Saving Meghan by D.J. Palmer

Saving Meghan

A Novel

D.J. Palmer

St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · February 4, 2020

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Who it’s for
A tense, immersive thriller blend that keeps the personal and clinical wires buzzing.
Genres
Medical Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers, Domestic Thrillers
Published
St. Martin's Press, February 4, 2020

About this book

Saving Meghan is a riveting new thriller full of secrets and lies from author D.J. Palmer. Can you love someone to death? Some would say Becky Gerard is a devoted mother and would do anything for her only child. Others, including her husband Carl, claim she's obsessed and can't stop the vicious circle of finding a cure at her daughter's expense. Fifteen-year-old Meghan has been in and out of hospitals with a plague of unexplained illnesses.

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But when the ailments take a sharp turn, clashing medical opinions begin to raise questions about the puzzling nature of Meghan’s illness. Doctors suspect Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a rare behavioral disorder where the primary caretaker seeks medical help for made-up symptoms of a child. Is this what's going on? Or is there something even more sinister at hand? As the Gerards grow more and more suspicious of each other and their medical team, Becky must race against time to prove her daughter has a deadly disease. But first, she must confront her darkest fears and family secrets that threaten to not only upend her once-ordered life…but to destroy it. Praise for Saving Meghan: "Plenty of twists...will keep you turning the pages as you guess...and guess again." —Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of After Anna "An acute, sensitive portrayal of family love under extreme stress...[with] a touch of Hitchcock." —William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob

Pressure Points

A tense, immersive thriller blend that keeps the personal and clinical wires buzzing.

Come here for

  • domestic unease, psychological pressure
  • medical-thriller tension with a family-centred edge

Expect

  • fast-moving suspense
  • a sustained, stay-up-later read

Where it sits

Psychological Thrillers74%
Medical Thrillers67%
Domestic Thrillers35%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Thrillers
  • Medical Thrillers
  • Domestic Thrillers
Authors
D.J. Palmer
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Published
February 4, 2020
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Thrillers