Sometimes People Die A Novel

Simon Stephenson

eBook - 2022

*A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick**The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month**A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Book of Fall*When too many patients die under his watch, a troubled young doctor suspects murder. But are his instincts to be trusted? Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a physician at the struggling St. Luke's Hospital in east London. Amid the maelstrom of sick patients, overworked staff and underfunded wards, a more insidious secret soon declares itself: too many patients are dying. And a murderer may be lurking in plain sight.Drawing on his experiences as a physician, Simon Stephenson takes readers into the dark heart of life as a hos...pitalist to ask the question: Who are the people we gift the power of life and death, and what does it do to them?As beautifully written and witty as it is propulsive, Sometimes People... more