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Sometimes People Die

Simon Stephenson

3.8/5 ( ratings)

‘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 Bookseller

The 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?

Language: English

Pages: 350

Format: Paperback

Release: September 20, 2022

ISBN 13: 9780008547622

Sometimes People Die

Simon Stephenson

3.8/5 ( ratings)

‘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 Bookseller

The 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?

Language: English

Pages: 350

Format: Paperback

Release: September 20, 2022

ISBN 13: 9780008547622

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