The New York Times bestselling author
and master of medical suspense delivers another shocker of a
thriller filled with insider details and a terrifying
psychopath Four murders. Three accidents.
Two suicides. One left… THE LAST
SURGEON Michael Palmer’s latest novel pits a
flawed doctor against a ruthless psychopath, who has made
murder his art form. Dr. Nick Garrity, a vet suffering from
PTSD—post traumatic stress disorder—spends his days and
nights dispensing medical treatment from a mobile clinic to
the homeless and disenfranchised in D.C. and Baltimore. In
addition, he is constantly on the lookout for his war buddy
Umberto Vasquez, who was plucked from the streets by the
military four years ago for a secret mission and has not
been seen since. Psych nurse Gillian Coates wants to
find her sister’s killer. She does not believe that Belle
Coates, an ICU nurse, took her own life, even though every
bit of evidence indicates that she did—every bit save one.
Belle has left Gillian a subtle clue that connects her with
Nick Garrity. Together, Nick and Gillian determine
that one-by-one, each of those in the operating room for a
fatally botched case is dying. Their discoveries pit them
against genius Franz Koller--the highly-paid master of the
“non-kill”—the art of murder that does not look like murder.
As Doctor and nurse move closer to finding the terrifying
secret behind these killings, Koller has been given a new
directive: his mission will not be complete until Gillian
Coates and Garrity, the last surgeon, are dead.