Charlatans by Robin Cook

Charlatans

Robin Cook

Penguin Publishing Group · Paperback · August 7, 2018

The explosive new thriller from New York Times-bestselling author and master of the medical thriller Robin Cook.

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Who it’s for
A hospital thriller where emerging operating-room technology sharpens the stakes and trust is hard to place.
Genres
Medical Thrillers, Suspense, Medical Fiction
Published
Penguin Publishing Group, August 7, 2018

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About this book

The explosive new thriller from New York Times-bestselling author and master of the medical thriller Robin Cook. Newly minted chief resident at Boston Memorial Hospital Noah Rothauser is swamped in his new position, from managing the surgical schedules to dealing with the fallouts from patient deaths.

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Known for its medical advances, the famed teaching hospital has fitted several ORs as “hybrid operating rooms of the future”—an improvement that seems positive until an anesthesia error during a routine procedure results in the death of an otherwise healthy man. Noah suspects Dr. William Mason, an egotistical, world-class surgeon, of an error during the operation and of tampering with the patient’s record afterward. But Mason is quick to blame anesthesiologist, Dr. Ava London. When more anesthesia-related deaths start to occur, Noah is forced to question all of the residents on his staff, including Ava, and he quickly realizes there’s more to her than what he sees. A social-media junkie, Ava has created multiple alternate personas for herself on the Internet. With his own job and credibility now in jeopardy, Noah must decide which doctor is at fault and who he can believe—before any more lives are lost.

Clinical Suspense

A hospital thriller where emerging operating-room technology sharpens the stakes and trust is hard to place.

Come here for

  • Operating-room stakes where medical error and possible tampering collide
  • A tense credibility game among doctors under pressure

Expect

  • Medical suspense rooted in surgical practice and anesthesia
  • Competing accounts, rising deaths, and a chief resident under pressure

Where it sits

Medical Thrillers99%
Suspense39%
Medical Fiction38%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Suspense
  • Crime Fiction
  • Medical Thrillers
Authors
Robin Cook
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
August 7, 2018
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Suspense