Michael Palmer

Michael Palmer
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Michael Palmer writes internationally bestselling novels of medical suspense, including A Heartbeat Away, The Last Surgeon, The First Patient, The Second Opinion, The Sisterhood and Critical Judgment.  His books have been translated into thirty-five languages. Palmer earned his bachelor’s degree at Wesleyan University, and he attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University. He trained in internal medicine at Boston City and Massachusetts General Hospitals. He spent twenty years as a full-time practitioner of internal and emergency medicine. In addition to his writing, Palmer is an associate director of the Massachusetts Medical Society Physician Health Services, devoted to helping physicians troubled by mental illness, physical illness, behavioral issues, and chemical dependency.  He lives in eastern Massachusetts.  


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Michael Palmer Interview for Oath of Office

Listen to author Michael Palmer discuss his career and new novel Oath of Office. The interview is also featured on the audiobook edition of Oath of Office narrated by Robert Petkoff.

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The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Michael Palmer's novel The Last Surgeon. The New York Times bestselling author and master of medical suspense delivers another shocker of a thriller filled with insider details and a terrifying psychopath. Surgeon Nick Garrity, a vet suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, spends his days and nights dispensing medical treatment from a mobile clinic to the homeless in D.C. and Baltimore. In addition, he is constantly on the lookout for his best friend who was recr

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A Heartbeat Away by Michael Palmer--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Michael Palmer's medical thriller novel A Heartbeat Away, narrated by Robert Petkoff. The New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense delivers another novel at the crossroads of politics and medicine in this shocker of a thriller.

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The First Patient by Michael Palmer--audio excerpt

Listen to this excerpt of the suspense thriller novel The First Patient by Michael Palmer, read by Phil Gigante. Gabe Singleton is a country doctor ... and the President's former roommate. When the President's personal physician suddenly and mysteriously disappears, Gabe takes the man’s place. Learn more about the book The First Patient at http://us.macmillan.com/thefirstpatient/MichaelPalmer Read more about author Michael Palmer at http://us.macmillan.com/author/michaelpalmer

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Oath of Office
Oath of Office

Michael Palmer
St. Martin's Press

Michael Palmer, the New York Times bestselling author of A Heartbeat Away and The Last Surgeon brings us a shocking new thriller at the crossroads of politics...


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A Heartbeat Away
A Heartbeat Away

Michael Palmer
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On the night of the State of the Union address, President James Allaire expects to give the speech of his career. But no one foresees the horrific turn of...


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First Thrills: Volume 1
First Thrills: Volume 1

Edited by Lee Child; With stories from Michael Palmer, Daniel James Palmer, Karen Dionne, J. T. Ellison, Ryan Brown, Rip Gerber, Sean Michael Bailey, and Lee Child
Forge Books

New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. From...


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The Last Surgeon
The Last Surgeon

Michael Palmer
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Surgeon Nick Garrity, a vet suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, spends his days and nights dispensing medical treatment from a mobile clinic to the...


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First Thrills
First Thrills

Introduced and edited by Lee Child with an afterword by Steve Berry
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New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. ...


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The Second Opinion
The Second Opinion

Michael Palmer
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Struck down by a hit-and-run driver, one of the world’s most respected doctors lies comatose in the ICU unit of Boston’s Beaumont Clinic. No one thinks he...


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The First Patient
The First Patient

Michael Palmer
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Gabe Singleton and Andrew Stoddard were once Naval Academy roommates. Today, Gabe is a country doctor and his friend Andrew has gone from war hero to governor...


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The Fifth Vial
The Fifth Vial

Michael Palmer
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In Boston, a disgraced medical student is sent to deliver a research paper that could save her career… In a hospital four thousand miles away, a reclusive...


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