The Society

Great Book!

I have loved all of Michael Palmer's books and this one is no exception. Great action, full of twist and turns, could not put it down. Excellent! --K--

The End

As ludicrous as this story is, the ending is so over the top that one wonders why author Palmer didn't take the book more seriously. He was trying to make a point about managed care, wasn't he?

Could Have Been Better

This was an interesting and nicely developed story until the over the top ending. How could an obviously intelligent man like Will Grant do something so stupid as to go where he went? And am I to believe that someone who was in a coma could recover in a very short time and make like Wonder woman. Get real, Dr.Palmer!

Intense, thought provoking

This book was an excellent medical thriller with chilling insight into how greed can corrupt our current medical/health care system.

Michael's Palmers Best

This book was hypnotic from beginning to end.

An intelligent page turner from the best of the genre!

Dr. Michael Palmer has pulled out all the stops with his latest project attacking the dastardly HMO's in a manner most fitting. Not only is this a timely, serious novel Dr. Palmer gives his characters life and makes us care about what happens to them. Filled with riveting tension and laced with humor only an Emergency Room Doctor could portray, this is the page turner of the year. My wife, the Nurse, has only the best to say about Dr. Palmer (he is kind to nurses in his books, even the evil ones!). Buy this book, and you will be hooked on Doctor Michael Palmer.

SUSPENSEFUL VOCAL PERFORMANCE

HMOs take up a lot of news space these days - sometimes praised, sometimes vilified. Thus, author Palmer's topic is especially timely. A physician himself he's familiar with the territory he covers. This is his 11th medical thriller and his prescriptions, as always, are pulse pounding. Fortunately for listeners, the talented J. Charles gives voice to this story of graft, greed, and murder in the managed care business. Charles is amazing. He can both seduce and scare with the sound of his voice. Murder begins our story - the deaths of several reprehensible HMO big guns in Massachusetts. Dr. Will Grant, is an honest, idealistic young physician who cares for patients in the Boston area. He wants to return the medical field to the respect it once deserved. If he could, he'd do battle with the anything-for-a-buck insurance companies who are bleeding those in need. Instead, he finds that he must fight a sick serial killer who intends to take care of HMOs his way. Will joins forces with young detective Patty Moriarity in finding the psychotic slayer before they become his next victims. - Gail Cooke

exciting medical thriller

He practices medicine to help people but Dr. Will Grant is becoming increasingly frustrated with the way managed health care is short changing patients. The HMOs have absolute power in telling a doctor what they can and can not do if they want reimbursement for services rendered. Will is a member of the Hippocrates Society, an organized movement to effect change on the health care system.--- Someone apparently agrees with Will¿s assessment on the state of healthcare in America because to date four CEOs of different HMOs have been murdered. Detective Polly Moriarity at first believes that Will is a likely suspect but when she gets to know him she believes he is a dedicated doctor who wants to change the health care profession. When Will passes out in surgery, it is discovered he has a powerful narcotic in his system. Although he denies taking anything stronger than Tylenol, he gets suspended from the hospital and his medical license is revoked. While investigating a medical anomaly, he and Polly are kidnapped and are going to be killed unless Will turns over damaging x-rays that could cause certain HMOs to be in trouble with the law.--- Michael Palmer has written an exciting medical thriller that gives insight into what doctors have to go through to practice good health care in spite of HMOs and insurance procedures. The protagonist of THE SOCIETY is a true hero, willing to fight for good health care for the public. He believes a National Health Care plan that is similar to England and Canada is the best way to have quality healthcare. Michael Palmer knows how to write quality thrillers that entertain as well as educate the audience.--- Harriet Klausner

No text was provided for this review.

No text was provided for this review.

No text was provided for this review.

No text was provided for this review.

No text was provided for this review.

No text was provided for this review.

No text was provided for this review.

No text was provided for this review.

No text was provided for this review.

No text was provided for this review.

No text was provided for this review.

No text was provided for this review.