Michael Palmer,M.D. (October 9, 1942 – October 30, 2013), was an American physician and author. He grew up with two younger sisters, Donna and Susan. Palmer graduated from Wesleyan University in 1964 with a pre-med major, and with "sort of a Russian minor". He then went to Case Western Reserve University for medical school. Palmer trained in internal medicine at Boston City Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.His novels are often referred to as medical thrillers. Some of his novels have made the New York TimesBest Seller List and have been translated into 35 languages. One, Extreme Measures (1991), was adopted into a 1996 film of the same name starring Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Gene Hackman. Palmer once claimed he never wanted to be a writer. He did not think he had much "flair" for it, even though he read in his spare time. In 1978, he read Robin Cook's medical thriller Coma (1977). Palmer thought if Cook, also a Wesleyan graduate, could write a novel, then he could too. When not writing, he worked part-time at Massachusetts Medical Society. Before he began work on his first published novel, The Sisterhood, about euthanasia, Palmer was practicing treatment of drug addiction.
My Opinion: I have read a number of his books and enjoyed them. I strongly recommend his books.
The Sisterhood (1982) X
Side Effects (1985)
Flashback (book) (1988)
Extreme Measures (1991) X
Natural Causes (1994) X (Did not finish. Too medically detailed for me.)
Silent Treatment (1995) X
Critical Judgment (1996)
Miracle Cure (1998) X
The Patient (2000) X
Fatal (2002)
The Society (2004)
The Fifth Vial (2007)
The First Patient (2008)
The Second Opinion (2009)
The Last Surgeon (2010) X
A Heartbeat Away (2011)
Oath of Office (2012)
Political Suicide (2013)
Resistant (released May 20, 2014) X
Trauma (released May 12, 2015) X
Mercy (2016, with Daniel Palmer) X
The First Family (2018, with Daniel Palmer)
To read more about this author, go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Palmer_(novelist)