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Fatal

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Fatal
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Michael Palmer
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:528
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 110
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Crime and mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9780099462378
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Cornerstone
Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
Publication Date 13 November 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In Chicago, a pregnant cafeteria worker suffering nothing more malevolent than flu like symptoms begins haemorrhaging from every part of her body. In Boston, a brilliant musician, her face disfigured by an unknown disease, rapidly descends into lethal paranoia. In West Virginia, a miner suddenly goes berserk, causing a cave-in that kills two of his co-workers. Finding the link between these events could prove Fatal...Five years ago, internist and emergency specialist Matt Rutledge returned to his West Virginia home to marry his high-school sweetheart and open a practice. He also had a score to settle. His father died whilst working for the local mining company, and Matt swore to expose their health and safety violations. When his beloved wife succumbed to an unusual cancer, his campaign became even more bitterly personal. Now he has identified bizarre new incidents of illness - caused, he is certain, by the mine's careless disposal of toxic chemicals. All he needs is proof. "Fatal will, I hope, become the most controversial of my books. Five years ago, I began to think that I might want to write a thriller dealing with vaccinations. My interest in the field was the result of our efforts to diagnose and treat the developmental delay of our son, Luke. Luke received the standard vaccinations but at 8-months of age he began having ear-infections almost continuously...By the time Luke was 3 years old he was diagnosed as having a form of autism. In making the rounds of various treatment centres, I became acquainted with many, many parents and the similarities were often striking. More and more the issue of vaccinations came up - could our children's immunisations have somehow compromised their immune systems, making them prone to ear infections and the subsequent dangers of excess antibiotics?"

Author Biography

Michael Palmer's books have been translated into over 35 languages. Michael spent twenty years as a full-time practitioner of emergency medicine, and was an associate director of addiction medicine in Massachusetts. He died in October 2013.

Reviews

"Gripping suspense, likeable heroes and hateful villains keep the pulse pounding" Publishers Weekly