{"product_id":"2940169089691","title":"Silent Treatment (Abridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his five bestselling novels, from \u003ci\u003eThe Sisterhood\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eNatural Causes\u003c\/i\u003e, physician Michael Palmer has drawn on years of firsthand emergency-room experience to create the drama of a frighteningly authentic world--a world where the line between medicine and murder is scalpel-thin.  Now, in his most harrowing suspense novel yet, Palmer reveals how the power to heal can become a license to kill....\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarry is not prepared for the stunning revelations that follow: 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the killer strikes again, boldly, tauntingly murdering one of Harry's favorite patients in such a way that only Harry knows the death was not natural.  This time Harry is certain: The killer, medically sophisticated, coolly arrogant, moving undetected through a busy urban hospital, could only be a doctor.  And he wonders--how many more will die?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesperately Harry probes deeper, following the only clue Evie left.  What he finds is a sinister pattern that threatens patients in every hospital in the city.  Harry is engaged in a life-and-death battle of wits with a chillingly efficient monster.  And until the doctor is unmasked, no patient is safe from his lethal silent treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Palmer has done it again, delivering a no-holds-barred novel of medical intrigue-- a gripping thriller that features the most terrifying physician since Hannibal Lecter.  \u003ci\u003eSilent Treatment \u003c\/i\u003ewill keep your pulse racing from beginning to end.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116501614832,"sku":"2940169089691","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169089691_p0.jpg?v=1763671776","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169089691","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}