harry Corbett goes to the hospital for what he hopes will be a quiet evening of reconcilliation....only to find his wife shockingly, inexplicably dead. The police suspect homicide. And their only suspect is Dr. Harry Corbett.
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With his wife, Evie, scheduled for surgery the next morning, Dr. Harry Corbett goes to the hospital for what he hopes will be a quiet evening of reconciliation... only to find his wife shockingly, inexplicably dead. The police suspect homicide. And their only suspect is Dr. Harry Corbett.
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
With his wife, Evie, scheduled for surgery the next day, Dr. Harry Corbett goes to the hospital for what he hopes will be a quiet evening of reconciliation. In recent weeks Evie, never quick to share her feelings, has been more closed and distant than ever. But when Harry reaches Evie's room, it is too late for reconciliation. Shockingly, without warning, Evie is dead. The police suspect homicide. And their only suspect is Dr. Harry Corbett.
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With his wife, Evie, scheduled for surgery the next morning, Dr. Harry Corbett goes to the hospital for what he hopes will be a quiet evening of reconciliation... only to find his wife shockingly, inexplicably dead. The police suspect homicide. And their only suspect is Dr. Harry Corbett. For Harry it is the beginning of a nightmare. It seems that his bright, beautiful, highly ambitious wife was leading a double life-she may have had dangerous secrets. But what secret could have been explosive enough to die for? Before Harry can begin to guess at the answer, the killer strikes again. This time he boldly, tauntingly murders one of Harry's favorite patients in a way that makes Harry realize a terrifying truth: the sadistic killer moving undetected through this busy urban hospital can only be a doctor. And until he is unmasked, no one, least of all Dr. Harry Corbett, will be safe.
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With his wife, Evie, scheduled for surgery the next morning, Dr. Harry Corbett goes to the hospital for what he hopes will be a quiet evening of reconciliation...only to find his wife shockingly, inexplicably dead. The police suspect homicide. And their only suspect is Dr. Harry Corbett.
For Harry, it is the beginning of a nightmare. Did his wife lead a double life? Before Harry can begin to guess at the answer, the killer strikes again.
This time is one of Harry's favorite patients. Harry realizes a terrifying truth: the sadistic killer is moving undetected through this busy urban hospital. Is any one safe?
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Entertaining read ... BUT the story is too predictable, too many holes, too many coincidences, and feels a bit strained overall.

Dr Harry Corbett is accused by his wife's lover of killing her by poisoning her in the hospital the night before she was scheduled to undergo surgery. The only person who can testify on his behalf is a chronic drunk. Of course, nobody believes Harry so he tries to find the killer himself. He discovers that his journalist wife worked undercover for an escort service, and apparently came too close to the truth about a group of men comprising the mysterious and secret "roundtable". Harry finds out that these knights are executives from different medical insurance companies, who have devised their own methods to increase their companies' profits. Harry has to find out who their elusive killer-for-hire is while trying to stay alive himself.
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With his wife, Evie, scheduled for surgery the next morning, Dr. Harry Corbett goes to the hospital for what he hopes will be a quiet evening of reconciliation...only to find his wife shockingly, inexplicable dead. The police suspect homicide. And their only suspect is Dr. Harry Corbett.
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With wife scheduled for surgery the next morning Dr Harrry Corbett goes to the hospital for hopefully a quiet evening, but shockingly finds his wife inexplicable dead. Police suspect homicide. And, the only suspect is Dr Harry Corbett
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I love medical thrillers and this is great!