THE PATIENT Hardcover (2000) by Michael Palmer Medical Crime Thriller

With one nerve-shattering New York Times bestseller after another, Michael Palmer has demonstrated his extraordinary ability to create medical thrillers that are at once relentlessly suspenseful and chillingly realistic. And now the former ER physician returns with the stunning and explosive tale of a gifted neurosurgeon drawn into a world of escalating danger and violence, all because of...The Patient. Claude Malloche is a master assassin, more rumor than man, for whom murder is an art. No one can identify his face. Now Malloche has a deadly brain tumor, and he intends to have the best neurosurgeon in the world operate on it. To ensure Dr. Jessie Copeland's cooperation, Malloche has devised a plan of intimidation that puts at risk her life and the lives of hundreds of innocent people. Neurosurgery requires nerves of steel, but in coming up with a scheme to fulfill her oath as a doctor yet thwart a diabolical killer, Jessie will be performing the most complex surgery of her career--on a knife-edge of terror. ~~ BOOK DETAILS ~~ Hardcover: 298 pages Publisher: Bantam (April 4, 2000) Language: English Author: Michael Palmer ISBN-13: ‎ ‎ 978-0553109832 Recommended Ages: ‎ adult ~~ CONDITION ~~ Dust jacket intact with minor shelf wear. The book covers are in like new condition. Interior pages intact without markings, tears, or creases but have age yellowing.