Sometimes People Die

'In Stephenson, Vonnegut may have his first true protégé' Washington Post'[A] thriller from [an] ex-doctor about a spate of mysterious deaths in a beleaguered hospital. Insightful on addiction and doctors' lives, it reads almost like a comic medical memoir - with murder thrown in 'The BooksellerThe year is 1999. Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young Scottish doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a senior house officer in the struggling east London hospital of St Luke's.Amid the maelstrom of sick patients, over-worked staff and underfunded wards a darker secret soon declares itself: too many patients are dying.Which of the medical professionals our protagonist has encountered is behind the murders? And can our unnamed narrator's version of the events be trusted?

ISBN:	9780008547615
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:	The Borough Press
Published date:	01 Sep 2022
DEWEY:	813.6
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	12252
Number of pages:	350
Weight:	542g
Height:	163mm
Width:	230mm
Spine width:	34mm

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