The Sperelakis family is composed of almost all doctors. The patriarch, Petros, was involved in a hit and run accident, and is almost a vegetable. His daughter, Thea, leaves Doctors Without Borders to come home to care for him. All he can do is move his eye a little. In the course of things, it turns out that the hospital is making money by convincing patients that they have cancer, and then miraculously curing them. Thea meets Dan Cotton, who could look out for her. Is it too late for them? I'd give it 2.5 stars if I could. The good news is that it's readable. I've never read a 350 page book at one sitting before.The bad news is that it's pretty awful. I was cheering for the protagonist to die by the end of it because she consistently behaved like someone in a cheesy horror movie from the '80's (always doing the dumbest thing imaginable.)I stuck with it because President Clinton gave one of his other books a good review and because the main character has Asperger's and I may or may not have that condition.
What do You think about The Second Opinion (2009)?
Michael Palmer is the best. I love his books. Great suspense.
—harmelijntje
Nice story, but the characters seemed kind of flat.
—frankie
