About this title: A brash young male doctor and a female pathologist, both of whom have come to the same small West Virginia town in the wake of personal tragedies, discover a strange, terrifying disease afflicting the local population.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780553583618ISBN:0553583611
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. creasing and edge wear. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 544 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780553802030ISBN:0553802038
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Excellent condition. Light edge wear. No marks. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 400 p. Audience: General/trade. "The Patient" might be [Palmer's] most riveting book yet, leaving hardly enough time to take a breath. "--The Denver Post read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Fine. 0553802038 Excellent Condition Book Club Edition Hard cover book with paper dust jacket cover! Clean pages, Dust jacket has no tears, mild shelf rubs, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Fine. 0553583611 Excellent condition paperback book, clean pages, NO creases to spine, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780553583618ISBN:0553583611
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 544 p. Audience: General/trade. Very Good Reading Copy! ! ! ! Speedy Shipping! ! ! ! may have shelf wear/remainder mark read more
"Excellent; two doctors work to determine what is causing disfigurement and death in people in a small town, and wind up challenging a new vaccine being pushed by the First Lady"
"I always like a medical thriller and this was based in an unusual locale...West Virginia. Matt Rutledge is a physician with an axe to grind with the local coal mine because he lost his father and wife due to their careless and dangerous ways. Very entertaining."
"Very interesting info about how tainted water can cause mystery illnesses and how corporations conspire to cover up their mistakes. The main characters are likable and believable."
"Oh, I like a good thriller, especially if it has a medical one! I read this while flying back from Europe. It was great distraction and the flight went real fast..."
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