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Side Effects: A Novel

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“Has everything—a terrifying plot . . . breakneck pace . . . vividly drawn characters.”—John Saul Kate Bennet. A bright hospital pathologist with a loving husband and a solid future. Until one day her world turns dark. A strange, puzzling illness has killed two women. Now it endangers Kate's closest friend. Soon it will threaten Kate's marriage. Her sanity. Her life. Kate has uncovered a horrifying secret. Important people will stop at nothing to protect it. It is a terrifying medical discovery. And its roots lie in one of the greatest evils in the history of humankind. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bantam


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Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 26, 2011


Language ‏ : ‎ English


File size ‏ : ‎ 1.8 MB


Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported


Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled


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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled


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    • wonderful medical thriller
Format: Kindle
This book has it all. Suspense, good character development and an interesting plot. I’m ready to read all his other books. Highly recommend.
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2026 by Leahcat
    • Well written, but a disappointing too convenient ending
Format: Kindle
Michael’s writing is top notch throughout the first three scenes, becoming an excitingly, tense medical thriller. That unfortunately ended with the climactic scenes and they final ending. The way-too-convenient finding of incriminating evidence against the antagonists at the end was unbelievable. That sequence was definitely not written in the same quality as the rest of the novel. The ending, was disappointing. In view of the fine writing throughout the first three scenes, I would’ve expected a much more developed climax and ending. I definitely think the book is worth the read for the progressively more dangerous difficulties that the heroine faced. That was brilliantly done, and I could see utilizing that part for a screenplay. However, I would have chosen a much better climactic scene and ending for the final product. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2026 by Daniel S. Levy
    • Liked the pace of the ending
Format: Kindle
This book kept my interest, especially the last few chapters, where the action picked up. There was optimism in the ending.
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2026 by Amazon Customer
    • Tense, complex medical thriller.
Format: Kindle
While this may not have been my favorite Michael Palmer novel and it took a couple starts and stops for me to read it, once I got into it I did still really enjoy being pulled along in the story and by the end not wanting to stop reading to eat, sleep or do anything else. I just didn’t get as emotionally invested in the characters as I usually do. I wasn’t sure who was going to stick around, and who was worth pulling for at certain points in the book. But the big pharma, political and personal relationship plot lines were interesting and there was enough suspense involved to keep the sizzle snapping. At times I just felt something was missing along the way. I love Michael Palmer and I wish I could give this more stars but it was just not one of my favorites. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2018 by jjlew
    • Compelling page turner, finely woven story with believable characters
Format: Kindle
Loved it. Have faith that this author has his reasons, very good reasons, when he seems to drop a character or scenario and you have no idea why it was there to begin with. Sometimes wonder if readers without medical background can deal with accurate and detailed procedure descriptions, but I really appreciate them. Paces his story line so unlike some other writers in the genre just seem like rhwy’ve Become suddenly bored with the story and wrap up in 3 pages. Ending is as finely wrought as entire book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2019 by Diana B. Koch
    • Frightening
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One principled individual can make a huge difference in any activity. Well written, frightening indictment on the US pharmaceutical industry.
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2026 by lagunamum
    • Spellbinding!
Format: Kindle
True Michael Palmer form. Highly recommended. Once I started reading, I could not stop. Medical mysteries by Mr. Palmer are my favorite.
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2026 by Peach
    • Too close to the chest
Format: Kindle
As a retired employee of Schering-Plough (now absorbed by Merck) company I can confirm the authenticity of many parts of this narrative. I retired just below the 'executive grade' calling myself a 'senior peon', actually a lab supervisor. At that level I have not been privy to shenanigans, some of them deadly, the author describes in the book. They may or may have not taken place at my company, I had no way of knowing. Even department heads probably did not know, their mutual communications may have been 'strongly discouraged' by the supreme leaders as described in the book. In addition, my parents were both hard working professionals, my mother a physician and my father a civil engineer. Their relationship was, to put it mildly, difficult although my mother was not as career oriented as the protagonist in the book. So, I am in a position of 'been there, done that' and in my 17th year of retirement I prefer not to think too much about most of my life, childhood with not quite compatible parents and adulthood inside a fairly large pharma company. Hence only three stars. Bit subjective, I know and perhaps unfair. People with backgrounds different from my own may enjoy it more and get some useful education about the world of hospital politics and reality of making medications. Just one detail: The author really knows what he is writing about describing the story of Valium. Our company during my years there (1980 - 1996) worked quite hard on two diazepin medications and finally, after many delays, the FDA approved both of them. To the credit of Schering-Plough, neither of them was actually marketed, there were just too many me-too Valiums out there already. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2013 by oldcaman

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